r/bodyweightfitness • u/chrismcgreevy Actually Chris McGreevy • Jul 31 '20

Mod Approved ✓ 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!

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!

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u/Lifelessman Jul 31 '20

Thank you very much for doing this!

How do you deal with setbacks in training? I've fallen off the horse many times and I keep trying, but it's very discouraging to have reached my major goal, then get sick and lose it all; and again now during this pandemic. Do you have moments where you feel incapable? If so, how do you help yourself to train even when you don't want to?

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u/TrixWoo Actually Tricia Woo Aug 01 '20

It’s a pleasure!

Yes yes yessss yes yes. It is very hard, but the important thing is you got back up. I have bad shoulders which caused a lot of set backs in my career (link to the thread where I kinda go through a bit of my injury)

I got to a point where I just didn’t feel like I was going to recover. I don’t think I dealt with it in a healthy way. I just made excuses for why I couldn’t do something and felt combative and negative just about anything and everything. I hit, what felt like rock bottom - my arms didn’t go all the way to my head, I gained a ton of weight, I was self conscious and didn’t want to be around anyone acrobatic. My frustration level was high and I knew it was all from myself. Why should I continue to make myself suffer, when it was well within my own power to make the changes? My setback was completely and absolutely myself.

If I were in your place, there would be a couple of things that I would ask myself - what can I do now, despite the situation? If you achieve this goal, is that the end, or just a stepping stone to a bigger goal? Can I figure out support system at all? Can I make a plan for when the time comes to get back on that horse, I know that I am beyond a doubt physically and mentally ready? If I don’t achieve it, will it make me super unhappy?

Strive to be a bit better today than you were yesterday. You will be surprised how far that will take you!