jleigh started this discussion ·
So I managed to try the Aysha again last night after taking a fall off the pole on Sunday. I feel stable in the move as long as I keep my hips close to the pole and I'm usng a forearm grip. I tried it with the split grip but don't feel like I can hold myself stable enough. Any suggestions and how far out should you have your hips and what grip others find most stable?
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Fleur ·
Hey, I was just looking at the picture of your aysha and the way you are doing your split legs is definitly not going to allow you to move your hips away from the pole. It is normal and necessary when learning this move to keep your hips close the pole. As you start to feel more controlled and confident, you will be able to move your hips away from the pole with one condition: another part of your body needs to move forward to counterbalance. This is usually done with the legs in the split pointing down more toward the floor and in front of you instead of in line with your hips. Does that make sense? Also, you really need to think of engaging the abs on this one, if you let them go, you allow your back to arch and can fall backwards (I almost did that the other day!!). I was thinking of posting a vid with the hip difference of the two ayshas so now I'm thinking I will to better explain this! Fleur
jleigh ·
Thanks Fleur. I'd love to see a video of this.
i have been trying to get this 1 for months so any help would be great! ☀️
Trena ·
Tried this in class yesterday and just find it so hard so a video would be really helpful Fleur. 👍
Foxy_Rei ·
Ditto, Fleur!!! 😀
amcut ·
I don't want a video. I do want a tip on something to build my strength-balance if I don't have room for a caterpillar climb? I keep on catterpillaring downwards, and trying to isolate every little muscle group I can think of.. but I still can't. I ALSO have no clue if I'm a forearm grip or elbow grip. I don't really want to fall on my head to make the discovery. They both feel stable in the caterpillar stage but neither are stable enough to do any letting go with.
Amcut, for working out which grip you'd prefer, try having one hand on the floor and the other on the pole either in elbow or forearm grip and see which one feels more comfortable. I'm an elbow gripper myself so here's a couple of tips for that one. When first putting the elbow on the pole don't put it directly in front, angle it downwards, so when you bend your arm your elbow will be pointing down towards your belly button slightly. Then bend the elbow making sure the pole is right in the crook of the elbow. Then to lock the grip try and pull your elbow up slightly towards the floor. The problem with the elbow grip is that people think of it as simply hooking it onto the pole and leaning back to counter balance when really the above process of getting the pole right into the elbow and locking the grip is really important for the grip to feel stable. I'm sure someone else will be able to give advice on the forearm grip.
