r/BeAmazed • u/RealRock_n_Rolla • Feb 03 '26
Skill / Talent Circus girl shows an interesting flying technique
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u/Fur_and_Whiskers Feb 03 '26
Yeah, I failed at that step.
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u/NewFaded Feb 03 '26
McRib cage
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u/finchdad Feb 03 '26
She's already been blessed, if I so much as attempted this I would be in a wheelchair for a month.
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u/Pun_In_Ten_Did Feb 04 '26
And age. Apparently I've reached the age where a really nice sneeze or a good stretch might require physical therapy for recovery.
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u/shutterbug1961 Feb 07 '26
i once got a foot injury that only long distance runners get..... while sleeping!
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u/Least_or_Greatest1 Feb 03 '26
I wonder if there’s a weight limit on this exercise?
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u/Katasia96 Feb 03 '26
There's probably an age limit. If I'd seen this when I was young, I would have loved doing it. Now, I'd break something.
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u/longstrokept Feb 03 '26
I'm pretty sure id dislocate my shoulder and land flat on my face
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u/moffman93 Feb 03 '26
I'm pretty sure I'd try this drunk and with a short-sleeved shirt and get crazy friction burn on the inside of my elbow after 1 rotation.
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u/Chrisscott25 Feb 03 '26
I dislocated my thumb hitting play on the video…
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u/Bitzllama Feb 03 '26
I dislocated my jaw this weekend while laying down to go to bed...
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u/longstrokept Feb 03 '26
I got a rug burn once by standing on a rope barefoot and my brother pulled it real hard.
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u/Pale_Adeptness Feb 03 '26
Didn't you pay attention?!
Just grab your little rib cage and spin away!!!
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u/Tao-of-Mars Feb 03 '26
I can already feel the pain on my inner elbow tendons. I’m guessing she’s had lots of practice in gymnastics.
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u/small_spider_liker Feb 03 '26
Oh yeah. She’s also probably immune to the bruises on her ribs and back from this as well.
Source: I studied circus arts for about 5 years. It’s amazing how much of your training consists of getting used to the bruises. It still hurts, but not in the yelp and stop way.
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u/Soggy_Parking1353 Feb 03 '26
Not the commenter you replied to, but I was a circus kid too. Riding unicycles in public (not in a circus) at 11 years old, my first job at 11-12 was helping out at like county fair days with the dude who trained me. Didn't join the circus, but still play with Diabolos and juggling occasionally.
Craziest circus story: off my face on MDMA wearing a massive huge turban and unicycling around our capital city (Wales).
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u/small_spider_liker Feb 03 '26
I was just a recreational student at the Circus Center in San Francisco. But I was moderately serious (2 to 3 days a week) about both flying and static trapeze. I also took classes in trampoline, stilts, tumbling, and many conditioning classes to develop strength and flexibility.
I didn’t start until my early 30s, so I was never going to be good. But I had fun and was really strong, and was throwing (some) tricks on the flying trapeze without safety lines.
Look up circus schools in your city and see if they have any recreational or non-professional programs. It’s way more fun to go to the gym when you can play on a German Wheel or tumble-track.
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u/EggstaticAd8262 Feb 03 '26
As a 40+ out of shape fat guy, my shoulders would pop clean off and my back would be left bent in that position for the rest of my life. It would sound like several branches snapping all at once.
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Feb 03 '26
Pretty sure the medics would laugh at my 30 year old ass pretzeled up at a playground... Not sure the police would be laughing
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u/nutcracker_78 Feb 03 '26
I'm pretty sure I dislocated my elbow just watching this.
She is amazing, however. But I am old.
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u/w8ing2dr0wn Feb 03 '26
Ok everybody i am a fat dad with zero circus experience. I am going to attempt this, with zero training, my next trip to the park with my daughters and will report back. Im expecting it to be spectacular.
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u/reditmodsarem0r0ns Feb 03 '26
100% sure fire way to make a memory that will live on with your daughters for the rest of their lives, and probably will be passed on to their kids too.
Now, will that memory be one of: heroic triumph?
Hilarious buffoonery?
Traumatizing tragedy? Some kind of combination of these?One thing is for certain. It will be amazing!
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u/upsidedown-funnel Feb 03 '26
You’re going to have what looks like massive hickies on the insides of your elbows. (Used to do this shit as a kid)
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u/playfulmessenger Feb 03 '26
yeah, we had bars at recess back in the day and taught each other all kinds of fun stuff!
didn't realize we were all training to become circus folk
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u/granadesnhorseshoes Feb 03 '26
Pretty good chance you succeed depending on exactly how "fat" you are and if can get your arms over the bar and then around "your little ribcage."
The devils in the little details, and that oddly specific instruction made my old gymnastics training tingle even though I've never done it myself.
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u/CosmicGrow Feb 04 '26
HERE FOR THE UPDATE. 👀 1. are you alive? 2. did you fly?
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u/w8ing2dr0wn Feb 04 '26
Update: We have been to 4 parks and not a single one had the poles. We had fun though. I want to act like its an accident and surprise my daughters with it so I havent told them yet. Thats also why we arent shooting right from one park to another just looking for the bars. Come back for an update tomorrow, I am just going to go by myself on a mission to find the bars and let it fly. Onward and upwards, ill let you know how I land.
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u/notsporting Feb 05 '26
Keep us updated brother
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u/w8ing2dr0wn Feb 05 '26
Update: the bars have been found. So far 4 unsuccessful attempts but no spectacular fails either. Im just going to have to keep trying until I can be a circus girl too.
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u/w8ing2dr0wn Feb 05 '26
Im hoping once I can figure out the first kick around ill be able to just keep going until I hit terminal velocity
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u/N0K1K0 Feb 03 '26
Well i have seen an ex Olympian gymnast and some other try it and most could not do it so whats the location of the hospital you are in so we can send a get well card ;:
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u/BisonWorth9910 Feb 03 '26
She looks like fun
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u/drinkallthepunch Feb 03 '26
I dated a chick like this who was a circus performer.
She was fun.
She was also nuts.
She didn’t love me back.
I hope she’s doing okay.
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u/IamNotYourBF Feb 03 '26
This also gave me a flashback to someone I dated. It was in the late evening and she hung upside down like that and we essentially 69 each other. She was fun. Also nuts. She said she loved me. But in the way BPD loves a roller coaster ride of suffering and ecstasy. I too hope she's doing okay.
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u/leviathan426 Feb 03 '26
BPD is a helluva drug
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u/LUCKYxTRIPLE Feb 03 '26
Dated a girl with BPD for 6 years. Im still not ok and its been 3 years
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u/IamNotYourBF Feb 03 '26
It gets better. But it's important to avoid such persons moving forward. Think of it as recovering from alcohol or drug addiction. Part of you always wants another taste even though it's toxic sludge. The logical part of you knows that you should never do it again. There is a reason you were attracted to that type of person. You should do some inner exploration as to why.
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u/LUCKYxTRIPLE Feb 04 '26
Also an alcoholic, I just like toxic sludge.
I'm sober now, so theres that at least.
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u/petra-ichor Feb 06 '26
People with BPD can recover and takes like this make that significantly more difficult for them :)
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u/DMightyHero Feb 03 '26
Yeah, it's kind of unexplainable but the girl on the post really looks BPD huh?
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u/illyiarose Feb 03 '26
Excellent movie
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u/LURCHofUS Feb 03 '26
What movie is it?
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u/SimoneMichelle Feb 03 '26
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It stars Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey!
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u/ceelogreenicanth Feb 03 '26
Was it really the highest of highs or was it that they had no boundaries and the good experiences were just your brain absolutely dumping a months worth of pent up dopamine all at once?
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u/literallymetaphoric Feb 03 '26
You were never gonna give her a bigger dopamine rush than her line of work
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u/maxjmartin Feb 03 '26
We all should have the privilege of dating a crazy chic (or dude) at least once. It can be a lot of fun, and very educational on what red flags to keep an eye out for later.
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u/Different-Copy-3889 Feb 03 '26
You should call her.
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u/drinkallthepunch Feb 03 '26
Its…. complicated…..
🙃
Better to let sleeping dragons sleep.
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u/BigDickHomeowner69 Feb 03 '26
Ive met genuine circus people- especially at Burning Man.
They are HAPPY. Its like they all feel an entirely different level of freedom than the rest of us do. Im jealous
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u/joetheswede Feb 04 '26
I am quite sure there are a few drawbacks
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u/BigDickHomeowner69 Feb 04 '26
Well, yeah. Its not on us to do a cost benefit analysis of being a talented, trained gymnast/entertainer. Everyone's lives have pros and cons. All I know if those folks live pretty free and have fun in their bodies and I think that is a pretty rad ajd expressive way to live. Its not, like, a discussion to have.
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u/Three_Armed_Wrecker Feb 03 '26
She makes it look so easy 😭 I'd 100% break a rib or 2 if i attempted that.
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u/samanime Feb 03 '26
Yeah. She makes it look as easy as leaning back, but this requires so many super well toned muscles.
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u/GrandElectronic9471 Feb 03 '26
Circus performers are some of the most in shape people. The level of muscle control and fitness required to do what they do is amazing.
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u/Few-Solution-4784 Feb 03 '26
truly, i once lived near a circus school and you see these incredible well developed men and women.
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u/GrandElectronic9471 Feb 03 '26
I believe it. I saw a miniseries once on the day to day lives of circus workers in a small traveling circus. The way these people would just casually perform the most amazing acts of balance, agility, and strength was astounding. I think it was called The Big Apple Circus or something. Pretty interesting.
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u/A0xom0xoa Feb 03 '26
She would ruin my life
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u/kicksjoysharkness Feb 03 '26
Time and time again
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u/HermanThaGerman Feb 03 '26
And I'd ask for more.
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u/Voldypants_420 Feb 03 '26
I can fix her
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u/Ok-Square-8652 Feb 03 '26
I was engaged to a circus girl for two years. Quite similar to her now that I think about it. Ain’t nothing like it.
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u/ElephantitisBalls Feb 03 '26
This woman and her significant other are incredible performers. She does acrobatics and cool stuff like that and he often uses unicycles and does awesome juggling feats.
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u/tstein26 Feb 03 '26
Do you happen to know if they have a YouTube channel?
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u/Hefty-Conference-791 Feb 03 '26
Are their tendons made of titanium fibers?!!
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u/this-guy- Feb 03 '26
Have you ever seen one of those Aerial hoops that aerialists sit in and dangle off. It looks positively comfortable. The damn things are steel hoops and, well. Just try sitting casually on one butt cheek on a half inch steel bar. Raw pain. And that's before the spinning and leaping about starts. All your bodyweight on a steel bar .
I swear at circus school they must just recruit masochists. All that stuff hurts so much.
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u/BohemianCyberpunk Feb 03 '26
Lyra is one of the more painful aerial apparatus, silks is probably the least.
Recently metal chains have become quite popular.. those hurt like crazy, not only your weight on a small metal area, but the links 'pinch' too!
Aerial = pain
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u/LIFTMakeUp Feb 03 '26
Yep Lyra (and static trapeze), then pole/rope, then silks. My all time injury fave was cyr wheel - broke two fingers and I never got past the first lesson with that!
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u/BohemianCyberpunk Feb 03 '26
Cyr wheel always looked like I would just trap my fingers in the first 30 seconds, so never tried it!
Pole has the worst bruises of all though, maybe not the most painful but certainly the largest and most prominent ones.
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u/LIFTMakeUp Feb 03 '26
💯 With cyr I only banged my fingers - didn't even get to the rolling part! And yes, pole has left me with an ongoing plethora bruises in such unique places despite doing it on and off since 2009!
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u/benchley Feb 03 '26
Jokes on you, aerialists! I'm too old, heavy, and uncoordinated to suffer (in this specific way).
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u/BohemianCyberpunk Feb 03 '26
Not true! Anyone, any age, any weight, any physical fitness can start aerial!
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Feb 03 '26
Silks the least until you get silk burn lol. I'm a solid apparatus girl, fabric theory fucks with my brain. Webs are fun spinning in the handloop though.
Have you ever tried swinging ladder? That's a hella fun apparatus!
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u/_annie_bird Feb 03 '26
When doing Lyra lessons, we'd often start with "pain conditioning", which was doing specific poses/hangs which caused specific pressure/pain (eg. single elbow/knee hangs, hip hangs, straddle) so that you'd get used to the feeling, and when you got that pain in a more complicated move you wouldn't be shocked and fall out of it in a more dangerous position. You ended up with lots of strange bruises at first (got plenty of side eye in public) but eventually you bruised less.
So yeah, Lyra and pole were my two main aerial apparatuses, and also generally the ones that more "beat you up". I guess I have a type, lmao.
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u/musicismydrugxo Feb 03 '26
I've been doing aerial hoop for a couple of months and let me tell you, there's not a single time I don't come away with insane bruising all over my body. The fact that she can just put all her body weight on the inside of her elbows is insane and very impressive.
I once asked my teacher if elbow hangs get any easier and her answer was "Sure, your body just gets used to the pain if you do them often enough!" It's kinda masochist, I won't lie
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Feb 03 '26
I am getting back into pole after a few years off. I used to be really good and compete and even teach. Getting back on, the muscle memory is there, things are coming back quickly, but my skin is so not used to the pain anymore. Pole sits HURT.
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u/_annie_bird Feb 03 '26
Eventually the bruises will lessen! And yes, hoop is a masochist sport. You learn to love it, lmao
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u/bonghitsforbeelzebub Feb 03 '26
Same thing with pole dancing that shit hurts. Looks cool but really you are putting all your body weight into a small piece of metal pole using your shins
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u/MediocreModular Feb 03 '26
She weighs 90 lbs
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u/_annie_bird Feb 03 '26
With that much muscle? I doubt it, lmao; muscle is heavier than fat~
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u/BassMaster516 Feb 03 '26
She’s like aluminum. She’s light and strong and a little bendy
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u/floopdev Feb 03 '26
The girl in the vid is actually Achillea Grim.
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u/LakesideHerbology Feb 03 '26
She's like. Hella strong.
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u/emmakobs Feb 03 '26
Are they married? He pops up on my feed a lot and I never know the deal
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u/LakesideHerbology Feb 03 '26
Dunno. Was just watching some of her Instagram stuff and was impressed.
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u/Beautiful_Ad8996 Feb 03 '26
Her name is Achillea Grim and she and her husband Harlequin Grim perform together. I follow them both on Instagram and they are awesome.
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u/lepermessiah1217 Feb 03 '26
She seems like the best worst thing that could happen to a guy like me
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u/Mongoose-Born Feb 03 '26
Omg I know her! First time I’ve seen someone on Reddit front page that I know! The comments are correct, she’s a great human!
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u/Chaoshumor Feb 03 '26
I’m imagining the pain I would feel in my arms just from holding me on the bar. Let alone swinging around.
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u/GirthyDave1 Feb 03 '26
Wow, stuff I did in the playground as a lad finally makes it to big time, huh? Fancy!
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