crazykitten
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Maybe this will be a future video lesson? 🙂 I love to see the trends in pole moves that sweep through the community. This one seems to be pretty popular right now, along with the Rainbow Marchenko!
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Thank you! I was pointing my free leg down, but apparently I wasn't pointing it down enough! I can see how this would give more of a thigh grip and prevent any fracturing of the lady business 🙂 What a pretty looking move, can't wait to get it worked out!
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It's painful for me right now because I can't seem to put my crotch in the right place! Do you have any tips on it, Veena?
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She does? I don't see it.
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It is just like it!
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It does work with a bent leg. You can even grab it with the opposite hand when you are fully in the move. Sometimes, I grab each foot with the opposite hand too.
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When I do the CKR, I don't have the pole right in my knee pit–that would throw my balance off. Instead, for me the pole seems to rest on that crease of skin on the side of your leg where the knee bends (I call it my "knee cleavage"), maybe even a little bit onto the calf.
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I find that the CKR is a bit more stable than the CAR if you want to quickly fall back into the move, for example from a plank or a pole sit. However, the CKR can for some people feel less comfortable than the CAR. I started with the CAR, hated the CKR because it hurt. Now I've switched over to the CKR for its stability!
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Never heard it referred to as the CNR before, thanks!
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What is CNR? Is that the same as a CKR?
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You can do the same more aerially, from the Cupid to the Butterfly. Just make sure your upper hand is below your hooked knee, not above.
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@ Charley: I found this on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Polga-Pole-Yoga-DVD/dp/B001LMZMSG
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Hmm, interesting. Sounds like the pole fitness class I teach. It's just a toning and strengthening class to build up muscles used on the pole, but we use the pole for resistance or a prop for certain moves. Didn't know there were other variations! I'll have to check out Polga.
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The extended pencil? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-Okzn_Wl6s
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What is polga?
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Awesome, I hadn't seen some of those yet. Good fine, thanks!
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My key to getting the scissors legs was really supporting myself with the bent arm. With the normal back roll I sort of let the arm follow my legs, but in this variation I bent the arm right away and really have to hold myself with it to control the descent.
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As for the back roll, I don't know what tutorials Veena has in her lessons, but have you seen the variation at 30s? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onetq7MzYQs
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It takes a little while to figure it out (at least it did for me!), but it's actually quite stable. Just like the backwards roll, it might take a bit of work to make sure you're on your shoulder correctly and not hurting your neck, but you'll get it!
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This may help: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKcK8GEFY_k
I love this tutorial!
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My other latest stretching obsession besides foam roller is Active Isolated Stretching. If you google it, you'll find a ton of stuff. Basically, it tries to train your muscles to remember a larger range of motion.
I'm a huge stretching and flexibility nut (mainly because I'm not that flexible and am trying to improve!) so I'll post if I find something good!
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Aww yay, glad they worked so well!! There are some other good videos by that person with resistance bands, I've started checking them all out now.
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Sorry, I mean @ minicoopergirl too!
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@ KittyCat86: My boyfriend and I used the same method on my new X-pole! Those joints rotate like crazy, I don't like them.
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When I want to work an Iguana Mount into a routine, I walk over to the pole, stand in front and bend one leg while keeping the other straight and bending at the waist and running my hands down the straight leg. Then I straighten both legs, stay bent over, grab the pole, and mount. The last part I do quickly so it flows.
I also agree that doing a Reverse Iguana Mount and then back up into an Iguana Mount would be a good way to go!
