Posted by alexandra_k on September 23, 2013, at 23:31:37
so, apparently the series of ads were very controversial. some people loved them, thought they were beautiful and inspiring. other people hated them, and thought they were almost pornographic.
ye be the judge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiVYFX-wu-Q
i do get the tension. i think that is why i think of exercise as a private thing, really. because... well, i just think that it is.
i wonder if olympic athletes like to be watched or if (at least some of them) just suck it up as the price they have to pay in order to get to properly practice their sport (to have access to proper facility and coaching)
especially the volleyball girls.
i'm working on my handstand. mostly because i have been inspired by the handstand to downdog transition. i would love to have that kind of control over my body (that is what 'core strength' really is, people, not the ability to do a bajillion crunches). i can do quite a lot from headstand... but not anywhere near so much from handstand. don't have the core strength to lift my hips up to get them stacked up on top of my shoulders without kicking them up fairly hard with a deep bend in my legs. and i can't stay balanced in a handstand for particularly long either. and no hope of lowering my legs keeping my hips stacked like that.
still... it was only... 9 months ago that i learned to do a headstand at all. so i guess that is not too bad... sometimes i see progress. mostly i don't. but it is kind of fun. and i don't fear falling from a handstand anywhere near as much as i used to. i'm working on doing an L sit, too. holding my legs out at 90 degrees from the dip station. struggling a lot with a tuck hold at present - especially when you push your hips forward. i think my hips are a bit too wide... this is probably why female gymnasts don't do parallel bars (since girls don't typically have shoulders wider than their hips). would like to work to holding my legs up off the ground and balancing on my hands on the floor. then... transitions to handstand, of course.
my legs are f*ck*d. so... i should be able to balance on my hands, i think. perhaps one day.
something to do, anyway. keeps me entertained ha.
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