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[truelove]

🎶 t i p p y ! 🎶 #tippylyra #aerialacrobatics #circusarts
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Comments

[kaberett]

I think my partner's ex refers to this as D A N G E R H O O P.

[truelove]

...they aren’t wrong. snerk Tippy will dump you on your ass so fast if you’re not careful.

[rushthatspeaks]

Ah, so that's what a tippy lyra looks like! I know what a lyra looks like, but had been unaware of the existence of this version.

... wow, it does look really tippy.

[wpadmirer]

You have got to have amazing upper body strength. I have envy.

[truelove]

I mean, I’m nowhere near as strong in my upper body as I’d like (still can’t actually do a pull-up) but I suspect that is true of nearly everyone in aerial, and I do get by! :)

Interestingly, this particular move actually is produced more from the core and legs, and the upper body is helping to push back against the spanset.

[truelove]

Hee, yeah, I love tippy lyra so much, but it’s not nearly as common as single or double point. It’s so dynamic! And, yeah, really quite tippy — it’ll dump you on your ass if you’re not careful. :D

[wpadmirer]

That is interesting. I can do things that require core. And even through ten years of rock climbing and boxing, my upper body is still not as strong as I'd like it to be.

[truelove]

Inversions are weird. I mean, probably that goes without saying, but still. *g*

*fistbump* I know that feel. The one thing I HAVE got for dayyyyys is core strength!