Today someone I have huge respect for called me an aerialist. That was incredibly cool.
I attended a Creating Circus intensive week at MAH in August and ended up with a reasonable semblence of a routine. So now I'm being faced with the scariest of all things: opportunities to achieve my goals and dreams. The only thing stopping me now is me.
I have a Christmas Show at my aerial school that I'm planning to perform at AND there are two other shows that may give me the opportunity to perform this year. The first one is a charity show on 8th October and there's going to be a variety of acts performing: pole dancing, street dance, fire breathing and some aerial. Looking at the lineup, it scares me that it's just going to be little old me on that trapeze for over 3 mins. It would be nice to have an ensemble to hide in. This is what I wanted though - the chance to perform.
While I work on my goals, I'm trying ever so hard to avoid being a pushy mother as I introduce my girls to the world of circus arts. My 2 year old had her first ever circus class today and while she loved all the floor exercises, I think she was even more keen on the aerial. At the end of class, I was a bit cheeky and went into catchers on a reasonably high trapeze so that I could swing her in some fledgling beats. The grin on her face afterwards was fantastic. Tomorrow I get to do it all over again with my other (5 year old) daughter in her class :)
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18 September 2011
12 January 2011
New Year me
I'm not one for New Year's resolutions. January 1st is just another day to me and I don't see what all the fuss is about. I do, however, have post-Christmas plans to get fitter and healthier. All that chocolate and excess needs to be kept to a short holiday period or it'll just take over.
I want to improve my aerial skills and that means getting stronger and fitter. I only really have time for one weekday session at MAH so I've been looking for a solution for additional training and exercise that fits in with my time constraints. There are lots of possibilities...
Cycling to work - I enjoy it but it takes too long when you factor in changing, showering, locking bike up etc. Also, I don't like cycling in the dark and it's genuinely too cold at the moment. When daylight returns in mid-March, I'll look into this option again.
Lunch-time gym sessions - I can join a gym at work for £19 a month and it has a machine that would let me work on chin-ups etc. I doubt I'd go though. I kinda hate gyms. I usually don't have a lunch break because getting the kids to school and nursery and picking them up eats into my time too much for me to have the luxury of a full one hour lunch break. In an ideal world, the gym would be my easy option but realistically I'd be one of those gym members who pays and never goes. I'd rather save my money.
Gym after work - I looked around for gyms that I could go to once the kids are in bed and was shocked by the lack of reasonable options. The average cost is about £50 a month and they tend to shut by about 10pm. This costed itself out of the running.
Home exercise - I considered this to be a non-starter because I don't enjoy exercise DVDs or exercising while watching TV. Then I bought hubby EA Sports Active 2 for the PS3 for his birthday last week (he *did* really want it!) and we've started doing workouts while the kids are in bed. I'm amazed at how much I enjoy it. There's a heart rate monitor and the exercises in each workout so far have been varied enough to keep me interested. Last night focussed on upper body strength - YAY! I plan to do 4 workouts a week and there's enough trophies and goals and online tracking to maintain my enthusiasm. My 9 week plan ends in March, which seems a long way off, but I'm curious to see what results I can achieve in that time so I hope I stick with it.
My other endeavours in my fitness kick are "leaving the building at lunchtime" and "using the stairs". I've started using Tescos for my lunches so that saves money and varies my diet to be healthier. I've also stopped using the lifts at work. The furthest I've gone so far is to the third floor. Woe betide anyone who books a meeting with me on the top floor this week!
Tonight is my static class night and I'm hoping that there's some vague strength and fitness improvements since last week. I should probably start doing chin up challenges in class to gauge my progress. The day I can do an unassisted chin up from a fully extended hang will be an awesome day in my life. Hmmm, I've ended up with strange goals in life.
I want to improve my aerial skills and that means getting stronger and fitter. I only really have time for one weekday session at MAH so I've been looking for a solution for additional training and exercise that fits in with my time constraints. There are lots of possibilities...
Cycling to work - I enjoy it but it takes too long when you factor in changing, showering, locking bike up etc. Also, I don't like cycling in the dark and it's genuinely too cold at the moment. When daylight returns in mid-March, I'll look into this option again.
Lunch-time gym sessions - I can join a gym at work for £19 a month and it has a machine that would let me work on chin-ups etc. I doubt I'd go though. I kinda hate gyms. I usually don't have a lunch break because getting the kids to school and nursery and picking them up eats into my time too much for me to have the luxury of a full one hour lunch break. In an ideal world, the gym would be my easy option but realistically I'd be one of those gym members who pays and never goes. I'd rather save my money.
Gym after work - I looked around for gyms that I could go to once the kids are in bed and was shocked by the lack of reasonable options. The average cost is about £50 a month and they tend to shut by about 10pm. This costed itself out of the running.
Home exercise - I considered this to be a non-starter because I don't enjoy exercise DVDs or exercising while watching TV. Then I bought hubby EA Sports Active 2 for the PS3 for his birthday last week (he *did* really want it!) and we've started doing workouts while the kids are in bed. I'm amazed at how much I enjoy it. There's a heart rate monitor and the exercises in each workout so far have been varied enough to keep me interested. Last night focussed on upper body strength - YAY! I plan to do 4 workouts a week and there's enough trophies and goals and online tracking to maintain my enthusiasm. My 9 week plan ends in March, which seems a long way off, but I'm curious to see what results I can achieve in that time so I hope I stick with it.
My other endeavours in my fitness kick are "leaving the building at lunchtime" and "using the stairs". I've started using Tescos for my lunches so that saves money and varies my diet to be healthier. I've also stopped using the lifts at work. The furthest I've gone so far is to the third floor. Woe betide anyone who books a meeting with me on the top floor this week!
Tonight is my static class night and I'm hoping that there's some vague strength and fitness improvements since last week. I should probably start doing chin up challenges in class to gauge my progress. The day I can do an unassisted chin up from a fully extended hang will be an awesome day in my life. Hmmm, I've ended up with strange goals in life.
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