Spinning progress
Oct. 17th, 2021 07:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
icepixieGood: I spent most of my lesson on Friday on spins and made improvements in all of them. I'm getting lower in sit spins (with the happy consequence of getting more centered/more rotations).
Bad: I took video today of said sit spin, and...it still looks like I'm perching on a barstool at best. I'm probably past the age/joint health stage of life where I could get a 90-degree or less angle at the knee, but, like, 140 would be cool. I'm at ~160 degrees right now, which might pass the the "recognizable sit position" guidelines for adult competition, but honestly, maybe not.
Argh.
Good: On the other hand, my leg position in layback spins is better, and I can hold it long enough to get a full revolution with my arms over my head, when before I was collapsing as soon as I tried to raise them, so that's nice.
I tried a few combination spins again, and while they're not up to what they were pre-pandemic, at least I'm doing them. I also tried sit-change-sit spins, and can manage maybe half a revolution on the back sit before I lose my balance, whereas before I was completely grinding to a stop by the time I shifted my weight, so...progress? I'm throwing a party the day I get any sort of back spin, I swear.
Bad: I took video today of said sit spin, and...it still looks like I'm perching on a barstool at best. I'm probably past the age/joint health stage of life where I could get a 90-degree or less angle at the knee, but, like, 140 would be cool. I'm at ~160 degrees right now, which might pass the the "recognizable sit position" guidelines for adult competition, but honestly, maybe not.
Argh.
Good: On the other hand, my leg position in layback spins is better, and I can hold it long enough to get a full revolution with my arms over my head, when before I was collapsing as soon as I tried to raise them, so that's nice.
I tried a few combination spins again, and while they're not up to what they were pre-pandemic, at least I'm doing them. I also tried sit-change-sit spins, and can manage maybe half a revolution on the back sit before I lose my balance, whereas before I was completely grinding to a stop by the time I shifted my weight, so...progress? I'm throwing a party the day I get any sort of back spin, I swear.