Entering a New Phase of ProTrack

Ah.  Wow.  It really is surprising how much time has passed so far.  I mean, I still fell like it certainly has been two months that has passed, but it's just surprising to look back and just realize that I, myself, have been doing circus almost every day since we've started.  What is probably even more surprising (as well as beneficial) is that I'm doing some sort of intense physical exercise for at least a few hours a day pretty consistently now.  I have begun now to feel it having profound effects on me.

My cardio at this point, and by my judgement, is absolutely wonderful.  It has progressed much farther than I could have imagined it could have in just two months.  If I knew that you could build up cardio this time efficiently, maybe I would have tried harder at it in the past.  It's definitely something that's going to stick in the back of my mind as I continue my pursuit of physical fitness beyond ProTrack.  My strength is definitely increasing as well.  I've particularly noticed improvement in my abs, which now are such powerhouses.  It's such a great and reassuring feeling to be able to have incredible control over your body when you're in the air.  I unfortunately can't really say the same thing about my flexibility.  That's been a real toughie for me.   It's been a bit of a struggle for me in this respect, because, particularly for the disciplines which interest me most, flexibility can greatly increase one's aerial vocabulary by adding a whole new dimension to shapes possible by the human body.  I've been trying hard and consistently to stretch but improvement is very slow.  At least I can say that I'm not losing flexibility since I started in September.  I do know, however, that a lot of this is due to muscle tightening (and not as in the tightness of the material that they're made of, but rather active muscle tightening that's not necessarily in my conscious control).  When I do PNF stretching (if you recall from one of my earlier posts, is when you resist against the stretch for about 20 seconds during the stretch to fatigue the muscles) I do end up sinking a lot deeper into the stretch, so every morning it's just a matter of forcing the muscles to loosen themselves again.  It's frustrating, but I have confidence in its eventual improvement.