minicoopergrl started this discussion ·
Any tips on doing a basic inversion w/shoes? After working my butt off in the gym, I feel much better inverting. I can invert bare foot and on my left side, but ask me to do it w/shoes or on the other side - you can forget it!
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I had a heck of a time inverting in shoes at first, because all of a sudden my foot/leg was wayyyyy longer than what my body was registering. My calf was trained to hit the front of the pole as I lifted up, but the danged stiletto would get in the way! Whack.....and DOWN. For me, it was just a matter of ingraining a "new and improved" leg length into my muscle memory, lol. Now it's no problem. You will do it! You just need to retrain your bod a bit!
I have no tips just that I feel uncomfortable inverting with with shoes...I know they grip well and that is good..somehow I'm just thrown off..it's like I don't trust my own feet cuz I can't *feel* the pole, if that makes sense.. 🙁
Veena ·
You can try inverting on tippy toes first. Don't cheat and put your heel down, stay up on your toes. Its harder to invert with heels because your balance is a bit off and you can't cheat and jump as easily and of course your leg line is longer....Just keep at it and you'll get it. ☀️
You can try inverting on tippy toes first. Don't cheat and put your heel down, stay up on your toes. Its harder to invert with heels because your balance is a bit off and you can't cheat and jump as easily and of course your leg line is longer....Just keep at it and you'll get it. ☀️ I am gonna have to try that tonight at the studio.
You can try inverting on tippy toes first. Don't cheat and put your heel down, stay up on your toes. Its harder to invert with heels because your balance is a bit off and you can't cheat and jump as easily and of course your leg line is longer....Just keep at it and you'll get it. ☀️ I am gonna have to try that tonight at the studio. I want to see a vid to see what kind of problems you're having with the shoes. I never realized wearing shoes made it harder.
I want to see a vid to see what kind of problems you're having with the shoes. I never realized wearing shoes made it harder. I have had issues with my boots, not on inversions, but on landings and balance(handstands and such) since my feet are heavier.
chilli_d ·
Lol I have this problem too! I am tall without heels so NEVER wear them, then trying to invert in them was rediculous haha my balance is soo off! I think I just need to practice with them a bit and meybe try inverting using muscles only (as opposed to a kick off) and see if i can get my head around the long leg thing 🙂 good luck 🙂
i dont have any tips O_O but if i stretch out pretty good for a week or so and try, i can pull my leg back further. and hook it around the pole.
Foxy_Rei ·
Heels are frustrating for me because I have really low ceilings, so I have to be really careful... If I kick up too high to get my foot around the pole, I kick the dome or the ceiling. If I don't kick up enough, the invert doesn't happen or I kick the pole. CLANG! It's just something you have to keep at and practice. Once you have the muscle memory you'll wonder why you ever had any problems with it. 😉 edit: I use the word "kick" loosely here, lol
amy ·
can you do a chopper? if it's balance/kicking up/hooking your foot that is getting in your head, try going from a chopper into a basic invert. as an aside, you should practice pulling up into an invert-- kicking is really awful! sorry for the lecture.
Amyxshi said what I was about to say 🙂 I'm sooo not trying to be preachy but I think the more you work on controlling your invert the easier it will be for you to lift yourself into it and you can control getting into the move so it might make things a lot easier. When I first started poling I bought this DVD and when the instructor taught an invert I remember her saying "Don't kick into the move, it's easier to do it now but in the long run you will be at a disadvantage" and only now a year later have I finally been able to understand what she meant! I had the same problem with the shoulder mount, it took me months after I learned it to be able to do it in shoes, they were plastic Pleasers so they barely weighed anything but I think I got thrown off by the height difference. Good luck!
you should practice pulling up into an invert-- kicking is really awful! sorry for the lecture. I agree. Try doing a pull-up first. I became comfortable inverting from the floor when I would do a pull up, bend my knees, and that gave me the momentum to bring my legs up. I think the weight of the shoes it why inverting with them makes it difficult.
