trickivix
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Oh wait, just saw your profile pic, it's a different move… It almost looks like an extended version of this: http://poledancedictionary.com/moves/370/backsplits-variation/
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I think I've seen this in a pole picture book somewhere (might be the same book as yours). From memory, the capezio looks like what most people know as an allegra… Does it look like this: http://poledancedictionary.com/moves/311/allegra/
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I'd say you've hit it on the head Kyrelle – to me it sounds like your hip flexors need more stretching, and your quads and lower abs need strengthening.
I haven't had this problem myself, but I know some people who have similar issues with their hips. Generally a good warm up and stretch helps them avoid injuries/pulling muscles. The leg rotations and lunges that tallicachild mentioned would be good to warm up with.
As for strengthening, I would try leg lifts, lunges and squats…
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I get this problem too… for me there are 4 reasons. 1. the people factor, 2. not warmed up enough/pole is too cold, 3. I feel a little clasutrophobic – although the walls and ceiling are just far enough to not kick (if I'm careful) I'm still paranoid that I will, 4. I have also noticed that a lot of poles need to be worked in a bit too. The studio that I go to have poles that don't get used much and I find them super slippery and almost impossible to do anything on them, even though they are the same type of poles. When I got my pole at home, it was a struggle to even invert as it felt so slippery. Over time, the grip on my home pole became better.
As for your second question, if your pole grippiness is fine, and you're not worried about the walls and ceiling, warming up well would definitely help, and if that's not working, you can always try to bring some friends to watch you while you practise https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif
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At a guess, I'd say tight hip flexors. As you swing, you're opening up your hips suddenly which can easily pull something if you are not warmed up enough. I know people who have this issue and they generally do a lot of hip/leg movement exercises before they do any handsprings. Try doing circular leg exercises which covers the range of motion in your leg socket, almost like you are drawing 'O' shapes with your knee on an imaginary wall (clockwise, anti-clockwise and try figure 8 movements too) plus some light stretching beforehand, and make sure you give it a good stretch afterwards too. Hope that helps 🙂 p.s.. congrats on the handspring!
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I used Amy’s tutorial as well. Try googling ‘aerial Amy elbow grip aysha’. Good luck 🙂
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No, not something you will live with forever, it will eventually heal. Tendons don't get much blood flow so it can take up to 3 months to heal properly (for the chronic ones). But that's only really if it's not aggravated. Considering your situation with your new studio, it might take a bit longer until it totally disappears. It's been about 5 months for me and I'm not quite fully healed. It was very close and I could use it with no drama as though I had never had it until I slacked off once and didn't engage my muscles properly and then I instantly felt some pain again (that was about a month ago). Just be careful for awhile even after the pain subsides. No pain doesn't mean it's fully healed. Good luck!
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I had golfer’s elbow where the pain is felt under the edge of the bone as opposed to above the bone which is tennis elbow. I got it from over practising the split grip cartwheel mount and not stopping when it started hurting. For treatment I followed RICE – I stopped split grip cartwheels, any time I used my arm I would ice it straight after, I wore one of those sleeve bandages… Actually I didn’t do the ‘E’ now that I think about it. On top of that I massaged the tendon and the muscles in the arm to help blood circulation and applied heat on my rest days. Tendinitis takes ages to heal, especially if it becomes chronic. Just have to listen to your body and if something is painful, you either have to change your method or build the muscles around it a different way… I now start my cartwheel with both hands on the pole instead of grabbing with the lower one after my leg has already started moving.
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just realised I hadn’t read cinara’s comments properly… For split grip my bottom arm holds most of my weight and I have a bent upper arm that controls how close/far my torso is to the pole. I generally lean away from the pole for an ayesha (which I think is what Amy is referring to when she said pulled out). As for TG, my top arm is straight and I hold a lot more weight in the top compared to the bottom, so it is almost as though I’m hanging off it, but you still need strength in your shoulders to keep you in place…
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Pole fitness has been the only type of exercise that I can't get enough of. I don't like doing repetitive cardio workouts, I've never played in team sports… I like tennis and weight training at the gym, but these things don't give me the same buzz I get when I'm on the pole. I love the challenge of perfecting a move. It gives me a high when I've got it right. And I love that it builds muscles in places I never knew muscles existed.
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@lilblondie – I had a similar issue with the TG when I first tried it, so I tried really strengthening the shoulders at the gym, it helped a lot. Because your top arm is straight, you really have to use your shoulder muscles to keep your body up.
I get into my split grip and twisted grip aysha from a cartwheel, although I wouldn't recommend learning it that way because you can really injure yourself if you're not used to the movement and holding the position. As for my elbow grip, I'm the same as lilblondie – I get into it from a catepillar. Amy has some great tips on getting into the elbow grip aysha, without her blog, I wouldn't have been able to get it so quickly:
http://aerialamy.com/blog/2011/07/12/tuesday-tips-elbow-grip-ayesha/
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Hey Lizzy, I'm in Australia and the studio I go to only have 50mm poles. The reason they chose to have only 50mm poles is because it's the best way to gain wrist strength. Once you build up the strength on a 50mm pole you can use any pole. And also because the thicker poles are better for your legs to grip on, and I guess that's pretty important because you're generally upside down when you are holding on with your legs… So I reckon 50mm should definitely be the standard pole size… for learning anyway…
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My pole is also in a small spare bedroom. The room has a ceiling fan in the middle which is still there (I've kicked it a few times). I think it depends on what you will be doing on the pole. I do mainly tricks so I don't really have an issue (apart from the fan). As for spins, I can also do spins which don't require too much extension away from the pole…
