This is so amazing. I felt like my wrists were breaking last time I tried to do a cartwheel in my 30s. Major respect for the amount of pain this takes, especially getting through the falls.
I have lowkey wanted to see if I could still do a cartwheel but am not confident at all that my body would be able to survive the attempt unscathed lmfao. I'm 36 and was in cheer/dance many times throughout my middle school-high school days, but have a wrist and ankle injury from cheer in high school that didn't heal right bc my coach was a pos, and a busted knee with a kneecap that has dislocated about 6 times now. My knees audibly click when I walk up stairs. I would end up in the hopital 🥲
Yea I’m 37 and I cheered for a long time and my ankle and wrist are super fucked up and while this makes me really want to try doing a back walkover myself haha I remind myself that when I even lightly push off something sometimes my wrist acts like I just karate chopped something and failed lol.
I would probably end up in a cast
Maybe all us former dancers/cheerleaders should hold a convention so we can wrap ourselves in bubble wrap + kinesiology tape, grab some thick ass padding, and spot each other the way kids are spotted in beginner gymnastics. It can be sponsered by Ace Bandages, Tiger Balm, and a league of orthopedic surgeons/sports medicine practitioners. It practically prints money!
Used to do gymnastics. We were taught to walk down a wall backwards to learn how to do bendbacks. Walked down the wall, got stuck, fell sideways, twisted shit.
I have since learnt that I’m actually hypermobile, which explains a lot. Pilates is my friend.
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u/tommicoop 6h ago
This is so amazing. I felt like my wrists were breaking last time I tried to do a cartwheel in my 30s. Major respect for the amount of pain this takes, especially getting through the falls.