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[truelove]

Hey, aerial.otter, it’s an armpit thing I actually like! #lyra #aerialhoop #aerial #aerialacrobatics #circusarts
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Comments

[havocthecat]

So pretty! But are you hanging by anything other than one armpit? Magic, maybe?

[truelove]

Nope! No magic. Just the armpit, and pain. XD

(I haven't conditioned my armpits for hangs AT ALL, because I hate the look of most armpit stuff. Elbow hangs, I've got down! Armpits, nope. So I have some fun bruises, now. *snerk*)

[wpadmirer]

I SO admire your flexibility!

[truelove]

Ahaha, so fwiw this was at the edge of my flexibility (not, like, dangerously so; just... at my limit, not past it). Weirdly, the issue is in my shoulder actually, not the hip! In the video you can see me struggling a bit to get my arm back behind my head, and I really felt the stretch in my side around and under the shoulderblade.

You can actually tip back and bring the hips up and it looks really cool and super bendy/contortions, but my armpits were nnnnnot up for attempting that last night. XD