Went to Davis diamonds gymnastics yesterday and trained a bunch of acro stuff. My power level has been growing so much with it. Outside on hard surfaces, the difference between an extra inch or two of jump height, either from weighing less or having gained strength, is nearly imperceptible. But the spring floor amplifies everything by some factor over 1 and it makes such a huge difference. I can do Russian front step out to round off backhandspring back tuck without breaking too much of a sweat in the gym but there is no way I'm hitting that on grass.
Also I worked on an interesting cork progression. Last time I attempted a cork, I faceplanted pretty badly, so I'm working more on getting btwists from different angles and with less and less momentum coming into them so that I can just throw a b-twist comfortably from the j step. Feels good so far, and very wushu-like.
I can tell though that the consistency I've had with working my carts and roundoffs and handstands has paid off in the gym. I think training in a different environment every once and a while serves as a good measure of improvement since it isolates certain variables. Went back to wonderland and had the best vegan chili ever made. Watched Louis CKs latest comedy act and stretched out a bit.
Need to make some stall bars at some point at wonderland hopefully. Those things are useful.
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