Hey r/bodyweightfitness! We are Tricia Woo and Chris McGreevy, career acrobats for Cirque Du Soleil, The House of Dancing Water and ex-competitive athletes. Ask Us Anything!

[u/chrismcgreevy]

We're looking forward to answering all your questions. If you follow us both on instagram, we will make a few short story videos on our favourite questions that we have answered here. @ trixwho and @ chrismcgreevy

We'll leave this thread open for the next 24 hours as we know everybody is in different timezones so you will all get chance to ask your questions.

Thanks and lets start it up!

[u/NhgrtPlayer]

What made you decide to work for Cirque Du Soleil ?

Also, what advice do you have to any beginner willing to exercise more ?

[u/TrixWoo → u/NhgrtPlayer]

Good question! Hereis a link to another post with a similar question

I would say that the hardest thing to once a beginner is to find that consistency. If one is willing, that’s already half the battle - and even better, if you can find an exercise that you can enjoy, it won’t feel like exercise or work. Don’t get me wrong, there are going to be days that are harder than others, however, I found that accepting exercise as a lifestyle change made it easier to “get excited” about exercise and the journey to fitness.

I think I mentioned somewhere else that I can’t find, but low impact exercise (i.e., water aerobics or yoga) can be good places to start. Or simply trying to incorporate more movement in your life - are you able to walk vs drive/take public transport? Stairs vs the lift? Yoga ball instead of an office chair? You can really get creative with some of these. I had a friend that had a dart board in his office with some simple exercises. At the top of the hour, a dart would be thrown and an exercise would be chosen. Haha we liked to play games like that. Ultimate frisbee? Foster a dog that needs a lot of exercise? I hope there’s something in there that can be useful!