Janeiro
Hi everyone!
Came back to Janeiro today and wanted to share my little progress but also get extra tips from pole fairy Stephanie Tallant but also from everyone who suddenly clicked with that trick and would be willing to share what was the game changer. (Video sped up x3)
Thank you ! Xoxo
Karine

Game changer for me was Stephanie Tallant telling me to not actually rest my legs on my arm at all and now I think of it more like an illusion that my arm is holding up my leg but really my back and butt are doing all the work. Once I stopped resting my bottom leg on my arm I was able to hold myself up without going straight down and it looks like you're doing something similar. It also looks like you're pushing the bottom leg down instead of pushing it back towards the pole and up. I find I have the best set up when the bottom leg is parallel with the floor when I'm trying to take the top leg off so gravity doesn't pull me down (pic of leg parallel to floor). Steph also showed me some floor exercise that really mirrors the engagement you need to be in Janeiro especially if you do it around the pole (idk if she had a video)

I'm going to have to do it in 2 posts bc it only lets me post one pic at a time lol. First tip from my teacher at my studio is you need to push your hips back to clear both hips from the pole when taking that first leg off. It looks like you're trying to push your second hip past the pole while taking the second leg off and that's really difficult to do. In the pic you see both my hips have already cleared the pole.

That last one was the best attempt I’ve ever seen you do on your own babe!! You were looking left, and you were pushing like crazy with the bottom arm!! I think a bit more glute engagement could help which would help keep hips in extension as much as possible which is where we need them to keep the balance. There is definitely progress in these though Karine!! It’s getting there!
I know Vanessa said she found it much easier on spin! I know spin is not really your jam Karine, but something that worked for her