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Fear of going Upside down
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If you try it from the floor you can have your back to the pole and scooch your bum up the pole as high as you can. Make sure you are on a mat so that you dont bruise your upper back. Wrap your legs around the pole and turn your knees medially or inward and squeeze the pole as you lift your body off the floor. Veena has a great lesson on this that I would recomment that you watch so that you can do this safely. If you can't do it from the floor, don't do it up on the pole.
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I have actually done that for the CKR!
I dunno, maybe my fear is mainly around the idea of leaning back, rather than just the upside-down-ness. I can scootch up to the pole so I'm right up on my shoulders, and that's totally fine! My floor is even grippy enough I don't have to worry about slipping (this also makes things difficult when I want to get off! lol).
I suppose it's just something I have to get used to, this being upside down. I think if I had more things to do when up there (I never know what I can get into from a CKR!), it might get easier. But, I'm working on it!
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How comfy are you in the plank? Try moving the bottom had a kittle lower each time and arching your back. This will give you the feeling of leaning back similar to the ckr/car but you still have both hands on the pole.
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I've got the basic plank down, and I was experimenting with it and put one hand underneath, and one hand on top…worked really well! I'm working toward taking the bottom hand off.
I'd not thought of trying to turn that into a CAR…aren't you supposed to have more of your leg touching the pole when you go back? 'Cause at that point, it's just the same amount as if I'm doing a pole sit with my legs out…if that makes sense. Or am I just overthinking it? lol
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I didnt mean to do that into the car. I meant that as you lower the bottom hand more you can lean back farther in the plank and it will feel a bit like when u lean back into the car. To help you get more comfortable with the leaning back feeling. (:
You are correct in that you need to change leg position so more of your thighs contact the pole in the car.
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If you do the plank with both legs straight and crossed you can turn that into a CAR by tilting the hips back and leaning back 🙂 So being comfortable with straight leg planks will help with feeling more secure in the CAR.
Oh and if you can't do an elbowstand or handstand I wouldn't try the iguana mount.
Maybe learning elbowstands will help a bit with the fear of going upside down? Because you can get used to it in a different and more secure position, especially if you start against a wall.
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Oh sorry KittyCat, I didn't see your answer when I typed my reply https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_confused.gif
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Its cool! I love how veeners always have nice things to add! Us polers are sooo awesome!!!!!
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For me, drop-backs (CAR & CKR), inversions and even aerial inversions are all good, but I'm terrified to go into cartwheel/handspring! I can do it no problem with a spotter, and I know that I have the strength to do it, but it's a total mental block. Does anyone else have this issue?
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