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| - My friend found a Groupon for this place and we decided to go for it. Each class is normally $40 p/p, and the Groupon made it around $20 p/p, so it was a great deal. Still, $40 for a 1.5 hr class would be pretty good, too.
A heads up about location: If you find yourself driving up & down Valley View wondering where the heck this place is, you won't be alone. It's a residential neighborhood and doesn't look like, at first glance, a place that would have a trapeze rig. I must have driven the stretch from Warm Springs to Arby & back at least three times before parking in front of one of the houses there whose address I believed to be 7081 (it was a bit difficult to see). There is no sign for TLV, but look for the house to the right of it that advertises horseback riding lessons. Park in the dirt out front & walk left around to the back -- that's where the rigging is.
Two of the guys that were there had worked on riggings for local shows for years, and one of the other guys came from generations of circus performers. They were all funny and personable, and you could tell they genuinely liked doing the lessons. We felt completely safe the whole time (even though our first times up on the platform made us do a nervous gulp before dropping off, bar in hand), and the guys do a good job of giving you timing cues so you have the best chance at performing the moves/tricks that you're supposed to pick up from the class.
They say you don't have to worry about being strong or not. I slightly disagree with this, because having some extra arm & ab strength would have really helped me out, I feel. However, I was still able to successfully execute the maneuvers we were taught; I just had a hard time putting my legs up & over the bar on the first swing each time, and my arms got tired really fast from just hanging on the bar. Mind you, even if you don't ever work out, you probably have more muscle strength than I do -- after being hospital-bed-bound for a month post-surgery a couple of years ago, I lost pretty much all of muscle one could possibly lose without totally losing the ability to move (at least it sure felt that way), and I've still never done any strength-training workouts (or much cardio either, for that matter, save for a few random hikes & bike rides) to gain some of it back. So basically what I'm saying is, even if you think you can't do this, you can.
Sadly, the weather took a turn for the worse on us (dropped to 50 degrees; strong, biting, cold wind; started snowing on us near the end of class), so we didn't have a chance to actually try some catches, but since we were so close before the bad weather rolled in, the guys graciously told us they'd give us a discount if we wanted to come back and try again.
All-in-all, it was a super fun experience. It stops being scary after the first time up, and your next couple times are a blast! Plus, how many people can say they've done a back flip off of a trapeze? You can, after you go here. I can also say I've done a back flip off of a trapeze in the snow. That's probably one of the most awesome things I can think of.
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