Found this beautiful Broken Dragon courtesy of Stephanie Tallant! I just love how it feels once you fully sink into the move 😍
All subscribers receive a discount on recorded workshops! Click on this link to be redirected to the "subscriber only" feed which includes the code! https://polewithsteph.com/community/posts/as-a-subscriber-you-receive-a-discouAll users here (subscribers & non-subscribers) are able to purchase the "All the Things" Workshop Bundle which gives you a significant savings on ALL available workshops: https://polewithsteph.com/orders/customer_info?o=17610575 Min Bird Of Paradise Recorded Workshop75 Min Int Adv Cup Grip Handspring & Iron X Technique Recorded Workshop60 Min Tangled Temptations Recorded Workshop60 min Russian Split Recorded Workshop2 Hr Adv Flexibility & Pole Fusion Recorded Workshop Cocoon (Stephanie & Micah)60 Min All Levels Handstand Fundamentals Recorded Class/ Workshop
Mine is @stephanietallant_pole! I'd love for us all to be able to connect there! I post often about new and upcoming content there as well!
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January 04
Stephanie Tallant hi boo!! Happy new year!! I am back to bug you 😈😈 😅.did you miss me ?😂Okay so janiero picking back where I left off last year . I think this is my problem see the bottom leg it’s going back not side.. how do I tell it to go to the side?🤣 and I can upload the video if need be I feel like when I start off it’s to the side but as it gets lower it goes to the back.. and I am squeezinggg my glutes.
December 22, 2024
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Challenge
December 23 — January 05
Videos will appear at the bottom of this post on December 23rd or click this link:
https://polewithsteph.com/programs/favpolemovechallenge
Your Weekly Challenge(s):
Do your favorite pole move!!! Really, it's that simple 😉🥰
As we wrap up these final weeks of 2024, I'd love for us all to celebrate our love of pole by playing around with one (or a couple) favorite pole moves! I make a post in the community this past week asking you all your favorite pole moves. Click here to see the post! You'll notice that I used the answers on this post to inspire the videos I've included in this collection HOWEVER these are just meant to help you think if you need help. If you can easily think of one of your favorite moves, please pick that for this challenge. I'm so excited to see everyone's choices. Remember to post a screenshot of your choice on the Challenge Post in the Community Feed & even more, you can share a video with us of your move or a combo with your move in the Community Feed as well.
Requirements:
Click "Join"
Comment on this post with a picture (screenshot is fine) of you doing a favorite move of yours!
REMINDER: photos can be uploaded via your app or via the website, polewithsteph.com. Videos can only be posted via the App on your phone or iPad (not via a web browser).
Share a picture or a video on Instagram and tag @stephanietallant_pole and #thebestpoleapp
Because the videos in this challenge are just included for inspiration, you do not need to mark all videos as "watched". However please follow the other requirements!
Each month, there will be one randomly selected winner chosen amongst all members who complete at least one of the two week challenges during the month!
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December 24, 2024
00:15
Stephanie Tallant Janeiro isn't my favorite but it was someone's favorite and I can only do moves that require minimal points of contacts in 9 degrees 😂. I can tell my back flexibility and strength has gotten sooooo much better because this felt way easier than the last time I tried a few months ago. However how tf does one get their leg back on the pole after the Janeiro? I finally have the second arm grabbing behind and I know I was spinning like a tornado but the leg seems physically impossible to get back up there for a clean exit 🧐
Also yes I was supposed to be cooling down in class but I had the pole zoomies and wanted to know if I could still janeiro after months of not working on it 🙃🙈
January 02
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Susan Papp Mlodzienski - experiment coming out the same way that you went in. This is a slow motion video that you can watch.. just like you changed to thr position of your chest to face the ground as you went into the move, try using your abs to help get the chest facing back towards the ceiling. Let me know if this makes sense, and update me when you try again! ❤️
November 18, 2024
Why is the Gym Program on the ‘Pole with Steph’ App an effective cross training program for Pole Dancers?
✨Well first, what are some of the “why’s” of cross training? Injury prevention, balanced muscle development, improved flexibility
We might want to train pole everyday, but that would likely lead to overuse injuries, which is where cross training comes in. But if pole is something you want to improve your performance in, then you want your cross training program to support that, right?
So an effective cross training program will include exercises that 1) focus on the muscles that you need to make you stronger for pole AND 2) focus on muscles that you might not specifically need for pole, but will contribute to balanced muscle development and overall improved movement patterns 💪🏼
I’ll give you some examples directly from the App's gym program:
1️⃣Dips: Often times in pole, we push into the pole while the shoulder is in extension. Focusing on the push out of the bottom of a dip is a good exercise to build muscles for this (example: bottom “pushing” arm in a cup grip air walk)
2️⃣Leg Extensions (quads): I know you are trying to rid our legs of micro bends! Say hello to this exercise!
3️⃣Drop Back Lunge (glute long bias): I could relate this to pole and flexibility, but it can also be viewed as something to balance our muscles. We do a lot of hip extension (glute short bias) work when trying to make our pole splits flatter and our backbends bendier.
4️⃣Elevated Single Leg Glute Bridge (glute short bias) (top 1/2 ROM): The role of the glutes in hip extension (backbends and back leg in splits) is 2nd to none! This drill specifically targets the muscles needed to produce hip extension using the glutes (pole example: back leg in jade)
Go to recent Instagram post to see clips of the drills mentioned above: https://www.instagram.com/p/DCg-3XzuabZ/?igsh=bjVkNDFwNWJteGhu
And before the launch of a new 12 week cycle, Tiana and I discuss changes that will continue to best support us in our pole journeys!
All members or the program are also encouraged to post videos for feedback here in the App's Community Feed!
Questions (or have a testimonial you’d like to share from using the program)? I’d love to hear from you here in the comments!
And this post would not be complete without a shoutout to the wizardry behind the Program, @Coach Tiana 🧙♀️
Happy Training!
Coach Steph & Coach Tiana
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December 14, 2024
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Anytime we’ve been doing a given type of training for a long time— making progress gets harder and harder and slower and slower. It’s just the nature of being more advanced. And when we are new to a type of training we have this really fun window when we make progress really fast!
I train for bodybuilding primarily- meaning I’m mainly concerned with training to create a physique that I like aesthetically. Because of how long I’ve been training, creating big drastic changes in my physique doesn’t happen over night. At this point growing enough muscle to make a visual difference takes months and years!!
Above… the first photo (green pants) is August 2023 vs December 2023 comparing the start of my backbend adventures to my progress just 4 months in. BIG change
Second photo is December 2023 vs December 2024 comparing the last 12 months of my progress! Still a significant difference but not as drastic as those first few months… I share this because the initial BIG progress times can lead us to expect progress will continue like that- but that’s not typically how things go.
We’ll have periods of fast progress and periods of painfully slow progress (as I’m sure everyone here has experienced). Lols. Which is why we always emphasize learning to enjoy the process as you go. If you enjoy creating- if you enjoy the process- then you get little bits of joy as you go- which often actually leads you to stay engaged long enough to create the outcomes you’re interested in✨
December 03, 2024
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jamimah re Janeiro video! Hii babe okay so it’s a little hard to see from the angle, but it looks like your leg is coming in front of the elbow line.. I’m going to post a screenshot with a line at my elbow so you can see what I’m talking about. There is also a slow mo video on this post, so you can see that the leg never comes in front of that “line”… this ensures the butt, low back, and mid back are engaged to the MAX… upper back needs to be working for this too. Next time you try, can you let me know if your leg is passing in front of this line. If so, I’m going to give you the flying cobra video as homework!!
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December 23, 2024
00:27
Thought I would try the Janeiro. I know it’s not quite close , but any thoughts Stephanie Tallant