alright guys you know that I'm a fan of
trying everything at least once
most things anyway so right now it's
time for a grounded area because it's
try Tuesday
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this is the side of the building and yes
those are people hanging high above the
ground it's beautiful
it's death-defying food and it's just
another day at work for this woman Karen
Fuhrman karen is the driving force
behind a company called grounded aerial
where bungee cords are her lifeline
literally today she's visiting for root
project on Westheimer and she's about to
teach me the basics of bungee it's a
workout class it can be Fitness oriented
or dance-oriented put a bungee on and a
harness on and it's a workout regimen
all right so what do I need to keep in
mind okay hold your core okay breathe a
lot of times people are gonna you know I
just let yourself go and will I be sore
out there yes also you recommended I
wear bike shorts yeah because I didn't
bike shorts you can do it that's how to
pack shorts but it's just what makes a
little bit more comfortable it's kind of
like the Cadillac
okay first up the harness fitting there
you go and then you pick it up from the
waistband just like it's a pair of pants
just like a pair of it's just like a
pair of pants doesn't have a crush okay
Wow okay so the shorts may have been
riding up a bit but it wasn't entirely
uncomfortable push the bungee and let
your knees tuck there you go yeah
you're a natural you're doing this very
well no you really are
I'm a good person what do you want for
me after getting comfortable it was time
for class
sorry Bungie oh I'll just show you first
floating Lotus in the starfish if you
don't get motion sickness so you can
spin it was right about now when I
realized this was gonna be really really
hard right back into starfish fetal
position on the other side back into
starfish karen makes it look so easy
into teardrop but it's far from it as I
soon found out opening up eight seven
six
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then a quick rest this is the resting
position but why rest when you can do
push-ups I told you it was hard then it
was time to move class was flying
Oh
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let's just say my technique needs a
little work
grounded aerial won't actually keep you
on the ground instead and sweat
you'll fly and you might even feel like
go out and try it because you'll have a
lot of fun I mean really every time
everyone's bouncing around and laughing
like kids and and walking out like
feeling better like they're superheroes
it's it's an amazing experience
did I do it right
you did such a great job oh thank you it
Karen is an amazing instructor by the
way right and I love the fact that you
did that with a group of people you
didn't know because I think that's where
we get out of the comfort zone right
you're feeling unsure and there was some
really good people in the class - you
did great thank you thank you well that
we all were friends by the end of the
class and when I tell you that I was
sore for days I am NOT getting it was
such a good workout by the way Karen is
only one of like five people in the
world she travels around the world
teaching people how to teach this to
their classes so if you go to a core
root project on Westheimer
you too can take one of the classes if
you want to learn more about grounded
aerial you can visit their website
grounded aerial calm or to sign up for a
class right here in Houston
you can visit core root project comm so
great job let's go do it
absolutely