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Can we talk about twisted grip again?
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Dust bunny, that’s a good question. 🙂 i feel comfortable with twisted grip Ayesha and will practice it occasionally . I don’t have discomfort or pain from it at all but I prefer split grip for similar reasons that allysonkendall stated. I like being able to use my strength to control the move as in split grip. In twisted grip it just seems like I am hanging off the pole . It takes less strength but it is actually a little harder for me to balance. I didn’t want to stunt my progress by settling for twisted grip and not pushing my self to do split grip. I feel comfortable with split grip, twist grip and elbow grip now :). I try to train them all. But split is my favorite. I just feel like there are so many cool transitions in twisted grip that are out there . I do feel like lowering down into twisted grip might be “safer” rather than hand springing into twisted grip. Like I said. I have no pain it just seems like a weird position for the body. My goal now is to split grip handspring then cup grip. 🙂
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For me personally, I feel very unstable in twisted grip (I think it has something to do with my wrists) I can ayesha, shoulder mount, and straight edge just fine in it, but I avoid because (at least for me) the temptation is to just chuck all my body weight into my shoulder. That’s why I much prefer cup grip. I love cup grip all day every day! Cup grip iron x, cup grip shoulder mount, cup grip ayesha. It keeps me from resting on my rotator cuffs and stressing out my wrists. But that being said I got the main vibe that the biggest problem with twisted grip was people launching themselves into it without being aware of the necessary muscle engagements to prevent injury. I think it can be done safely as long as you are conscious of what you are doing.
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