Beginner Level 1: Day 12

PHEW! back in business baby lol. Had to take time off and see what irritated my nerve damage and what doesn't. Pole doesn't thank god I was gonna be depressed af lol. Anyway I have revamped my routines and I was super excited to start up again with the backbend lesson. I am starting to do yoga in the morning for flexibility. I eventually want to do the backbend and splits for future pole stuff. Feels good to be back doing actual lessons :D

That was a lot of reps! But I managed to get through all of them. I’ve gained so much strength thanks to the TakeOff program! ? I also found the Easy Up with Split Grip much easier, and the hardest one was the Elbow Grip. In the end, I did the same number of reps with all the grips because repeating the easier one for me seemed like cheating lol

Day 12 done Fantastic and needed the flow motion at the end xx????

Love the addition of the Flowmotion videos to some of these lessons.

Omg I thought I was going crazy but I found the for real video for the shoulder slide. Can you give me some feedback on it please? I know I still need to work on it. My hands were slipping a lot even with grip but I’m guessing my grip will improve in time https://t.snapchat.com/ihcIJrkf

Not crazy about shoulder slides ? My favorite was the easy up split grip and believe it or not that one was the easiest for me to do. My phone stopped saving videos due to my phone’s low storage so I don’t have a video of it. But here’s a video of the forearm easy up https://share.snapchat.com/m/gyh0yTyq?share_id=y8lIRuHvTG2FKEuLkA0j7w&locale=en_US This was a long training for me. I usually try to estimate how much time it will take me to train based on the how long each video is for. This one should’ve taken me 1 hour 20 mins but I ran out of time and couldn’t finish the flow motion ?

all done!

Ok that was awesome!! I see why you use the easy up to introduce the split grip. I was so excited to show my husband and he was very impressed.

Thank you! I really appreciate the help!

The ab curls isn't going to feel like a sit up. The goal isn't to get as high up as possible but to learn to really contract and feel the "six pack" abdominals. If you have tightness in the low back, going up higher will be difficult. If you'd like to be able to curl up more. Start in reverse. So from sitting sloooowly roll down. Thinking of touching one vertebrae to the floor at a time. It's also OK to give a little assist with the hands on the legs to support you. Just remember your not sitting up, it's curling motion.

Hi Veena 💚 any tips for the ab curl? I can’t seem to curl very high. Any higher would be straining or compromising form…is it something that develops over time? Thank you!!

Thank you, that was perfect!💖 Will add the stretches to my daily routine as well

I got you! Here's a tutorial that's awesome for necks. https://www.studioveena.com/lessons/view/629cd777-7ed0-4914-8dbe-0621ac110005 At min 1:20 is you'll learn how to hold the head and neck when looking back! Do this warm up before the back bend and see if helps!

I seem to get the neck a bit strained at pole back bend, but I like the move and want to keep practicing it. Doing beginner with armpit hold. Some more tips regarding neck posture please, what to think about?

That backbend slide is tough . I have poor thoracic extension so I am not sure how much bending I did but I tried to get it so my head touched the floor first I would love more thoracic mobility but this exercise will likely help Thanks 🙏

Morning! Coming along! I can only do the first Easy Up but I'm gonna keep trying! Super stoked that I can alternate during the planks! I wasn't able to do that before! Progress!

Ah ok.

I went over some of the videos several times like some 8 times, maybe more than that because I was trying to do 8 reps and 2 sets on each side.

2 hours? What took so much time? The 2 routines were only 38 mins together.

That was soooooo hard. And I think it took me 2 hours. I'm not sure. I lost track of time.

Oh...i get what you're saying....so yes, if using a related video, you have to go to the video to see related videos listed. You can't see related videos in related videos 😁

So if your using full-screen you have to make it small to see the description and related lessons

It's under the main video I the computer too.

Backbend slide scared me! lol I screamed on my way down.

I'm on the computer. In the conditioning video, it tells us to look at related videos. I had to go to the strength and conditioning video to find those.

If using a phone make main video smaller, not full screen. Then you'll see them below the main video. Like this

Hi! I'm trying this now. Where are the related videos? I actually don't know how to do the second exercise.

Wow my arms feel dead, the warm up felt like a warm up my arms were shaking on the plank hovers, thank you Veena I'm going to rest tomorrow X

Lol

I got dizzy doing that many pole back bends haha. Will limit to a few for now. And finally getting the hang of shoulder slides yay!

hahaha just reading didi's comment, I looked at the number of reps like 4 times to make sure I understood it was 8 reps per side 2X, I could not believe it!!!!! it was intense, great cardio! :D

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That's not a problem. The most important thing is to track how many you did to and then increase it by one or 2 next time. All reps are suggestions

Hi, really nice the back bend, I love it, but to me, at the moment, 2 sets of 8 reps is too much! 😅😅😅

Intro not into lol

The easy up is basically an into to split Grips. There's nothing wrong about holding and placing one leg and then to other until you become stronger.

Is there another way to do easy ups for beginners? I dont have the strength to do a pole hold without my knees and I am having to try the grips and just step one leg up at a time.