Monday, May 21

Trapezing

Dudes. I swung on a trapeze! Here's some proof!



Can you even believe it? I look like I belong in the circus! I'm flying though the air with the greatest of ease. As a celebration of my friend Kristen's birthday and kind of my birthday and just because it's fun, we went and took a Trapeze lesson in DC.  I kept thinking that I had made a huge mistake (that's for you, Kat) and was a little nervous. Turns out, the scariest part was climbing the ladder.  And jumping off the platform.



We learned two tricks--swinging from our knees and dismounting with a backflip and being caught from our knee hang. They yelled out commands for you to follow so that you would have the right timing for everything--and I got in trouble on my first swing because I did NOT follow directions.  I'm terrible.  One of the directions they yelled was to smile which I clearly did not do on this one.  This is the look of determination.



I took this picture of Kristen and she DID smile.  See? It's fun!


And here's my awesome back flip.



There were a few girls in our class who come quite often and were doing much cooler tricks than us--and that was fun to watch.  There was also an 8 year old girl--as soon as I saw her go I realized that I really wasn't allowed to be scared.



They have locations in Boston, Chicago, NY, DC and LA I think... so if you live near one of them, you should go check it out.  Promise you'll like it a lot.



I also promise you'll be sore the next day.  Apparently it takes a lot of muscle to hang from a bar.


(Alison. You would have loved it.)

13 comments:

  1. The video is the best! you make it look so natural!

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    1. Not to brag, but I'm somewhat of a trapeze prodigy.

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  2. 1. Good job making fun friends in DC.
    2. Way to embody Phil Dunphee, he'd be so proud of you.
    3. I bet your ease at walking on the net came from all those hours you put in on the trampoline.

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  3. way to go!! you're just like Carrie from SATC but she was too scared to do a catch! Nice Job!

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  4. I need to catch up on my TV! I remember the Modern Family episode with Phil--but just barely. And I don't think I've seen that SATC! All I know is the if it wasn't for the tramp, I would have looked even more foolish.

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  5. But not as foolish as our recruitment video...

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    1. I thought we agreed to never speak of that.

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    2. Nobody else sees my comments tho, right?

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  6. ok this is kind of awesome, you do look like a natural!! Looks like so much fun!! was it scary?

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    1. It wasn't as scary as I thought--but I sure was jittery after each swing! Lots of adrenaline. You and Ryan should go!

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  7. CIRCUS FUN! I love it. Seriously. Awesome.

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