korinne started this discussion ·
A friend and I are working on the eclipse. Can anyone do this? If so, tips or tricks? Flexibility and strength are not an issue. I think we're just missing some key point. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABEawOM7Z6s
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Veena ·
I'm confused, is this you in the video because I would say it looks wonderful. What would you be looking to improve on!!?
korinne ·
Ha! No, that's not me. That was a video to let people know what it is...Sorry for the confusion.
Veena ·
I was watching over and over to see how you could improve!!!! LOL Do you have video of you and your friend trying this so we can trouble shoot?
korinne ·
Not yet. I will get it next time we practice.
Kori, your freakishly short arms are going to be an issue. This has shades of Allegra and the Felix split leg sit, and you struggle with both of those. There is a also a little bit of Janeiro in there.
And before anyone thinks any differently, the comment about her arm length are her words.
korinne ·
Not for me. For Zelko, who can do all of those.
Zelko?
Beautiful trick! Must give that a try, though I'm sure it will not be easy. But at least I've got long arms :) A video would def help because now we are clueless where it goes wrong for you.
korinne ·
That video is the eclipse. I was posting it so people could give tips. I will show our progress when we get video.
I gave the first part of it a little try. Like Chemgoddess said, long arms probably won't hurt. But as you can see, my bottom arm is not as well placed as in the video. Maybe a better back stretch could help a bit, and maybe it would get positioned slightly better if I could dare to start dropping the body down like she does.
Aviva ·
God Bless you people. I was poling today very sad and depressed w/ almost no inspiration and tried bird of paradise. And now there is this for next pole session which I'll probably be all sad and depressed for as well LOL! But! even through that you all provide the inspiration to work through it anyway! Thanks.
@korinne Zelko can totally do this. The difficult part of this move is the rotation required of the lower shoulder. Also, it can hard as hell to keep the top arm from slipping. To help with the top arm, I try to think of pulling myself toward the pole, rather than just holding on. you'll feel less weighted in the pose. The bottom arm needs to be a bit lower than the photo that Lina Spiralyne posted. @Lina Spiralyne If you lower you bottom arm a bit, rotate you torso more toward the floor, rather than around the pole, your shoulder pole will be closer to the pole. Then you just arch up and split. Hope this helps.
Lots of typos in my previous post. :P Don't judge me. LOL!
@phoenix kazree: Thanks for the advise! I thought I was supposed to rotate my torso as much as I could around the pole, just looked like that in her video. But I'll try the positioning you suggested next time :)
korinne ·
Zelko is getting to the same point as Lina and then can't stick the move when she tries to do the split. All the weight goes onto the back split leg, correct?
Veena ·
I'm super sore from my weight lifting yesterday but I wanna give it a try! You guys are awesome!
Veena ·
https://www.studioveena.com/videos/view/52c59d72-65bc-4ee6-9236-10de0a9aa0eb This is one of my first attempts. I need a lot more shoulder and back mobility! Here is one of my best attempts.
That looks cool Veena! Well done daring to attempt the full thing. I'll be scared of loosing that top hand grip so it will be baby steps!
Veena ·
I totally had to fall out once because I couldn't hold with the top hand. I wasn't hurt at all :) my too hand is soooooo sore from gripping!
Oh, ok but good to know you didn't fall on your nose :)
