Aerial Acrobatics: equipment, rigs & costumes
Want to fly at home? Honest guides to aerial hoops, silks, trapeze and the freestanding rigs that hold them, plus how to train safely.
What are you looking for?
Apparatus, rigs and the extras that keep you safe in the air.
Aerial Hoops (Lyra)
- Best hoops for home
- Single & multi-point
- Sizes explained
Aerial Silks
- Silks for home practice
- Fabric stretch & length
- Rigging silks safely
Static Trapeze
- Where to buy
- Bar widths & ropes
- Home use
Freestanding Rigs
- 7 rigs compared
- Indoor & outdoor
- No ceiling needed
Heart Hoops
- Heart-shaped lyra
- Photoshoot favourites
- Where to buy
Aerial Fitness
- What aerial fitness is
- Benefits
- Getting started
Top aerial guides
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Safe, rated silks and the rigging you need to train at home.
LYRAThe 5 best aerial hoops for home use
Sizes, tab points and finishes: choosing your first lyra.
REVIEWX-Pole A-Frame: a closer look
One of the best-known portable aerial rigs, looked at in detail.
RIGS7 of the best freestanding aerial rigs
Train in the garden, the lounge or the studio, without a beam.
TRAPEZEWhere to buy a static trapeze for home
The best places to buy a bar that’s safe for home training.
WELLBEINGThe benefits of aerial arts
Physical, mental and emotional: why flying makes you feel so good.
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Fly safely.
Aerial acrobatics can be dangerous without the right skills, strength and knowledge, so we always recommend lessons with a qualified instructor first.
If you do train at home, the most important thing is safe, correct rigging. Only buy rigs designed for home use, check load ratings, use a crash mat and never train alone.
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Planning an aerial photoshootIDEASBalancing aerial practice with parentingLIFEWhat is aerial fitness?GUIDEThe best heart-shaped aerial hoopsLYRAHooked since a works night out in Nottingham. She’s taken classes from Hartlepool to Malta and San Diego, tried trapeze, lyra, silks and hammock, and taught pole and hammock.
A Greater Manchester mum who’s trained pole and aerial for over a decade, mostly at home, and started Loops World to share the kit that works.