Savannah Welna Nutrition & Fitness

Another hot tip for nailing a trick you've been trying to get. Seriously, that was the most beautiful Anastasia I've ever done in my life...ever. Its gorgeous. Also that grippy suit was so expensive. 😅 If I wasn't too busy laughing at myself, I'd be sad. Also five years ago I'd immediately delete this but my 30s have rewired me. What was it.. like five videos ago where I had my pants on backward?

There is so much going on in the Twisted Ballerina. I accidentally discovered that this exercise was helping me feel like the pole was close by rather than 300 ft away from the reaching hand. I tried to maximize the time that I have because I cannot train like a professional pole athlete. I'm in graduate school, a mom, and my weight training and off the pole training have to combine a lot of elements in a single exercise. Some would argue it's not optimal, but it's optimal for my reality.

You voted for it- one arm air walk or spin (on spin, not static). Theae are some pointers that helped me achieve this after struggling with this for quite some time. Most people learn with both hands on the pole and slowly take the lower hand off. That did not work for me and if that doesn't work for you, then these tips might help. However, having both hands on the pole when doing it from the air as opposed to the ground is likely going to be necessary. When you're doing it from the ground, your body position relative to the pole will likely be quite a bit different than doing it from the air. Whether you learn this from the air or the ground is up to your preference. It definitely might be easier to learn this from the air, but if you have to practice a trick 1,000 times like me, then the setup of getting into the air does add time and does take away stamina. This is why I moved to the ground. Once I stopped trying to enter this shape with two arms on the pole, it actually came fairly quickly to me.

I was quite convinced that I was lacking grip strength, but performing dead hangs ON AND OFF the pole demonstrated to me that the grip strength was not my weak point. Grip strength is still critical for this shape. If you have small hands and a 45 mm pole like me, it might be more difficult for you compared to other people with bigger hands.

I'm a beginner at this movement, so I more than likely missed things and I wouldn't consider this something that I have mastered. Good luck!

Nothing crazy. Just feel pretty movements. Extended butterfly to brass monkey had scared me longer than I care to admit. I think it has turned out nicely.

I will no longer people please for the sake of surface connection, though my intentions have always been rooted in valuing other humans and being of help and service. I will also no longer be intimidated by individuals who believe I am whatever label they want to assign because I have a different belief. This has never been about being too scared to speak up, I've silenced myself because of an attempt to remain connected to humans so I may be of service within the health realm. However, my service will always be minimized by operating in this way as the issues that affect health and nutrition run deep and personal. I am not seeking to be a mega account.