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[flexagon]

Today I sort of touched down on my left splits. I say sort of because I was using two stretching mats (1/2 inch thick?), and where I touched down they were overlapping. I doubt I compressed the foam enough that I would've touched down on a hard surface. Still, it's a personal record, and a half-inch cheat isn't much, and I want to count it as some kind of victory! Unexpected at that.

I've been doing some reading and I also really want some parallettes now.

Comments

[nevers.livejournal.com]

congrats!!

and yeah, i want some paralettes too. i know they are supposed to be easy to make, but not so much for a girl in nyc with no free time or storage space

[flexagon]

I'm making some next weekend; should I make 2 pairs? I was thinking wooden ones as shown in the link. If it was just dowels and boards with no glue, they could disassemble really easily to pack flat somewhere.

[nevers.livejournal.com]

ooh, that would be amazing! i don't suppose you have an old yoga mat to cut up and glue to the bottoms of the supports so as not to scratch a floor?

[flexagon]

Yes, that's exactly what I was going to do! I have an old yoga mat that I keep cutting bits off of, for various things. :)

[bluechromis.livejournal.com]

AWESOME!!! Whee, you rock! That's a lot of progress for not too long working on them.

I've thought about parallettes too b/c they are the only way I can do pushups with my wrist right now. I currently just use hexagonal dumbbells though, which works fine for pushups. It wouldn't work as well for working up to v-sits and the various planches though, both because of stability and height. I assume heisenbug has the requisite woodworking tools for making this? (BTW, I just noticed heisenbug has the same initials as hiddenbear. Hereafter he shall be abbreviated hsb, versus hb.)

[flexagon]

Aww, this is what I love about friends... they happily forget the 8 years you spent sporadically working on the goal before learning how to start getting anywhere. :)

Parallettes -- if I want the bar parts to be over 1" in diameter then I'll probably have to buy a bit for his drill, but otherwise the bug is well prepared. Should I be making 3 pairs instead of 2? (I've been hoping to have a good idea for your birthday anyway...)