EPISODE 129: Handstands & Flexibility Tips from an Acrobat
Listen and learn all about acrobatics, inversions, hand-balancing and flexibility.
Listen & Learn:
- Flexibility “training” vs. stretching (they’re not the same!)
- Basic hand, shoulder positioning for yoga vs gymnastics
- Use of the wall, props, and strength training
- Passive, dynamic, PNF & balistic stretching – who wins?
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ABOUT OUR GUEST
Andralyn Zayn, grew up as a competitive gymnast worked and trained with, The Underground Circus, in Vancouver before heading to circus school, where she specialized in hand-balancing and flexibility.
During her studies, Andralyn created a new specialty that combined acrobatics and hand-balancing, and later developed a class that focused on increasing people’s ranges of motion and flexibility. She is now a PICP Level 1 and 2 Certified Personal Trainer, Agatsu Certified Kettlebell Instructor, and Certified Gymnastics Coach.
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