{"id":134,"date":"2012-04-26T22:09:31","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T22:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eitoile.com\/learningtofly\/?p=134"},"modified":"2012-04-26T22:20:18","modified_gmt":"2012-04-26T22:20:18","slug":"its-all-in-the-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eitoile.com\/learningtofly\/?p=134","title":{"rendered":"It’s all in the mind"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I was complaining to P, my L5 classmate, that I\u2019d completely lost my climb eagle (a.k.a aerial invert), and now I\u2019m only doing \u2018climb\/hook on with my toe\/haul my ass up awkwardly into caterpillar\/invert\u2019.<\/p>\n

P suggested I build up towards that by training with straight-legged eagle from the floor. And I said: \u2018no problem, I can do that, easy\u2019 (and proceeded to demonstrate nonchalantly), \u2018but I just can\u2019t do climb eagle\u2019.<\/p>\n

And P responded: \u2018that can\u2019t be true. If you can do straight-legged eagle, you should definitely be able to do climb-eagle\u2019.<\/p>\n

I was sceptical, but decided to give it a go. So I climbed onto the pole, tucked the pole into my arm-pit, hands placed quite low (near the shoulders), released my legs to bring my body to the front of the pole, then – visualising doing a regular straight-legged invert from the floor \u2013 I lifted both legs smoothly in a straight-legged straddle up into a V.\u00a0\u2013 I was there, I had done it!!<\/p>\n

I did that several times throughout the night (albeit always near the floor, so that it\u2019s easier to trick myself into believing I\u2019m still on the floor), always visualising myself doing a simple straight-legged inverted-V from the floor. And it worked every time! Although I have to admit that my form became progressively worse as the night wore on, perhaps due to fatigue, or perhaps because I was concentrating less on visualising a straight-legged invert.<\/p>\n

But clearly, in this case, it was all in the mind. I had a mental block about the climb eagle, and had a continuous of negative mental stream of how my core is weak, I\u2019ve lost strength, I\u2019ve lost my skills \/ technique etc. which was impacting my actual performance. But once someone informed me that it is possible, and in fact, it MUST be possible given another pre-condition, then the negative cloud lifted and I could do it easily.<\/p>\n

I wonder how many of my other pole tricks\u2019 progress, or other aspects my life in general are being held back by my own negative mental imagery and self-criticism. Food for thought\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was complaining to P, my L5 classmate, that I\u2019d completely lost my climb eagle (a.k.a aerial invert), and now …<\/p>\n

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