Sweat drips down your hands and palms, making your grips slippery. The thick scent of chalk permeates the air which your breath heavily. Your eyes peer down, only to see what seems to be thousands of feet below. You nervously adjust your grip, but it does no good to calm your raging nerves down. The caterpillars in your stomach seem have already fully grown, and your guts feel like spilling out.

It's time.

With a silent prayer, you muster all your courage and swing off the precious bar, with only your clammy hands to cling on. The ground instantly races towards you at breckneck speed. Your body accelerates, and everything seems blur. Simultaneously, your hands slip off. The stick is the only thing that is protecting you from flying off. Your mind is blank.

You're past the middle. Your view is changed to the ceiling. Your hands suddenly find their grip back as you decelerate. You unknowingly have swung into a handstand. You look down. A metal bar and possibly hundreds of sponge cubes waving up at you, signifying your success.
it's all or nothing in gym.
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well, at least that's how i felt while doing GIANTS.

hahaha. First time without straps with coach's protection. Pretty freaky i would say, especially the descent. I took 3 attemps to do a proper giant

These following actions have been performed by a gym noob person and should not be attempted by anyone unless under specific instructions or supervision. You have been warned.

First Try: Didn't swing back so far, and i kicked early. The result? I couldn't hand on and flew in front like a mini back-somersault and landed neck first into the sponge pit. Woops.

Second try: Didnt swing back so far again, but this time i kicked at the correct time. Didn't use enough force. As i couldn't go up, i should have let go at the front. However, i didn't. The Result? I let go while i was swing backwards and i flipped forwards and landed body first, like a face drop into the sponge pit.

Yay for sponge pits!

However, on my successful giant [3rd try], when i pushed off, my leg went into the sponge pit and mysteriously received a cut. O_O tell me that it's possible, someone?

Boo for sponge pits!

Got made C Div Tramp Captain. hmm

Quote of the Day:"Sylla (Bear!)" -Ms Chia

Supposedly "See-la!" but, she pronounced it super fast, so it became like that. Of course, only a idiot like me would add on the Bear!

PS: Read March 19 Home, Page 2 [newspaper]