silks

I wanted to get in shape in a better way by adding dynamic movements like tumbling, handstands, and rope climbing – real full body movements. When I went to buy a manila rope,  my roommate stopped me and proposed silks, a circus version of rope climbing. I agreed, so we bought one. Here is the deal. Unlike rope, silks stretch and not only do you climb up and down, but you wrap in different ways so that you can hang without the use of sheer grip.

 

The first session I struggled to climb the fabric once without getting pumped out of my mind – or have my forearms feel like they were a solid mass of lactic acid. The day after was just as bad, and I was beginning to think that I would never be able to write normally. Then something happened, and I started getting endurance. My search to get back into shape has me meddling in another activity that if you asked me three months ago, I never thought I would be doing. Still, the rue circus act is just our everyday college life!