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  • begining and conditioning elbow grips

    Posted by annaztnarf on September 9, 2015 at 8:51 pm

    I have not worked on any elbow grip thus far in pole. I was wondering what people would recommend doing first or what progression of moves I should focus on and what is best for strengthening and conditioning. Thanks for any input and happy poleing! 🙂

    Veena replied 9 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Rachel Osborne

    Member
    September 9, 2015 at 9:48 pm

    My progression was
    Elbow spins walking round pole
    Elbow hold figurehead
    Embrace
    One arm embrace

  • Rachel Osborne

    Member
    September 9, 2015 at 9:50 pm

    I should add that I am completely obsessed with elbow things but inverted elbow stuff is a while different body placement/hip stacking game so best to condition and play with upright elbow things before inverting

  • Veena

    Administrator
    September 10, 2015 at 3:22 pm

    To help get over the pain of elbow grips use a larger diameter pole if it’s available to you, the smaller around the pole the more it hurts! As with any hold, make sure you are properly engaging the muscles of the scapula, abs and lats!

    Working on moves that use a partial split grip can help you build up the strength needed. An example would be these moves listed in this search https://www.studioveena.com/searches/index?s=Partial+split+grip. You’ll find lesson links and photos along with other discussions on partial and split grips. Good luck 🙂

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