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Well done on the meathook @wezreeeee77 - that is an awesome achievement. I do a few handstand classes and we always do wall drills to help build up strength and correct body alignment. These are done facing the wall rather than kicking up then leaning on the wall (if that makes sense). I just had my first contortion class…

I didn't do the stretch routine today but I did a contortion class which was focused on splits. I did find it a little easier after a solid week of solid stretching. @wezreeeee77 - tried the gazelle from star on the bar. Sadly it was 50 shades of rubbish- but when i tried it it was a long time after all mt classes - i was…

That’s a great way to think about it @mom23mangos. It is definitely i life long endeavour. My progress is frustratingly slow but I am slowly making progress especially when I think how bad I was when I first started working on flexibility. I gave up doing ballet as a child as I didn’t think I was bendy enough and no one…

Losing weight basically comes down to calories in and calories out. According to most on MFP somatotype is bro science but there is actually quite a lot of real science on this area - see Heath-Carter Anthropometric Somatype. This is generally taught at University in relation to Sport Science and it is generally used for…

@wezreeeee77 - i have my own rig in my garden. I also live in a house with very high ceiling but i have been banned from installing it as apparently i have too much fitness gear in the house. Good tip re transitioning from star in the bar - that is one of my favourite poses So did the split stretches again post work out. I…

Day 1 of challenge completed. I didn’t manage to take any decent pictures though as it was 6am and my brain was non functional- and my hips weren’t being totally flexible this morning either. I have a heavy lifting session planned for tonight so I will run through the stretches again then and hopefully things will be…

Thanks for the welcome. I'll do my Day 1picture tomorrow morning. Now is no good as I just finished a trapeze class were we working on doubles trapeze and my partner was a big dude rather than a petite dancer so my hips are bit broken now (haha that sounds so much worse than it was). I am not sure now much closer to the…

Hello people I am totally up for this challenge as well. Thanks for the heads up about it @mom23mangos. I have been working on my splits for years now though haven’t really focused on it for a couple of months now which has been a mistake as I feel like I am going backwards. I am a keen amateur aerialist but more poor hip…

Are you wanting to stretch out tight muscles or improve your mobility AKA the ease in which you can move various body parts? Yoga is good for stretching type stuff and there are loads of free resources on the net. I am quite into mobility method type training at the moment to improve problem areas that are focused on…

Price varies so much between classes and studio's and specialisation (and what part of the world you are actually in) Re the video's - sure they are cheaper but you have no feedback about whether you doing in properly or not which is quite important in yoga. I don't think video's give you modifications for moves that are…

Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke. Non fiction book about decision making. Enjoying it a lot and pondering whether to make a career change to be a professional poker player.

Bumping this just in case there are any circus/aerial people new to MFP who are looking for like minded people :)

I try to workout barefoot as much as possible. The only place I go that forces me to wear shoes is ballet class where you have to wear ballet shoes. The foot is like your hand in terms of functionality so wearing shoes would be like wearing mittens to workout. My workouts involve lifting, calisthenics, yoga and aerial…

Thanks for your "kind" advice JoRocka but alas the shaving advice is rubbish. I am surprised you didn't go the full contemptuous route and advise me to get some pink gloves - or wee on my hands which is the other advice often trotted out. I just want to have functional blinkin' hands. Everyone else thanks.

Why a woo for the above post. IPL is peddling crazy ideas maybe??? Or go away all your callous talk is similar to channelling spirits. I tell you what is woo. I was googling for idea's as no one has any suggestions for me. Dr google gave me the options of:* soaking bicarb soda * smearing my skin with garlic/lemon *…

I am a female. I have spent a fortune on IPL - this was obviously another rookie error as I wanted to avoid the crazy cost of razors. The males in my household would be very unimpressed if I started nabbing razors for callous removal considered how mad they used to get about borrowing for leg shaving. But that idea is…

This is a useful article about increasing weights and loads on the barbell. https://www.niashanks.com/women-fractional-plates-barbell-exercises/

I don't have before photo's because before I started working out i saw little point in taking photo's but I have tracked progress over years. I started with the New Rules for Lifting for Women in 2013 but found it to complicated and did the Strong Curves program for about 6 months solidly. I was really happy with the…

Here you go - https://gmb.io/human-flag/

This is the challenges section so you probably won't get the same kind of response as in other forums on MFP. Maybe post in the weight loss forum or motivation or support. The conventional MFP wisdom is that you are probably eating more you think or you are holding onto water weight if you have introduced a new fitness…

My fitness goals are the standard goals that everyone aspires to - human flag, planche, one minute free-standing handstand, one handed pull up. Just the regular stuff.

It is worth doing regardless of calorie burn. If it makes you feel good, that is far more important than a random number being generated by an algorithm. Personally the only calorie count I ever record for exercise is a big fat 1. It takes away the insanity of calculating how much food an exercise will give you. Good luck…

Hmm - this was the OP's only post and she hasn't visited the forum since. A quick profile view reveals no friends and nothing about herself. I don't think she was looking for advice, rather validation.

That is not what I have been taught. This article explains it far better than I https://www.strengthandconditioningresearch.com/perspectives/strength-training-stronger-bones/

For me, I do strength training to improve my ability in my other fitness interests (circus and acrobatics). You need to be strong to lift yourself up onto a trapeze or aerial hoop and lift up other people to do tricks, so strength training is helpful and functional in that respect. Re your query about osteoporosis,…

I thought walking WAS simple! Everyday is a school day on MFP. Just wondering what is this yo-yo effect that you refer to. HIt me up with the knowledge.

I didn't realise people were so desperate to add other people. I really must live in a bubble. The introduce yourself forum is usually a sea of opening posts with no responses. Maybe the aggressive approach is the best way to get attention. Just having 10 friends would get very boring very quickly but I guess your account…

I thought this was a really interesting article on the topic on managing pain and the science of it. https://gmb.io/pain/

Probably not. I do want to provide advice about underwear choices though as I don't understand wanting to wear lacy numbers when working out as surely that would itch/chafe - but that is my issue not theirs.

I always love a good zombie thread. Especially when you have been hanging around MFP a long time and you remember it in its first incarnation if it was a decent thread and then you have fun spotting all the people that were forum dominators for a while and then just evaporated. P.S Well done Cindy.