Aerial Fitness: Learning how to Climb

The other day I tried something new, Aerial fitness. Using silk ropes, one climbs to the top and winds themselves into knots. As complicated as that sounds, it's much more complicated than that, a body must be coordinated, a body must be able to pull itself up into the air using just these silk ropes, this can be learned quickly. It becomes a matter of physics after awhile. My first attempt was probably like many others first attempts, it was clumsy, difficult, and I felt it was extremely exhausting.  Once before I had tried a flying trapeze and this was a similar feeling, a struggle to make my body turn gracefully. The instructor made this appear effortless and many others in the class who had had practice did too. It looked so simple and fun, in reality it was painful and difficult. As the class progressed it became more and more interesting to see how they turned and twisted to pull themselves up higher and higher, wrapping the silks around their bodies and hanging on like spiders moving up and down effortlessly. I still struggled, it was my first class so I decided not to beat myself up about it too much.... if the soreness I felt the next day is any indication of the parts of my body that will be "toned up", I will continue doing this until I am ripped like Jillian from the biggest loser.  

 This move used so many muscles that I never knew I had.... once you get the hang of certain movements it becomes a bit easier, even the first time. The body develops a "muscle memory" after doing this a couple of times. Anyone can do this, anyone who is willing to try something new and listen to instruction.

I didn't get very far off the ground the first time, but with more practice I will be able to get higher.... I hope... :) 

This is a link to the place I went: http://aerial4me.com/