Flying Fantastic Blog
Hello aerial addicts and aerial addicts in the making! This blog is to try and share the knowledge that we have accumulated since our first aerial classes in 2011. We'd like to inspire other people to share the aerial love and enjoy the benefits of a life upside down!Aerial | Conditioning | Rigging | Equipment | Wellbeing | Silks | Nutrition | Accessibility | Aerial Yoga | Circus | All
FLEXIBILITY MATTERS PHYSIOTHERAPY BLOG POSTS
Beth Shum is a chartered physiotherapist with a background in circus, gymnastics and cheerleading. Her blog posts provide a fountain of knowledge about pain management, physio techniques and injury recovery, with performing bodies in mind. READ MORE
Aerial | Conditioning | Equipment | Wellbeing | Silks | Nutrition | Accessibility | Circus
September 2024
September 2024
APPLYING PAIN SCIENCE TO MY AERIAL TRAINING
Pieta, our Aerial Pilates coach tells us how she has reframed her aerial training through her study of pain. READ MORE
HOW TO GET AIRTIME APPROVED!
How to get signed off to come and self practice with us here at Flying Fantastic!READ MORE
HELP WITH MY HANDSTANDS
Molly shares her experiences from 6 months of weekly handstand classes at FF!READ MORE
UNLOCK YOUR ATHLETIC POTENTIAL WITH MENSTRUAL CYCLE TRAINING
Pieta, our Fantastic Aerial Pilates instructor as she discovers how menstrual cycles affect our training and how to use hormones to our advantage!READ MORE
INSTAGRAM TUTORIALS AND INSPIRATION!
If you follow us on Instagram, you'll have seen that we've been creating tutorials on a variety of topics by a variety of our fabulous trainers! We've arranged them below by category so that you can find them easily! Please let us know if this is helpful and what else you would like to see here! To get the most up-to-date tutorials, make sure you are following us on our social media channels! READ MORE
ONLINE AERIAL YOGA RESOURCES
Our Aerial Yoga app is now live! Currently available is our Aerial Yoga Teacher Training, Aerial Yoga for Beginners and Find Your Flow Aerial Yoga Sequencing Course. In development is our Members subscription area full of Strength and Conditioning Exercises, Flows, Live and On-Demand classes. Watch this space! READ MORE
AERIAL YOGA FLASHCARDS
We are loving our new Aerial Yoga Flashcards. Download and print at home to help with lesson planning, creating sequences or as an aide memoire for moves! Available on our new Etsy store!READ MORE
MY JOURNEY TO AERIAL INVERSIONS
Our inspiring instructor Jemima shares how she nailed her aerial inverts & how you can too!READ MORE
SIMPLE AERIAL HOME CONDITIONING
Some simple - yet unique - conditioning exercises to build strength and flexibility at home. READ MORE
WHAT EXACTLY IS ROSIN? AND WHY IT CAN HELP (AND HINDER) YOUR AERIAL!
Some call it magic. Some call it witchcraft. But what exactly IS rosin? And is it the best form of grip enhancer out there?READ MORE
WHAT MAKES THE BEST AERIAL INTENSIVE COURSE?
Getting the most out of your course - The key ingredients of a great intensive course.READ MORE
CONDITIONING FOR AERIALISTS - YOGA
Join Maisie in two at home aerial yoga flows designed with aerialists in mind.READ MORE
CONDITIONING FOR AERIALISTS - HANDSTANDS
A video conditioning series for handstands by Jen and why handstands are so important by Laura Neall.READ MORE
PLANNING YOUR WARM-UP FOR SELF TRAINING IN AERIAL.
Blog post by Bethany Shum (@flexibility_matters), BSc Physiotherapy, MSc Performing Arts Medicine_
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5 AERIAL MYTHS BUSTED
Not flexible enough... Not strong enough... Not enough upper body strength... we've heard it all!READ MORE
BEST PROTEIN POWDERS (AND WILL THEY TURN ME INTO A SUPERHERO?)
Olivia Barrowclough demystifies protein powders, explaining what they do, why they're helpful and a few studio faves. READ MORE