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The Gemini
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The thing that really helped me secure this move was in Veena's lesson when she says to drop the back leg further down and that will cause your hip to secure you even more into the pole–AND really squeezing with that armpit. When you get it the rush you feel will nearly eliminate the pain…feels so good to nail those moves. 🙂
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The thing that really helped me secure this move was in Veena's lesson when she says to drop the back leg further down and that will cause your hip to secure you even more into the pole–AND really squeezing with that armpit. When you get it the rush you feel will nearly eliminate the pain…feels so good to nail those moves. 🙂
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@FuzzyNavel- yes! i agree- I always keep the extended leg straight because it helps me drop it down further …and what also helped me to finally get this move was to arch my back and drop my head, and suddenly it was much easier and a lot less painful. now it's my favorite move!
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For the longest time I thought there was just something about my body conformation that would not allow me to do the gemini. But it's so pretty–and it's an extremely practical move, you can get into SO MANY things from the outside leg hang!
Then it clicked. Here's what helped me, and what I pass on: when you get your knee pit grip, point your toes down toward the floor (your leg will look like it's at a very strange angle from where you can see it), really really really point them, and engage your hamstrings to lock the hold. For me this move is almost all about the hamstring–it doesn't hurt my knee pit at all because that's just the contact point, the muscle is what's holding me in place. And that's how I do it without side skin at all. My side is pushed into the pole for leverage but I don't rely on the skin to help hold me up.
OK, so hamstrings engaged. Check. As other posters have said, extend your free leg out–and by that I mean let it drop straight back from the hip. You don't want it to the side, you want it straight out from your body, and from the hip, not from the knee. That'll do all sorts of things–it'll create leverage for your body to hold you up, it'll press your side against the pole just where it needs to be, and it'll allow you to arch your back and drop your head.
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I've been stalking the recent comments on this as this is one of the things I'm working on. It's still hit and miss for me. It appears that it's easier to get into from Chopper, but since I haven't quite mastered that either, I'm still attempting using Basic Invert as my starting point. Just wanted to say thanks for all the tips https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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@ sexy you don't have to be able to V invert first, you just need a very strong basic invert. And by that I mean, the knees are ending up high on the pole past the hands so the hips are up nice and high as well. Otherwise your hands will be in the way and moving into the knee pit will be difficult. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif
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Getting the knee pit just right is all that’s holding me back. Had toes pointed so hard I thought they were gonna get stuck 😉 my knee feels secure from the floor but not in the air. I will have to post a short clip after I get it from a few angles.
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As you point your toe are you super-engaging your hamstrings? If not, I think that will help. If your hamstrings are really working, you won't have to have the knee pit exactly right every time, your muscles will hold you up! Yay muscles! 🙂
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Well in the beginning I used to do the gemini with one hand on the pole. It hurt my thigh so much that I thought I'd never be able to let go of that hand.
But I found that as soon as the hand didn't hold me anymore and my body could wrap around the pole and I had that armpit grip and "waist grip" too, my thighs actually hurt WAY LESS than with the hand on. Because when you're holding with your hand you don't have the correct body positioning and all the pressure is on the thighs, whereas in a normal gemini it gets distributed evenly https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
So if you feel relatively secure in the position but it just hurts a lot, just try to let go with the hand https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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Thanks again! Hopefully I will do better with these tips
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