Tag Archives: Split dismount

Pole practice

Posted on April 10, 2012 by e

ballet warm-up conditioning: – front and side planks, reverse plank (30s each) – lift legs and back but with paddling legs/feet (45s) – ‘dish’ pose but with paddling legs / feet (45s) – legs perpendicular to the floor, reach out … Continue reading →

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L5 class

Posted on December 7, 2011 by e

No conditioning. Technique: 1) Handstand 4 (ie. inside angel into split handstand), and spin out (grip pole with inside hand, swing outside leg backwards and push off with outer hand) – i was falling/ sliding down a lot with my … Continue reading →

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Short private class

Posted on December 4, 2011 by e

was a very short session. N was late 10.45am for a 10.30am start, and we were chatting. so lesson only started at 11am, for a 12.30pm finish. was quite tired / sleepy anyway, so didn’t mind too much. Warm-up / … Continue reading →

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Private : summer threesome

Posted on August 19, 2011 by e

fellow polers: Jule and Lu Conditioning: 1) pull up and swing legs forward and backwards (keeping legs straight) x 5 x 2 (left and right arms above) 2) straight legs eagle, bring legs together into pike then com down x … Continue reading →

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L5 class with EG

Posted on July 27, 2011 by e

Conditioning: 1) straight arm front pull-ups (x4 x2 (ie. once on each side)) 2) leg tucks with australian shoulder-mount grip (x3 x2 (ie. once on each side)) 3) undergrip with blade into matrix lift (x4 x 4 (ie. twice on … Continue reading →

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L5 lesson with N

Posted on July 2, 2011 by e

L4 revision: 1)    Inside angel (was much neater and more graceful than i’ve managed in a long long time) 2)    Climb caterpillar (i managed it!! 🙂 not gracefully, but still, reasonably confidently. Nat was saying i should just … Continue reading →

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First day of L5

Posted on June 30, 2011 by e

I was really nervous before my first L5 class with the founder of my school EG (Wed, 29 June), because she has a fearsome reputation of being very strict. I was practically working myself up into a lather and very … Continue reading →

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