Aerial Hoop Beginners

Typical of me to be part of the latest fitness craze!

Completed the Beginners Aerial Hoop course in December last year

Click here to watch Hoop videos of me!

The basic Sprinkler Pose! 

When i first  tried hoop in September 2011, i couldn't even get up there on my own! My teacher had to push my butt up! Hahah

The strength i build in Pole complements hoop. Its all interchangeable =)

Part of strength training is hanging upside down like a bat and doing crunches! Tough! I'm SURE i have abs... but they are hidden by this layer of fat =( I see some of the more advanced girls in hoop and pole are still fat. Worries me. My Nutritionist says that women need to exercise AND diet. Men can get away with just exercise alone. Sigh, being born the weaker sex! I love my food =(

Sprinkler Pose from the front angle =) 

I've always liked my back. Muscular now!! 

Just having fun. Not a pose we learned in class

The Lady in the Moon pose

Its very comfortable sitting there like that =)

Hoop Videos of Me!

Put my name down for the Christmas Showcase, attended practice and ta-da!

Tell me what u think!

Pictures!

Ready to roll!

Look at my arms! I see muscles!

Check out the blond behind me, she has bven bigger biceps!

Swing swing on the Compass Spin!
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Love the pink lighting and my silhoutte =)

My blog is a shrine, narcissist self worship!

You have to love yourself before u can love others =)

Chin up! Pole and hoop are related because both demand upper body strength. The first few times at pole classes this year, my arms ached from Tuesday to Saturday.

I cant believe i did pole and hoop four days in a row this week and my arms are only mildly aching now. My ribs/centre/core hurt though and the back of my legs are all bruised...

The Normal Flag. Look at my reflection in the mirror!!

Was shit scared the first time i did this! But at the same time i felt so graceful!

Feeling beautiful is intoxicating, addictive and empowering, that is why i love hoop!

It was also a childhood dream to be a circus performer! Hahahah

Felt awesome up there as The Lady in The Moon, i cant see anyone below but i could hear the crowd cheer as we extended our arms!

Nope, no fear of heights! Its just amazing!

This move is called Smokey Joe

Take a closer look, in the Smokey Joe, we dont sit on the hoop, one leg is hooked and i hold myself in place using the back!

In the midst of doing the Flip Switch. This picture has the most circus look!!! =)

Part 1 and 2 of the performance



Messed up some of the floor work so i cut out those bits! Hahaha



In total i attended 2 casual classes, 7 course classes and 1 performance practice before the showcase =)

Circus Fitness Aerial Hoop

Thats what we are taught on the first class of Beginners! Single leg hook

Second class!

Unless u have wings, u need to have biceps to get up like tweety bird! We also did some fancy hand and leg switch thing that confused me. Can do it no problem now =)

Week 3 we did some... twisty thingie that can't be drawn and resulted in this big bad baby

Picture taken on the Sunday after a Tuesday class, if i took it on Thursday its much worse! You should have seen the panic on my friend's face when she saw it!

Week 4

One leg hooked and your back holding u in place!

In the following video, i've counted 5 to 7 things i can do!!! =)

Of course she does it and move onto more advanced stuff, i just learned to do the basic and then go back down to the floor. Soooo much fun! Empowering =)


It started to fade, can u see the C shape? Because the hoop is round

In week 13 of pole, i attempted the Nasty Girl.

8 weeks ago i was so frustrated i couldnt do it, now i am soooo much better. Still not perfect. The above drawing illustrates my mistake. The butt is too far away from the pole, in theory, its supposed to touch the pole.

Front view of the Nasty Girl, the right way to do it. The muscles in between my ribs hurt because of it!!!

BodyBalance at the gym today really helped! I also did extra floor stretching on my own =) =)