![]() ![]() Knowing which muscles to engage, and repeating that movement pattern until it becomes second nature.Īnd whilst we’re on the subject of doing things properly, it also means training in a way that isn’t going to eventually create some kind muscle imbalance or weakness that will put you at risk of injury. ![]() ![]() It also means training those muscle groups in a way that reinforces the correct movement pattern for a safe, controlled invert. No tutorial can teach you strength, it must be earned-and that means putting in some serious training time to build strength in the muscle groups that need to be strong to get you upside down without a kick. The technique is actually quite simple once you have this one secret ingredient. Urgh.Įventually, I discovered what the secret to a no kick invert was. When I was banging my head against the brick wall that is learning to invert without a kick, I binge-watched tutorial after tutorial, trying to uncover some hidden tip or trick that I must have been missing.Īlmost there, almost there… cue monkey foot scrabbling for contact with the pole. Not only is it safer and more controlled, but it looks a whole lot prettier and stronger, too. I understand why people do it and I understand why a lot of instructors teach it that way, but the ultimate goal should always be to be able to perform the move without the help of a kick. And although it may have been the most frustrating two months of my life, I’m sooo glad I learnt it that way now. ![]() My pole instructor would only allow us to go upside down if we could do it without momentum. Personally, I wasn’t allowed to kick into my inverts. Who is STILL using a little kick or swing to get into their inverts? Lots and lots of polers, that’s who! You know, the one that lets you play all the cups in reverse? By which, I mean that it immediately opens up a whole new kingdom of pole moves to add to your repertoire (and Instagram, obviously).įor many of us, that first invert, as glorious as it may have been, was achieved with a little help from momentum. For beginner polers, it’s usually the first pole trick that can elicit actual gasps and firework-display-worthy “oooos” from non-pole friends.Īnd successfully nailing your invert is a bit like unlocking ‘mirror mode’ in Mario Kart. ![]()
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