[skeebee99]

-Can you do a monkey hang?This is the best strengthening excercise for the chopper inversion and if you can do this, you are definitly strong enough to invert! Standing next to the pole in your basic inversion stance, perform a knee to nose crunch while tilting the upper body backward. You should end up upside down in a crouched oposition with the pelvis against the pole and be able to hold this position for a couple seconds before slowly coming back down. Getting your pelvis right up against the pole requires you to use your abs intensely and you will probably have to fight them falling away from the pole and back down at first! Now when I say "tilt back" I do mean tilt back in a slow an controlled manner, using the abs to pull the legs up without kicking. None of this teeter tottering out of control stuff!

That is the part of the post I was refering to, I think Fleur put it up… I thought it would be easier for me to post it than for you to have to go searching for it https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif

[skeebee99]

Just a suggestion to help with the burning sensation… I’m imagining that you are wearing just a sports bra or other similar top that exposes your middle when you are poling… Try wearing a tank top- that way you have a lot of skin exposed on your arms and under your arm pits, and you will be using your arms and legs to stick to the pole as opposed to your side.. If you are still bruising yourself when you invert after starting to wear a tank top, then it is very likely that you are not using proper technique to get yourself upside down- you’re either jumping into it or relying too much on momentum. I just read a post by someone talking about being ready for inverting, I think it was called "Am I ready to invert?" or something along those lines… Towards the bottom of the post is a suggestion about how to invert slowly- it might be worth checking out https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif Good luck!!