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Different grips in aerial handspring
I have always been having problems with any lifts with twisted grip, eg twisted grip SM, TW handspring. Although now I am able to do them, that’s after hours and hours of practice didn’t come naturaly. Comparatively with cup grip or basic grip I can get into SM, Handspring, even aerial handspring easily. However it seems every top artist is doing the TG aerial handspring during performance. I want to know if it’s because I am still too weak for it, or it’s just not for me? Shall I keep working on it, or shall I use other grips instead so I am working on my strength rather working on my weakness?
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I think I would try another grip, if you don´t feel comfortable with it. If you hurt yourself because the TG doesn´t fit to your body, you will regret it.
And lifts with other grips are more impressive 😉 I think the Tg Lift is the easiest one and I think that´s why so many do it. If Split grip would be easier, most would use a Split grip…
I just learned the split grip lift, next will be with true grip 😉
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Thanks for the advice. Actually, is there such thing as body not build for certain trick? When using TG I feel that although I have all the strength I just can’t use it in the TG position. I can barely lift my body. But once I am up, I found it secure and strong . Is this to do withy core strength , or my angle when I twist?
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There certainly is such a thing! And muscle structure also has quite a bit to do with it. Everyone's muscles are different and everyone does tricks differently or rely on different muscles based on where they are strong.
I train at the gym a lot and I focussed a lot on the upper back and the rotator cuff area due to posture issues and a shoulder injury. That training was probably why it only took me about 3 or 4 sessions to get the TG handspring. And no… I'm no handspring freak because it took me a very long time to get the split/basic grip handspring, add to that a bad case of tendonitis…
TG puts a lot of strain on the rotator cuff (upper arm). To get into it, you are in such an awkward, unnatural position… Your arm is never in that position in everyday life… so your muscles aren't in tune with dealing with the stress when you are trying to use it to lift your body weight. So if you are deadlifting into that, you first have to make sure your rotator cuff is strong and flexible enough to handle it. If you are unable to hang there/hold the position, it would have more to do with the rotator cuff than the core strength. Of course the core strength has a lot to do with it, but you should first focus on the shoulders.
And I'm with emotioncatcher – other grips are definitely more impressive 🙂
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very good explained trickivix 😀 I have nothing to add
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Neither Pantera nor Aerial Amy do the TG handspring. Amy has a great blog post about it.
http://aerialamy.com/blog/2011/11/01/tuesday-tips-twisted-grip-handspring-from-the-ground/
She also has a post about not every trick being right for every person, but I couldn't find it.
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Veena also does not use twisted grips. She is a big advocate for alternatives to twisted grip tricks. And, you can always message her to ask her anything–she gets back to you right away.https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif
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