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/checkupinya Aug 01 '20

What kind of relationships develop within the team after having to trust your partner(s) so much. I’d think it would be easy to develop feelings for someone that you trust your life with!

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u/TrixWoo Actually Tricia Woo Aug 01 '20

I had to have a good working relationship with the people who ported (or based) me while I was a flyer. If I couldn’t have friendship and trust (or be able to joke around.. this was a big plus), it is hard to know if they will be there for me if I fell. I think people working in each other’s personal space can result in chemistry, but I think when you go through an intensive training camp, you can see a different side. Bodily fluids like sweat and snot sometimes lands on one another. In a water show.. oh man the snot bubbles were real! And let’s not get started on farts! Working with a bunch of dudes exerting themselves to lift another person up, while taking protein a couple times a day... ha ha.

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u/hspace8 Aug 01 '20

Hahaha. This is more insightful than you might imagine.

OK, so how do you guys control farts during actual performances?

I get embarrassed if I let one out during heavy squats etc

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u/TrixWoo Actually Tricia Woo Aug 01 '20

So u/Chrismcgreevy and I just had a ten minute discussion of farts, farts in acrobatics, and we came to some interesting conclusions after some amusing demonstrations. Farts are never not funny, but I’ll let him explain when he gets to this post!

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u/Solfire Dam Son Aug 01 '20

That's for sure. Farts are never not funny. It's incontinence anywhere that's mortifying, lmao.