Pole this weekend

So another action packed weekend of pole. On Saturday, my pole buddy and I worked on our dead lift, I got my knees to my stomach on 2 occasions, but that’s was it. Happily my arm didn’t bend underneath me like previous occasions, which might not be progress as such, but I am counting it as progress. We also got the devils point shuffle and transition from gemini to scorpio in what we call ‘the pocket’ other wise known as the space between ones hips and ribs. The problem with working in the pocket is that if you relax your stomach muscles it seriously hurts. In the pocket there are less grip points as well. The main grip points are the pocket and the inner thigh, as opposed to using the inner thigh, side/back of the body and arm pit as my pole buddy and I have been taught previously.

So here is a video of the devils point shuffle, This is Alethea Austin and friend busting out some awesome moves. Around 1.15 secs there is some transitions in the pocket from gemini to scorpio without leg extension.

In my Sunday pole class we learned a crazy new move from a cross knee release… I struggled to get past the cross knee release as I havent done one since I learnt to do them straight legged, but I eventually got the cross knee release… right around the time the rest of the class had moved on, so hopefully I can get the next part of that move next weekend. 🙂

In other news, I have been knitting a sock for the last year, over the weekend I took it from about 15 inches of sock back yarn again. I had been decreasing unevenly some how and the cable that was to go straight down the back of my leg ending on the Achillies tendon ending up on my malleolus instead. Not cool! I tried to pick up stitches above the decreases, but made a bigger mess so the whole lot was unpicked. I will revisit them in a couple of weeks… Probably right around the time I start getting cold feet and wished I had awesome knee high socks. 🙂