my wrists hurt. SOOOOO MUCH! last night was adult gym, and i was doing (or trying to do) giants on the cheat bars. and so for the gymnastics uneducated, cheats, is a bar that you strap your hands onto so that you don't have to worry about letting go and killing either yourself or someone else. and giants, are when you go all the way around the bar in a handstand (FUN!). anyway, so i was working away, and i was having troubles getting my swing high enough to actually get around the stupid bar, so Gutter (a coach and no that's not his real name) was helping me by giving me a good shove and getting me over the bar. anyway, the thing is, at the top, the tendency is to lift your head up so you can see what's going on cause you're going so darn slow (you're not supposed to go slow.. it's just that if you do, you lift your head) and then of course, because you've lifted your head, your arms go down just a little bit, and then the rest of you follows and you crash onto the bar if you can't get yourself away from it in time. luckily i didn't crash into the bar, but this really hurts your wrists because your arms are now bent, and you're going downwards with incredible speed and since your hands are strapped to the bar, when you get to the bottom, your arms snap straight and then all the force gets taken by your wrists and the stupid straps holding your hands in place. very painful. but so the first one i did was ugly and terrible, but then i did three in a row which were much nicer and the first two weren't painful, but then the third one.. you guessed it. i lifted my head just a wee bit and since i was going faster than the first time i did that... PAIN! AND LOTS OF IT! my wrists are now all swollen. not a lot, but a little anyway, and they're so bruised. you can't see any of the bruises though, but they're there. it hurts just to have things rub against the skin. like i said, pain! and lots of it! but i would still rather have my wrists hurt than never have done a giant. (FUN!)