Hello guys!
I would really really appreciate if you read my story and give me your opinion and tips if you have any.
Since I am a very young I was searching for something that fills the “emptiness” in my life. I always had a lot of friends, a nice family, good grades at school etc, but I was always kind of unhappy.
I wanted to go on adventures, play football, go snowboarding and always had a huge fascination for acrobatics, but there was not even a single person who shared my passion.
I grew up in a small village in Austria, no one here really knows about acrobatics or gymnastics, neither did my parents.
I am so extremely sad that they didn’t have the idea to put me in gymnastics or something at a young age!!!
Anyways, when I graduated from school I decided to become a teacher for sports and geography. I attended gymnastics classes at university and suddenly found what I was looking for my entire life – people who are like me, who like being active, have fun together and respect others as they are!
So like I said, I started acrobatics about 9 months ago and I think I am doing quite well. The coaches wouldn’t believe me when I said I have never done anything like that before. My “team” is just a bunch of students, most of them can’t even do a good straight cartwheel, but they train and have fun.
But I want more. There is no opportunity for adults to train in Austria, but I am in these college classes 3 times a week for 2 hours. Additionally, I do some bodyweight exercises everyday for about 4-60mins. 4 times a week abs, and 2 times a week arms and legs. I also stretch everyday.
I am so happy, I feel like nothing can harm me because I finally found a hobby and a job that makes me happy!
The only thing I think about now is that I am really angry I didn’t start early. But then I say to myself, that maybe it is not such a big disadvantage to start later. Maybe I would have had a bad injury if I started earlier, or dropped out of it in puberty like many kids do. And now I know I really want it, I am even more focused and willing to work hard!
But I am afraid it will take me ages to learn some skills. I don’t want to be a superstar of something.
I WANT TO BE A QUITE FLEXIBLE AND STRONG ACROBAT, WHO CAN DO BASIC SKILLS, BUT THESE SKILLS SHOULD LOOK NICE AND PERFECT, NOT SLOPPY.
I will now write down my goals and I would really appreciate if you could comment on it and give your opinion.
My skills (I learned it in 8 months):
Flexibility:
Front splits left and right
middle splits
good back and shoulder flexibility, I can nearly put my head between my feet
Strength:
15 hanging leg raises on a free hanging pull-up bar
5 hanging leg raises on stall bars
5 deadhang pull-ups
1 chin-up pullover
30 seconds straddle support
20 seconds L-sit
straddle handstand (from standing)
Skills:
handstand for about 5 seconds
cartwheel
one handed cartwheel
roundoff
front and back walkover
(I have not worked on anything else yet, but the skills mentioned are really decent!)
So my goals are:
Flexibility:
Oversplits of 10 inches
Bow and Arrow
Needle
Strength:
20 hanging leg raises on stall bars
10 deadhang pull-ups
7 chin-ups pullovers
press to handstand from straddle support
pike handstand (from standing)
Skills:
hold a handstand for about 30 seconds and do some variations (splits, stags, arched)
back handspring
back handspring step-out
RO BH
front/back tuck
Side Aerial
RO BH BT
and then I want to work on my layouts, front aerials etc on the tumble track
So do you think I can reach my goals? And if so, how long will it take with the amount of training I mentioned above?
I would be so happy if anyone has some advice, maybe I won’t be that desperate anymore that I didn’t start earlier!
Thanks in advance!
