Rachel Osborne
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Thank you! What’s superman spin? I can’t do superman from floor press up or reverse handstand at all :-/ but have done it from gemini (badly) and Scorpio (awfully). I think the tip/flip/drop/ arch is failing – I get in very tentatively and awkwardly and then droop. And shriek and curse. I can CAR and pole sit no prob so dunno why my thighs get so angsty about superman. Will try your tips – thanks again.
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Sling sure – making sure, stupid phone
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I was taught that the straight-up sit is an illusion; what you’re doing (if its comfy) is what Veena says – dropping the hip of the underneath leg. So your pelvis is tilted. Then, create the appearance of sitting straight by dropping the opposite ribs down and sling sure shoulders are (looking) level. So you’re actually curling your pelvis and tipping your ribs. Sit cross legged – exaggeratedly cross legged on a chair and then twist your top half a bit to look level. Same technique.
And yes, yes to turn thighs in and lock inwardly with hips.
It shouldn’t hurt your fandango! It will burn inner thighs a bit but tensing the muscles under the skin reduces the ripping sliding pinching thing by about 75%. Soft relaxed skin: pinches and slides. Tense muscles support skin over them so you stick and grip.
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Thanks guys! Veena I love that vid.
Found another thread https://www.studioveena.com/forums/view/5015e2d7-7b44-4c5d-a1d1-2ebc0ac37250
It is hard to search for freestyle tips as the search brings up masses of videos of people free styling before anything else in discussion… -
Oh I found a really good thread on it already with great tips https://www.studioveena.com/forums/view/5187f764-5c88-4c39-9b3d-4dd20ac37250
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Think you need to go to videos bit in here, and add your vid then link to it in a post on discussion, don’t think you can upload vid straight to the forum.
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Hello! Ok I call that CAR – cross ankle-release, although obviously you’re gripping with thighs. On spin it can be DANGEROUS: cross knee release is safer. The lady who fell and is now paralysed fell from CAR. It is lovely though and I spin in it. But carefully and very controlled and never high.
There are many threads and tips on it and a great Veena lesson.
Aerial Amy blog suggests students walk their arms down from advanced plank.
Veena teaches it after advanced plank too.
I got 2 great tips recently which enabled me to get it back – for me tipping legs up high before leaning back – getting the thigh grip, legs turned in, ass locked, abs, inner thighs, pelvic floor all locked hard – then lowering top half down works.As to spinning, it is an extending away from pole move so your spin will slow or stop as you do it unless you enter at warp speed. I go in from Swan, with straight legs – a tucked leg(s) swan will spin you faster. Vid here https://www.studioveena.com/videos/view/53a8915a-77e0-4ea8-a5c9-6e670a9aa0eb
There’s lots of ways in – look at the beautiful vids here searching ‘CAR’ of other, more expert users.And make sure you can easily crunch back up from it, over and over, as in spin mode it is harder to pull back up – and you may be going too fast or be too high to put hands to floor.
If you can’t crunch up and layback ten times on slow spin with crash mats do not attempt move in routine – it really is dangerous if yiu lose leg grip – your head and neck will take the force of your whole body falling. -
I like flags (although they crush my boobs, fortunately I have not much left in the boobs and booty department these days!) Can’t aeriel flag yet only from floor. No patriotic July holidays for Brits but a challenge is a challenge!
Are we doing Russian ghetto hairography challenge as well??
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What do you mean by layback (everyone calls things different names argh)? I’m intermediate spin fan not expert and am being pole-nerdish at moment very painstakingly relearning all my inverts after falling and quitting following extended butterfly crash out a few years ago.
So I can’t offer proper expert personal advice but can likely point you at good tutorials/advice from others as I have been researching obsessively last few months – can you post a pic or vid of someone doing the move you want to try?
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Happy birthday and thanks for the fantasticness! Many happy returns 😀
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I did it (i think this is the move you mean?) at 1:19 mins in this vid (not that amazingly but you can see it
https://www.studioveena.com/videos/view/53990f77-9d28-47ec-bfd5-327a0a9aa0eb -
Poling, swimming, all fine with my
Moon cup. And no more money wasted on tampons and towels that clog up drains and rivers and seas and landfill. In the UK towels and tampons are classed as luxury items and taxed accordingly! :-/
Plus bonus physio fact: if any ladies sometimes find they have trouble needing to pee urgently during high impact or endurance exercise – road running, trampolining etc – very common after childbirth – wearing a mooncup or similar will support/brace the pelvic floor whilst doing heavy impact exercise.Obviously, just use it during the exercise and remove and cleanse straight after – spot of ky if needed to insert.
This training tip is endorsed by my OB/GYN, my doctor, who’s a triathlete mother of 3 and my physio, a Pilates and marathon enthusiast in her spare time.
So many women give up exercise after childbirth because of embarrassment caused by weak/injured pelvic floor muscles. 🙁
Aside from doing your kegels, I wish more women knew about cups for support in training as well as time of month. -
Ps. Dirdybirdy has a great swan tutorial
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June challenge videos are climbing ( and inverting) so you could use them for ideas. I do a Swan (with straight legs) at 1:20 in my most recent vid – I then go into cross ankle release but you could do cross knee release and hold your crossed foot (which is safer, especially in spin pole).
Lots of awesome vids here for ideas for spins. Agree with Flighter, spins aren’t just fun, they are essential training for strength and using your pole muscles and core balance which is the prep for inverts and climbs.
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That was really great Lina.
I have a question: with the leaning chest to wall stretches, my back and shoulders enjoy it but my neck/ face feels very uncomfortable pushed up and into the wall. Can I turn my head to the side instead?