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Prepping for aerial shoulder mount?
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What????? I have to just be quite honest here…I have no idea what all of this means! I can picture a shoulder mount in my head. Can’t do it yet, but can picture it. But when it comes to thinking about a reverse SM, my brain can’t fathom how that works. I read the description but…huh? If someone could point me to a video section that would be great! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_scratch.gif
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Sorry…my description is lengthy so it’s hard to follow.
Imagine hanging in a crucifix….tuck your chin to your chest and do a sommersault off the pole by rolling over your shoulder. If you were close to the floor you would end sitting on the floor with your back to the pole.
I’ll see if I can find a vid of it.
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Hi SB…yes it’s done from a crucifix but your hand positions start out completely differently.
I do my SM with the cupped hand hold and the same for the reverse SM but when I’m hanging in the crucifix, I place my hands closer to my sternum or upper abd.
Tuck/bend your head forward past the pole – then drop the hips so that your feet are still on the pole with your body in a pike position. You need to get your hips away from the pole to counter the balance so that your hands are able to grip without your body sliding down the pole. This also gets the presssure off your shoulder. If you do it too slow, you’d bruise and get a painfull collarbone until you learn to get the hips away.
The important parts are the hand position and getting your hips down and away from the pole in that pike position so that you can lower your legs with control. Kind of think of it like a sommersault off the pole.
The good thing about this is you can fold in and bend your knees a bit so your lower legs are still on the pole until you are more secure to release your legs.
Unfortunately I don’t have a tutorial vid or I’d post it. It’s probably hard to envision.
As always a crash mat and spotter are important when learning new inverts. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
I think I’m having trouble picturing it because I don’t use the cupped hand hold for SM. I use the princess grip and I was trying to picture myself in a crucifx then wiggling my hand up into that grip LOL. I’m going to try this tonight and see if I can do it .
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