Aerial Dancing Highlights for 2023
2. I took 118 aerial classes
3. I spent $1,809 total
4. I spent 121.25 hours in class
5. I worked with 27 different instructors

Lifetime money spent (just for aerial classes): $11,241.24
2014 – $90
2015 – $422.21
2016 – $1777
2017 – $2594
2018 – $1465.74
2019 – $566
2020 – $225
2021 – $852.46
2022 – $1,439.83
2023 – $1,809

Lifetime total aerial classes: 737
2014 – 6
2015 – 19
2016 – 109
2017 – 139
2018 – 92
2019 – 37
2020 – 35
2021 – 63
2022 – 111
2023 – 118

Total time spent dancing +: 1055.15 hours (43.96 days)
2014 – 10.5 hours
2015 – 37.5 hours
2016 – 173.5 hours
2017 – 226 hours
2018 – 144.5 hours
2019 – 55.5 hours
2020 – 55.75 hours
2021 – 89.25 hours
2022 – 141.4 hours
2023 – 121.25 hours

Class Breakdown at different studios
Revolt – 90/118 = 76%
Lache – 14/118 = 12%
Bat City Circus – 8/118 = 7%
Black Widow Pole – 3/118 = 2%
Inner Diva – 2/118 = 2%
Polearity – 1/118 = 1%

Class Type Breakdown
Lyra – 37
Silks/Sling – 29
Pole – 17
Floorwork – 9
Flexibility – 9
Fly Pole – 2
Twerk – 3
Conditioning – 3
Other – including Burlesque, Chair, Tumbling, Trampoline, Trapeze, Straps, Pole Silks, Pole and Aerial Jam, Parkour and yoga mini class – 9

My fitness goals for 2023:

• Lyra – unassisted front balance
  • I practiced unassisted front balances in nearly every lyra class I took last year with some more successful attempts than others.
  • In my last lyra class I was able to get 3 unassisted front balances in a row without being right on top of my hip bones!
  • I put in an unassisted front balance (wearing fins) for my December showcase performance.
• Pole – handspring Ayesha
  • After many workshops, private lessons, and attempts, I finally was able to get my first ever handspring (my shared video is my second one as I wasn’t filming during all my attempts until I was able to do it the first time).
• Floorwork – solid fish flop
  • I took several floorwork classes and we worked on rolls and fish flops and I’m certain my fish flop improved.
  • Looking at the one I put into my showcase video, it was a teeny bit rushed and not as big as I wanted it to be but in practice some of them got so much airtime!
• Floorwork – work on a hand balance pose/transition that I can freestyle into/out of
  • Didn’t work on this goal specifically
• Aerial – check out every studio in the Austin area
  • I spent most of my studio time at Revolt but did take a few classes at Inner Diva for the first time
• Aerial – perform at least once in some capacity!
  • Nailed it!
• Aerial – Work on the correct position for flying trapeze hand catch prep
  • Didn’t really work on this one – only took 1 trapeze class
• Aerial – continue to explore other fun classes/workshops like duo lyra, bungee, trampoline, etc.
  • I love trying new classes such as the pole silks workshop at the end of last year and the tumbling class I tried
• Aerial – volunteer/help out in a show/comp
  • I volunteered for both the Lache After Dark showcase in February and the Dreams and Nightmares showcase in October
• 1000 miles lifetime on my e-bike
  • I biked 243.9 miles (bringing the total miles biked on my e-bike to 1,161.4)
• 321 miles on our new stationary bike
  • Got bored really fast with the stationary bike – maybe did 20-25 miles at the beginning of the year before putting my effort into pull-ups and classes

In other fitness accomplishments:

• I went to 3 aerial shows (Cirque, Cirque du Soleil: Corteo, and the Revolt Fall/Winter showcase)
• I took 7 yoga classes (including 1 kitten yoga and 1 puppy yoga class)
• I joined a local Hotworx gym 8/1 and took 29 HIIT classes and 49 ISO classes

My fitness goals for 2024:

• Work on a muscle up
• Work on getting a handstand
• Volunteer for one show
• Perform at one show
• Try out a new pole studio in the Austin area
• Try a new class/workshop
• Level up at Lache in Lyra

My favorite fitness photos from the year!

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