-
Your pole warm up
-
-Ugh I posted from the wrong account- kobajo84 is me. I'm using this one for the free trial to check out the lessons since I haven't had them since 2008. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_heart1.gif
-
Thanks Koba. 🙂 I was actually thinking of perhaps switching it, at least for the beginners. In one class I shadowed (not yours) it was toward the end which is why I had that in my mind.
-
Our level 1 warm up probably lasts about 15min. We jog laps around the studio doing different types of runs for the first few minutues, then we move onto neck, shoulder and hip stretches. Then we do some squats and something else. Last week it was push ups which was good cos I really need arm strengeth. Then we move onto the pole and review previous stuff and learn some new stuff and incorporate it into a mimi routine. The we move onto cool down yoga stretches for the last 10 or so min, which some strength work thrown in. I quite like our warm up because if it was more intense I'd be too knackered for pole work, but I also didn't think it would be enough for advanced classes. Last week I lingered while ordering my pole and a level 7 group came in and they did a completely different warm up which was cool! 😀
-
For my home warm up I do about 40 squats and 1 minute wall sits. Then I do Tracy Anderson’s butt and thighs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK_A-A7PBXc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
And arms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7RDfw0NuZ8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
I get super warm plus my booty and arms have never looked/felt better 🙂
-
Oooo I’ll have a look at these for my home warm up 🙂 I can never remember the whole warm ups from class x
-
I change my warmup depending on whether I’m alone or working with a student or multiple students. I will also modify it depending on what my goals for that session are.
For example: if I ultimately want to spend time after my workout going through stretches for splits, my pole workout will probably include working on extension in leg hangs, spins and spin combos, jades, caterpillar climbs and leg intensive floor and movement. And then my warmup would be tailored to that, with upper body warmups focusing on stabilizing and mobility and getting gently warm, then doing a series of regular squats, squats with wide hip rolls and narrow tight hip rolls in all directions. I’d follow that with a series I threw together that moves smoothly through a light standing straddle stretch to a light lunge series that goes into a plank that’s lowered, pushed up to a downward dog stretch and then reverses, back to the plank, to the hip exercise, to the lunge, to standing, to the light stretch and then starts again on the other side. I put the sequence together so a very thorough warmup targeted for my goals for the session doesn’t take half an hour. It’s definitely possible to look at exercises the same way you would dance moves and put together a little “routine” for a warmup of exercises that flow from one to the next so you’re really MOVING through them and getting an efficient warmup.
If I’m working alone and don’t have particular goals for a session, but rather want to just move and dance, exploring moves and poses I already have nailed down, I will just lightly freestyle through one or two songs, focusing on warming my body up in the same systematic way I would do with basic exercises, but without an intense focus on particular muscle groups, just getting my body generally warm.
Maybe for a monthly challenge we could each record our warmups, since everyone seems to do such different activities!
Log in to reply.