Jumping Straight Into The Deep End

[the_broken_tower]

Currently in an introductory ballet program. It's very nice and casual!

The preparatory stretching from the weeks previous have (unsurprisingly) not been enough. There are tight hamstrings. There are tight calves. There is a lot of tightness. Some of that may be from nerve tension - so, time for nerve flossing. That forward bend has absolutely been lost in some year plus of not practicing it. Time to practice it again.

I'm deciding which gym class I want to go to this evening - more tiring, or less tiring? How sore do I want to be tomorrow? Because, oh, there will be yoga tomorrow. This is the solution (outside of regular stretching) to getting back in shape for Ballet. Gym classes. Yoga, pilates, barre, and bonus sauna time after it.

The other solution is going back into aerials. That doesn't start until next week.


Overall goals are such:

> Get back to the point of being able to do inverts gracefully. I can still do an invert. I cannot do it gracefully. I cannot chain them.
> Get back to being able to touch feet in a forward bend.
> Get an easy, consistent 90-degree forward leg lift. Atm there is a lot of tension on the upper thigh, and depending on how tired everything is, it's difficult to straighten the knee.


Long term goals:

> Be able to do strongman climbs on silks again. (Basically, hands only, no feet involved. My feet are reserved for toe climbs.)
> Get the shoulder mount on pole. Got close to it before stopping with aerials. I know it's there.


- Jonah (he/him)