November 8, 2026

Weight Training for Circus Athletes

With Carina Gillet

Are you interested in cross training to improve your circus capacity? This workshop will cover the proper form, safety, and application of compound movements performed during resistance training for the circus athlete (yes I also mean you aerialists).

Movements covered will include the squat, split squat, dead-lift, row, chest press, and overhead press.

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More Details

When:
Sunday | 3:00 – 5:00 pm

Where:
The Trapezium
10 Town Crier Dr.
Brattleboro, Vermont

Cost:
$75

Prerequisites:
Students should be able to perform a squat, a lunge, and a full push-up with good form, and have overhead range of motion (to lift a weight over their head).

Ages:
12 & up or by permission of instructor

About the Coach

Carina Gillet is a multidisciplinary circus artist and coach. They graduated from NECCA with a straps major and minor in partner acrobatics, and have extensive experience performing and coaching mixed apparatuses including lyra, silks, trapeze, and hammock.

Carina holds a degree in kinesiology and several exercise certifications through the National Academy of Sports Medicine including flexibility and mobility training and nutritional coaching. They have performed with Cirque Us, Cirque Musica, Circus Scorpius, and Cirque Dreams.

They are currently based in Salt Lake City, UT. They coach and perform with the Salt Lake City Circus Center and create interdisciplinary art shows with the Gillet Trio.

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