PolefitFanatic
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Do you go to Kiwi pole fitness in Wellington?
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I feel your pain,it took me absolutely ages to do an invert properly. Even now, even though I have had it mastered for a year, my weaker side is still not that good because it took me soo long to get at least inverted on one side! I found that it helped to have my hands a bit lower than head height to start with. I can now invert from a hold above my head, by it did take me a while to build up the strength and I started with my hands more like shoulder height than head height. I agree with the 'lift' suggestions, but that does take lots of ab strength if you are still building up to that. You may find a little jump helps. When I was learning I practiced 5 times on each side every day – no more, even if I didn't get it. Otherwise you end up getting soo frustrated and one of the girls I was training with broke a rib trying too hard! Good luck – you'll get it…
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Hi There!
It will be soo exciting! Who is the girl from your studio who has been selected? My instructor entered but didn't make it, but she has talked us all into entering the NZAPP in July. Have you booked in for any workshops on the sunday? I'll look forward to meeting you there!
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It's great to read this,
It's not until you read things like this that you realise you are not the only one! My back was strong enough to cope with the forces put on it while doing the inverted V but I am now suffering the same type of pain while trying to do the pole split. Because I am not able to do the splits I am so far away from the pole to hang on that it is really over extending my upper back. Sounds like the same type of problem that many are having. However, mine is so much about flexibilty -it bugs me that although I do lots of stretching I just seem to maintain the status quo rather than make any gains on my splits. No doubt there is a thread on here about this…I had better search!
