Results For Category: "Aerials"
A “How-to” for Cleaner Aerial Inversions
Getting off the Ground and into the Air! Making the leap–without the leap–from inverting on the ground to inverting in the air…
2 Core Activation Exercises Every Circus Athlete (and everyone else) Should Be Doing
Oh the core, we’ve all heard of it. We all have one. We engage it; we brace it; we draw it back…
This Little Piggy Went To The Circus
So here’s how this all started…with a text. Actually it briefly started as a quick chat in the studio one day about…
‘Engage Your Shoulders!’…But Am I Doing it Right?
We’ve all probably heard (or even said for those instructors reading this post) “engage your shoulders”, but what does that mean? What…
Do Your Legs Have Intention (part 3)
Welcome to part 3 of my series on Leg Intention Last month in part 1, and earlier this month in part 2, we discussed what…
Do Your Legs Have Intention (part 2)
Welcome to part 2 of my posts on Leg Intention. Last month in part 1 we discussed what leg intention is and how to…
Do Your Legs Have Intention? (part 1)
Leg Tension or Leg Intention as I like to call it. No, I am not referring to leg tension where you are…
Stretching: finally, some clarity
I’ve been sitting on this thought for months, so this post really is overdue. After all, the literature review was published way…
Stable Hips for Circus
One of the more common movement pattern limitations is the Active Straight Leg Raise (ASLR). In the Functional Movement Screen, this particular screen…
Exercises Every Aerialist Should Do: the problem with the ‘hollow’ body
I have used it before in the past and I’ve worked with others who have used it. In certain circles, it’s quite…