more parkour
today was the indoor class, first of a 10-week series. i guess it remains to be seen how it might build over time. but today's was good.
by which i mean, you know, i made it through more than the warmup. ;)
most gratifying part was probably when the teacher said he'd be giving us challenges and we'd do more fun stuff if we could all do them and conditioning if we couldn't... and then had us all balance (together) on a structure of steel rails. and when asked, said it was okay if we were touching each other.
moominmolly and i just stared. i mean, this is maybe the one balance skill we've practiced a lot... my partner acro friends could have been making crazy shapes while doing it, and we weren't at that point, but just standing? sure...
i felt like a slacker for just standing on the rail instead of doing a handstand or something. gotta get back to circus stuff.
the rest was of course not so firmly in my comfort zone. a lot of running and jumping and vaulting for which i'm sure i'll pay tomorrow.
worth it. :)
by which i mean, you know, i made it through more than the warmup. ;)
most gratifying part was probably when the teacher said he'd be giving us challenges and we'd do more fun stuff if we could all do them and conditioning if we couldn't... and then had us all balance (together) on a structure of steel rails. and when asked, said it was okay if we were touching each other.
moominmolly and i just stared. i mean, this is maybe the one balance skill we've practiced a lot... my partner acro friends could have been making crazy shapes while doing it, and we weren't at that point, but just standing? sure...
i felt like a slacker for just standing on the rail instead of doing a handstand or something. gotta get back to circus stuff.
the rest was of course not so firmly in my comfort zone. a lot of running and jumping and vaulting for which i'm sure i'll pay tomorrow.
worth it. :)