crazykitten
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I use the Maxiflex as well! Although not as often as I should…. :-\ It's been a great addition too.
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I've always wondered about this one too! Tried it from a Wrist Seat, but can only manage to get one leg in front of me.
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The Brass Monkey for the Flip Reverse Hook sounds plausible. I wish each move had only one name!!
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I wouldn't call anything a "cheat" grip, considering how much muscle and endurance it takes to do anything on the pole!
This grip does seem to allow one to do the Super Shoulder Mount more easily than the cupped shoulder mount grip, but that's about the only "cheat-y" think I can see about it. I don't like it ever since I hurt my wrist, no more twisted grip for me at all!
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Yeah, what is the grip like? Is it a sort of twisted grip with the hands overhead? If so, I've heard that called a Princess or an Apprentice shoulder mount grip. Are both hands overhead, or is one down and one up?
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@Joyful: What is a Candy/Cleopatra? Never heard of it!
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I have the same problem with certain moves. I think going into a move in a certain way gets your center of gravity perfectly balanced, whereas going into it from different angles does not.
Try to keep slowly lowering yourself into the moves that you want. Working the moves in reverse (or negative) can also build up the muscles and balance!
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I'm curious to know how you like it! I want a stage pole, but the X-Stage Lite is too tall for me. Are you getting brass or stainless steel?
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I find that moves such as the pike, CAR, plank, etc. where you really need to squeeze the legs for grip has helped my butt. I also do a lot of Pilates to complement the pole workouts, and they can do a lot for the bum 🙂
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@Cleighh: It's called the Hello Boys or Tail Spin, and is on a spinny pole.
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@ Twisted Kister Amber: Yeah, I don't think my bf will be too keen on the broom handle method again either. I agree that it would be a great design if not for the pin problem. Wasn't there a version of the X-Joint that involved more of a clicking mechanism? I had the screw pole, then the X-joint pole, but I think there was another design in between.
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Mine stick out, but the tubes still spin around the joints as I use the pole! Pretty unhappy with the design, it doesn't make for easy take-down. One time, I had to use a vice to get the main tubes apart, and another time had to hammer one joint out with a broom handle.
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I landed flat on my back, which was probably good because it spread out the impact. And my ponytail cushioned my head 🙂 I still can't believe I didn't break anything or do more damage!
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Good thing it was a "good" fall for you, Shellectra! I did the same–was trying to go from an embow grip straight edge to an arch–and fell about 6' onto my back. Almost blacked out. That was probably 6 months ago, and only in the past month has everything felt like it's back in the correct alignment!
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@PolefitFanatic: There's another way to get into the Superman that might work better for you. It's a lot smoother than getting into it from the Gemini.
Go into a Pike on the side of the pole that you want to do the Superman on (so if you keep your right hand on the pole for the Superman, invert and Pike on the right side). Put your outside hand above your piked legs, and theinside hand below. Keeping the legs together and straight, push out with the bottom hand and keep the top hand gripped to twist the body around and into the Superman position!
Instead of an abrupt push into the Superman, this one flows very gracefully and I really like the look of it.
The process is hard to explain, so if that doesn't make sense let me know and I'll try to get a video posted!