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Scared of a move?
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Handstands if I have to kick up into it (I can lower myself into one no problem), and Cross Ankle Release. I am pretty bow legged, so I just can't get my thighs close enough together, no matter how hard I squeeze.. π
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Having taken a very public fall out of it, I’ve only recently been doing the Q again after many months of avoidance. I’m also afraid of aysha on spin mode. I try to tackle fears pretty quickly, though.
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Currently, I'm scared of a lot of moves! I don't do upside-down well in life, so… pole dancing comes with that extra challenge.
I fell out of a CAR once, and while I didn't hurt myself, I've since not been able to trust the hold. I've been challenging myself a lot harder to practice it safely, till I can get rid of the fear.
The inverted crucifix is… probably the most scary move I could think of! lol! I think it's that move that I'll have to get if I want to actually progress in my dancing… but it's taking a very long time for me to tackle it. I don't try it every time I dance, and sometimes I can only get up into a basic invert… other times, I can let go with my hands and just feel the hold with my body still twisted around the pole. But I'll get there!
I more-or-less trust myself when I'm upright, but when it comes to upside down… it'll take some time π
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I found keeping my body twisted around the pole a good way to get used to letting go while upside down. I was lucky as I was always hanging upside down on my climbing frame as a child so was already very used to it lol
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Hehehe. Seeing this thread reminds of me of this one particular move that I was always scared sh*tless to do – the Iguana Hold into Pencil, Lunch Box & V-Legs into a V-Leg Descent.
Something about dropping into an Iguana Hold mount just terrified me as I always felt my hands were going to slip and I was going to come crashing down on my head! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_sad.gif Not fun!!!UNTIL recently…
I've been taking Private lessons at my place with an instructor of my choice from my studio when we tackled this move together and she told me to fully let my arms extend when I'm in the Iguana hold as she said I was rushing to take my legs off the pole before my arms were fully extended, which made it a lot harder and contributed to my fear factor. That light bulb moment happened for me and suddenly this move became my b*tch!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_surprised.gif
OHMYGOSH!!! You can imagine my relief and JOY once this move made sense to me!
It is now one of my favourite moves, one that I no longer fear doing and I am practising my V-Legs Descent (we call it a Vanity at the studio) from the Iguana Hold.
SOOO AMAZING!!!!
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CAR to Bridge or Bow. Slipped out of it before and landed in a tripod elbow-stand sort’ve thing that literally saved my neck. Extremely scary, caught it on video, I know exactly where I messed up. Still, I kinda hate CAR now. The move has never appealed to me visually as much as the CKR and I’ve found many ways to transition from that instead. Some moves almost require CAR, so I deal w/ it when I have to, but if another move can do the trick why not?
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Yeah. The CAR seems to be a common one that a lot of polers can’t stand.
Whenever I do it, I am super careful. Even my instructor has said to always be careful getting into this move as you are less secure than the CKR.
Make sure U have the capacity to grip before you lean back and let go. A few times my inner thighs got too sweaty and therefore slipped out even before I could properly lock on and lean back.
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Count me in as also scared of CAR due to sweaty legs and inconsistent grip. I feel completely secure in CKR and have for a long time.
I let the fear of CAR prevent me from progressing further in my pole journey for a while because I knew it was the foundation of a lot of other cool things like brass monkey, iguana, etc. I wanted to master it and make it second nature like CKR. But after hearing some other people's stories, I realize that it just may not be a compatible move with my body. I'm trying to learn how to adapt to using CKR instead, like Serzi said. It requires more back flexibility in my case, but I'm willing to build that in order to feel safe!
I don't have straight edge/ayesha yet, but even the prep (caterpillar climb) is scary for me. My hands and arms just don't have it secure yet, and I'm too scared to take my legs off the pole even for an instant, much less hold the position. But I remember being scared of other moves too, and now I can do them. So there's hope for me yet!
I've also never learned a drop, and feel a bit nervous about the idea of anything but a feet-first drop (like the sad girl, I think it's called?) The idea of intentionally dropping my head towards the floor first at the speed of gravity just makes me shiver.
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I think with enough practice and a good spotter, you can pretty much overcome any pole fear.
That was the case in my pole journey thus far.I didn't want to be a poler that was limited by my fears and not progressing. I am happy to give almost any move a try.
That being said, I do understand that not move is for every body and can respect that.
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Ayesha scares the crap out of me. I don't have any anxiety with the straight edge, but for some reason, I can't bring myself to let go of my legs in Ayesha.
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Car and ckr petrifies me,I've been poling for 4yrs yet I can't seem to do this move,I feel like such amateur because of this Γ°ΕΈΛΒ³…
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I fell out of the wrist sit once, done it a bunch of times and was showing someone and as soon as i leaned back, my upper hand slipped off and i fell backwards on my pretty much cement floor.. I don't know how i landed but i didn't hurt myself (thank god), it didn't even hurt and no bruises. I wish I would have caught it on camera so i can see how cat landed out of that one… I was over half way up to! Just goes to show that no matter how comfortable you are, always be aware that anything can happen! lol I'll do the inverted crucifix but i haven't done the wrist sit since lol. Now i have something to do…. π
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Brass monkey. I can get to it but I look tense and ungraceful because I’m scared to fall
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That’s how I look in brass monkey lol
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One of the warm-up moves in my Intermediate class is handstand pushups against the pole, holding the pole lightly with calves/ankles. While I can handstand dismount really well, and do elbowstands and such against the pole or wall, I can't just flip up into a handstand from standing like they do in class to get into the position. I missed the pole and flipped all the way over once, and while I wasn't hurt, it scares the bejesus out of me, especially on the wood floors at the studio (my wipeout was on carpet).
With elbowstands and such, I can usually walk my feet up close enough to my body to start getting my center of balance in the correct spot and lift from there, but because of my body proportions (I guess?) I can't do that from standing with my hands on the floor. My torso/arms are much shorter than my legs and I can barely put my hands flat on the floor from standing, let alone put weight on them. My classmates even offer to catch my legs to help me and I'm like… errrr, no thanks. I just jump ahead to the crunches and hope the instructor doesn't notice, lol.
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