Trapeze School

Male Speaker: How is everyone feeling, good? Male Speaker: Anxious students in Manhattan gear up for what could be the most thrilling workout of their lives. Most have run, lifted weights or done aerobics before, but this is definitely over their heads. Male Speaker: Take forwards, backwards forward -- Male Speaker: Welcome to Trapeze School New York where adventures exercisers improve their health and fitness levels by learning to fly on a giant out door trapeze Male Speaker: Climbing the ladder is great for your body, swinging on the bar great for your body learning the coordination fantastic. Male Speaker: Michelin Broderick gave the class to her husband Paul as a present for his 35th birthday. Male Speaker: I am pretty fearless so you know I am just looking forward to doing it Male Speaker: Try to keep your arms straight the whole time Male Speaker: Students find warming up on the low bar pretty tough Female Speaker: It is harder than I thought. It's really getting your legs up their -- Female Speaker: I had a lot of trouble getting my legs up over the bar so I am a little concerned about that. Male Speaker: The work out begins with a 23 foot climb up to the platform. Then students experience the physical challenge and shear excitement of flying through the air. Nerves get the best of Michelin. Female Speaker: No I want to get down, I want to get down Male Speaker: And you do a lift from hanging from the bar up over there its helps with your flexibility and so makes you get lot look lot more limber. Male Speaker: It's more of gymnastics of the balance so it's more -- I would compare it more to like taking a dance class Male Speaker: Ready.... hop Male Speaker: It takes Coordination to complete the final task, a mid air catch Female Speaker: I have to catch -- male Speaker: In all a couple of misses, but many successes. Male Speaker: While you're doing it I think the excitement far takes over from the doldrums of things like running and walking. Male Speaker: Excitement he says has people of all ages coming back for more. Male Speaker: It's accelerating and fun yes I feel I am more alive. Male Speaker: I am sure I wake tomorrow feeling better than I did today.