I’m Knocking 2021 Out of the Park. Are You With Me?

You might have noticed some construction around here… I’ve been hard at work planning what’s new for me and Circus Mobility in 2021.

Mobility Tip: Stabilize the Hips with Supermans and Airplanes

The Hip Superman & Airplane is a great exercise for improving the strength of the gluteus medius, minimus, and deep external rotators as well as the proprioceptive components of the hip.

Mobility Tip: Don’t Dump Into Your Low Back

Whether it’s splits or backbending, we want to avoid place all of our bend into a couple of vertebrae.

Mobility Tip: Focus On Your Back Leg If You Want To Improve Your Splits

Splits, splits, splits! Focus on your back leg if you want to improve your splits. A great way to ensure that you don’t over-stretch your hamstrings, a super common injury for aerialists and over-eager stretchers, is to take them out of the equation. 1. All you have to do is place blocks under your front […]

Technique Tip: Neck Hangs

One of the most common issues I see with neck hangs (on all apparatuses) is not properly activating your deep neck flexors.

Are you training to failure? Maybe you shouldn’t be.

The balancing act of training is imparting enough stress to see gains, but not so much as to cause serious damage or poor performance.

Technique Tips: S-Beats

Do you watch aerial videos on IG and think, “how the hell do they get so much power?”

Mobility Tip: Warm Up Your Underbutt & Low Back Dynamically for Dynamic Skills

Whether you’re looking to lift into cheststands or increase the height of your trapeze beats, you’ll want to thoroughly warm up your hip extension and back.

QuaranTips: Side Planche Prep & Grip Training on Silks or Rope

If you have a way to secure a rope or silks safely overhead (no full aerial weight needed), that all you need for this drill that I learned from PJ Perry.

Do you dance?

On Saturday, I completed a certification in Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT).