A favoured apparatus with those dipping their toes into Aerial Fitness, the Static Trapeze provides a stable bar for you to build strength and confidence, especially with going upside down. Starting off with pikes and inverts, you then work your way up to moves that involve a great deal of balance between the ropes. Control and body awareness in relation to the Static Trapeze will definitely aid in transferring skills over to other apparatus as well.
We maintain a ratio of two people per trapeze to ensure that everyone gets sufficient trapeze time. With a maximum of seven students per teacher, we go to every effort to make sure you're always getting the attention you deserve.
The fundamentals of using your core, lower back and obliques are developed and put to the test on the Static Trapeze, where the aim of the game is to keep it from swinging as much as possible. Giving CrossFit a run for its money, this requires a test of stability, working your upper body to pull yourself up and into various positions on the apparatus. Even if you didn’t have dreams to make this a full-time gig, the Static Trapeze provides an amazing platform for you to develop your functional strength.
Classes available at: Union Street and Peckham. Check the booking page for class times and locations.
Static Trapeze has a long history in circus and it shows, there's something about working on the bar that feels both technical and instinctive at the same time. Beginner classes focus on basic hangs, knee hangs and simple sequences, building the shoulder and core strength that underpins everything else. It's methodical in the best way, and students who like to work through a skill properly tend to love it. Your intro offer covers all our beginner Trapeze classes at both studios.
"I consider myself to be fairly fit and strong, but the exercise from a typical trapeze class is so different from anything else I do that I still get a nice 'workout sore' from a session. My friends think I'm a bit of a massachist when I'm boasting about the aches and bruises, but I tell you, my abs in particular are a lot stronger than they were. It's one hell of a workout!"
D Church ~ Student
