Finding Purpose in Your Aerial Practice What drives you to do aerial arts? What motivates you to get to your aerial class and/or open gym practice? What calls you to keep doing aerial? Is it... Physical challenge and athleticism? Ego? Creative outlet? Pure masochism? lol. Community where you finally feel like you fit in? Does [...]
Straight arm straddle inversions are a goal for many aerialists, and yet they are SOOO HARD!! Why? Because straight arm straddle inversions are an advanced skill that involves many parts of the body doing the right thing at the right time and working together. It takes time and practice and a focus on working on [...]
30 Minute Straddle Flexibility Training Click here to do the 30 minute straddle flexibility sequence. Whether your goals are deepening your straddle or to get a perfect straight leg inversion, it is important to practice your straddle flexibility exercises regularly. You can do the excercises in THIS VIDEO regularly to improve your straddle. If something [...]
Everything Straddle Exercises to Improve Your Straddle Many of my students ask me, "What can I do to improve my straddle?" Well, the short answer is, "Do more straddles." lol. But just sitting and/or struggling in a straddle isn't necessarily going to improve your straddle flexibility. So how do you increase your straddle flexibility? Do [...]
Pull Strength for Aerialists How to Improve Your 'BTR' Aerial arts require strength and awareness throughout our entire body. Let's focus on how to gain pull strength for our aerial skills. The foundational arm/shoulder strength that all aerialists need is a strong Brazos T-Rex, aka BTR, aka the upper pull up, aka bent arm hold. [...]
Core Strength for Aerialists Kerri's 2023 Sequence Most of my students find that my core strength sequences are very hard to get through...at first. After training with me and doing these sequences for a period of time, guess what. Not only do the sequences become easier, but the new found core strength and stability drastically [...]
6 Steps to a Stronger Core ...Using Hollow Body Is your core strong enough to support your aerial practice? Aerial arts requires A LOT of core strength and stability in order to execute skills effectively and safely. The stronger we are from our core center, the less 'extra' work our shoulders and less strain on [...]
Cultivating a Satisfying Aerial Practice by Kerri Kresinski Aerial skills are hard. I mean really hard. First step is to hang from your hands and pull yourself upside down using nothing but your muscles. That’s the first step! Then there is the climbing up 25 feet part. When doing aerial skills, we have to access [...]
Aerialist's guide to achieving physical and creative goals Aerialist's guide to achieving physical and creative goals by Kerri Kresinski If you are like me, you thrive on feeling alive! You feel empowered by learning. You seek new ways of looking at things and actually enjoy being wrong sometimes. You prioritize happiness and are constantly looking [...]
9 reasons why an aerial retreat will improve your life, your training, and your inspiration to thrive in everything you do. In our every day lives there are so many things to manage which can put us in a constant state of overwhelm. We struggle to fit in our favorite things like aerial training. Time [...]
