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Duration: 00:15:17
Today you'll learn how long a pole move should be held. I want to remind you, don't forget to breathe! After the drill tutorial, you'll have the opportunity to try the tricks again with me.
Pro tip: Holding your breath tends to cause a person to rush through movements. Making a conscious effort to take slow, steady breaths can help you hold a pose longer and reduce dizziness. Remember you can pause the drill tutorial at any time to allow yourself to recover.
Allow the videos to play in order and follow along. Feel free to pause anytime you need to.
Below is a list of direct links to each full length tutorial you worked on in today's session. Remember you only need to click on these if you'd like more help or information.
23 comments
Put on one of my favorite songs and did the climb to pole sit on spin. Such a great tip to really feel the music and move with it instead of hitting one move and instantly going into the next!
Yeaah, it's nice to feel and flow, instead of rush. xoxo
Love the new format and built in rest breaks! This really helped me lock my performance climb. I wasn't sliding my top hand up enough, suddenly I can pretty easily lift my legs up without hopping. Still struggling with controlling my speed getting into the pole sit and switching hips--I'll try filming myself. BTW, one of my kitties knows your voice now and comes running when she hears you say "Hi guys!" She likes being in the room with me when I exercise and that's her cue. :)
OMG that's so cuuuute! Hi kitty, what's her name? I'm happy the new formate is helpful. I'm on day 19 with the updates to the program and hope to have it done end of today, but we'll see. :)
Her name is Juniper, we call her Juni or Floofy because she's a ball of tortie fluff.
Awe :D
great lessons to ease me back in to spin !!!
Yay!
This was an excellent lesson for me!
YES, this issue is normal for sure. To make spin look smooth and maintain momentum without going crazy, requires holding everything longer than you would think, then move into the next pose like a sloth lol
I feel this is the most important lesson I have had in the past 4 months. I just started spin (did static only for all my beginner classes) and the hardest thing is to slow down (not just my moves but my pole!). I watched this video like 100 times to see how your body goes from one move to the next. When I go from climb to the sit, I must get to close to the pole as I start to spin out of control. I will practice this lesson, over and over until I can do this right before moving on. My question is, as a novice to spinning pole, is my issue normal? I first blamed my xpole for being too spinny (have nothing to compare it to), but I think its a skill thing. And I need to learn to control my pole spin with my body. Do you have any other lessons on controlling your momentum on spin pole? And thank you for great lessons!!
Lol glad the counting helped!
Counting out loud was a really helpful tip. Not only does it really help you focus on holding poses for longer, it does help distract you a little from being dizzy but even more than that, I found it helped me control my breathing because I was doing it out loud! I was a bad girl and didn't stay upright. Sorry not sorry. 🤣
YES! LOL
It's crazy how long it feels and you look back and it was like 2 times around the pole lol
Great lesson! SLOW DOWN!! Even when I think I've held a pose long, I look at my recording and it wasn't long at all. I will continue to count and try and hold each position for 8 counts.
Decided to do this one again because I felt like spinning. Think I've found a bit more peace with spinning climbs. . . even if I think I'm going slow enough, GO SLOWER. LOL. I managed some climbs and sits without spinning so fast I wanted to barf. YAY!
lol nice! I should really get back into spin but I’ve been off the pole for almost 2 months now blah ? It’s gonna take some time to acclimate!
Oh man, that's a long time! You didn't get hurt or anything did you?
Oh no, I’m fine. It’s just been too cold and uncomfortable to even try. ?
And I should say I haven’t practiced pole. I’ve been on the pole to do videos for social media, but nothing for myself. Some of my current Instagram‘s it was pretty darn cold (for me) I think 50° 60° is too cold to pole in, so I had to do it quick. lol
No you are right. 50s and 60s are too chilly for pole, and your pole space looks to be semi-outdoors!
Yes, my pole space has screens to help keep most bugs out and I have a ceiling but it’s not a room with climate control. So then when summer comes around, there’s times where it’s too humid for me to even stick. ?