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The Very Hungry Catterpillar
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i think im mostly gripping with my ankles, and i use both hands to push myself up- then i grip with my knees…..
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Carrie…are you using the forearm grip or the elbow grip? Try both to see if one works better than the other for you.
Is there a trick for the forearm grip? I can elbow grip climb all day long but when it comes to the forearm grip I can’t get that for the life of me. Maybe cuz my palms are smooth and more sweaty?
I have a difficult time with the forearm grip but I haven’t tried it in a while since I started building up my strength. I’m much more comfortable with the elbow grip.
However one concept of the forearm grip is the same as the elbow grip – to lean your hips away from the pole and not allow your body to be too close or you slide down.
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i think im mostly gripping with my ankles, and i use both hands to push myself up- then i grip with my knees…..
At various stage of this move, you are using different parts of your body. Just like climging upright – you use everything at one point or another.
I couldn’t do this at all until I started working out my arms more. That helped but I still struggled.
Then at one point when my arms were very strong I was still having difficulty doing a reverse climb and started working on upper as well as lower leg strength and then it became easy.
Of course core and abs are used throughout the reverse climb/caterpillar.
I have found that if I have students put on PVC (patent leather) ankle boots that they can learn the mechanics of this move much easier as the boots hold them up while they figure our how to coordinate the rest of the arms and body. After they get that down, they stop using the boots and continue to practice without them.
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i learned it with forearm grip first.
i took a pic so that it’s easier to explain! because i tried typing up the explanation and realized how hard it was to describe.
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when i do it, i don’t have my forearm perfectly parallel to the pole. i snug the pole in the crook of my elbow so it’s got the skin of my elbow, bicep, and forearm to grab on to. then i run my entire lower arm along the pole, including my wrist. i dont know if this is how everyone does it but i find this is very secure.
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i learned it with forearm grip first.
i took a pic so that it’s easier to explain! because i tried typing up the explanation and realized how hard it was to describe.
when i do it, i don’t have my forearm perfectly parallel to the pole. i snug the pole in the crook of my elbow so it’s got the skin of my elbow, bicep, and forearm to grab on to. then i run my entire lower arm along the pole, including my wrist. i dont know if this is how everyone does it but i find this is very secure.
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Is this before or after you remove the bones from your arm?Maybe it’s the angle of the pic making it look more extreme https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif
EDIT: yeah it’s just because you took the pic yourself but to me it looked like your arm was all twisted hehe
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hey junglecat,
i just got the caterpillar tonight! It’s so funny to me how everyone is so unique! You use the elbow and I can’t figure that one out for the life of me! I got the forearm! I’ll work on your way next! heheI’m just glad I finally got it at all! Now I gotta figure out how to do more than one without being exhausted! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_pale.gif
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