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Your Back in a SM
What is the proper position for your back in a shoulder mount??? https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_scratch.gif
When I’m up there I feel like my back is curled too much, even though it looks straighter than it feels when I look at my videos and pictures. I’m up there chanting in my head, "Pull legs and torso higher without pulling in closer to the pole… pull shoulder blades together a bit more… lift a little higher… a little higher… okay, this still doesn’t feel right…" *burns out and almost falls off* https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif
I’m sure there will be some curl because the very top of the shoulder is supposed to be against the pole (body is at a different angle to the pole than in an aysha), but how do you gauge how much curl is too much? Any guidelines or magic formulas? Does the type of grip come into play? Or am I thinking about this too much? https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_tongue.gif
P.S. There is a picture of one of my first shoulder mounts in my profile pictures if anyone wants to take a look and tell me if there’s anything wrong.
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I think this is really going to depend on your flexibility. If you can do a straddle stretch (on the ground legs splayed and head/body down to the floor) and get your chest on the floor between your legs then you can probably do a SM with a straighter back. If you are like me who has limited flexibility in that stretch then I am going to roll myself up to get into SM. I would think that rolling is safer for your back, at least that is what I have learned in all of the exercise classes I have been in.
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I feel crunched up too, but looking back at practice vids, it’s not as bad as I am imagining either. I almost feel it is a low ceiling issue. I can’t get as high or straight as I’d like or I’ll whack my toes on the ceiling.
When I got to play at a studio (with big tall poles and ceilings) I instantly felt straighter with all the extra room, I don’t know if I really was, but it sure felt like it https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif
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