Physically, my back and arms have become some of my best features. Amazing abs and great posture come with aerial. I've been doing silks for a couple years and started lyra a few months ago. I'm still not quite as defined/thin as I'd like to be but I'm pretty sure that's diet. I did take a body picture yesterday and compared it pictures a few years ago. Though again, I'm not quite the size I'd like to be, the difference in muscle definition is very obvious.

I don't have a background in dance or gymnastics, so I struggle to look as "pretty" as some of the girls in my class. I still love it though. I'd like to try trapeze at some point too, I just don't quite have the time.

Hi! I've been doing Aerial Hoop for 11 weeks worth of classes, once a week, I've found it has definitely made a difference to the way my body looks and feels for the better. Though that is in conjunction with eating healthy, using MFP, working out at the gym 5-6 days a week alternating between cardio and strength training days as well as yoga classes twice a week, so it is difficult to say which thing is doing exactly what but I'm certain the Aerial is helping a tonne as previous to starting the aerial I was doing all the other stuff and doing ok progress though a lot slower but started to see more weight loss, visual muscle definition and dramatic changes in my strength after I had been doing Lyra a while i.e. I couldn't do one pull up before aerial, now I can do 3 in a row etc. Also look at any professional aerialist, they ALWAYS have rockin bodies! From what my teacher tells me, and what I've gathered I think the key is to make sure to stick to it and be consistent with going every week, and if you cant go to class then buy a hoop for home or practice on monkey bars and/or body weight exercises like push ups,a pull up bar etc at home.

Also the Trapeze centre where I do my classes is now also offering an additional stretching class and an aerial conditioning class, which I'm going to try to do, I'm sure that would speed up progress a lot!