Rachel Osborne
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Yeah it was only pointed out to me recently that I always spin and invert backwards! Which is one reason why gemini is so much easier I guess! I always work on spin, have never locked my pole to static.
Now I’m spinning forwards I need to work Scorpio plus it’s essential entry from chopper to various combos and it’s a bit of a pain having to switch from gemini to Scorpio to, say hip hold then jade because I end up close to the bottom of the pole.
I’m currently banned from inverts for 7 days due to overtraining rotator cuff/shoulder girdle/forearms which have all locked up/got sore (seeing chiro) so will work with all the tips next week (hopefully).
Thanks again
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Veena, I’m seeing chiro and he says my shoulder girdle, rotator cuff, pecs, delts, rhomboids are all over trained and I must rest them for a week, no inverts, pull ups etc.
Can you suggest how I can modify the Ab challenge for a week to allow upper body healing time?
Many thanks
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^ was for Milla
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Hmmm, have you got any frozen peas (or ice cubes in sealed plastic bag) – which can wrap in a soft cloth (it MUST be in a cloth not touching skin) and place round ankle, while you sit down and have it propped up above heart level?
Doing this for 10-15 mins every hour, letting the treated area get warm again for at least 45 min is much better than ice baths. And less traumatic and risky.
I would consider getting an x ray too.
(First aider not medic disclaimer)
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And good luck healing Polewalker
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You’re doing no more than 15 min with ice and no ice on bare skin? Because too much ice will aggravate it and cause frostbite type injury, delaying recovery! Good luck healing Milla
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Pool? Pole! Sorry!
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It’s lovely on spin too, going forwards or backwards, and you can do pretty stuff with arms – crossing at wrists, then releasing outside arm and sweeping it round, up and back. You can enter it aerially from spinning side climb or basic spinning climb then move your legs to side of pool and hook knee.
It’s one of my favourite moves.
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Thanks that is really helpful. I think I need to bring hands super low and really lean back tipping legs back to get enough space to wrap thigh and calf.
It’s very automatic now for me to go into outside leg so I’m already moving my hips that way as I chopper. To wrap inside leg means moving hips the other way and getting pole deep in hip first.
Realised my contact points with Scorpio vary a lot whereas my knee hook for Gemini is always the same so that doesn’t help either, the muscle memory isn’t there.
I still find Scorpio painful because of having loose skin and very low body fat on thighs after weight loss: there is no subcutaneous fat cushion for the muscle and bone of the thigh and the loose skin gets caught and tears.
Thanks Lina.
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Can’t get leg on pole easily and smoothly – outside leg hooks easily but inside leg I have to move hips, fidget leg into place and it’s ugly and pole loses spin.
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Whoops!
Has anyone got any good tips for chopper/v invert/spinning v to Scorpio/inside leg hang?My teacher has told me to practice it but it’s very messy and I wonder what I’m doing wrong. I’ve tried the long and short leg Scorpio as per Veena lesson.
I can do chopper to gemini, then do leg switches no problem.
But only smooth entry to Scorpio for me is from a hip hold.
I would appreciate any tips
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Sailor Moon, as far as I know is another name for
Figurehead
Ship’s bitch
Hood Ornament -
Are you doing basic invert/x-grab or v-legs/chopper? Am sure someone with better advice will shortly appear but just wanted to check what you were doing as different techniques apply…
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dvAm7Gw0klA knee tuck substitute?
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Door way?