Ok a little better progress in the stag legs. Sadly my left shoulder/delt have flared up and I couldn’t try as much as I would have liked Stephanie Tallant
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Hi coach!! Stephanie Tallant are we going to be doing another two weeks systemic training with this gym program? I tried finding it in the doc but I don’t see it. Thank you!
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May 16
So I can (mostly - I'm just old & creaky right now) get into brass monkey from other ways. But I tried using a plyo box (from the beginner entries) and I have the same issue as when doing handstand conditioning - getting hips over shoulders. It just feels....wrong. Like I'm going to tip over - help?
You can see on my left side I'm actually tilting from the pole.
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May 16
Elena Martelli this is for you 😂😂😂also Stephanie Tallant Halp. I had to be careful because my low back wasn’t pleased. What I decided to do it just practice getting into the lay back and trying to really engage my upper back.
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May 16
Stephanie Tallant my stag leg attempt ..looks very much like I think I’m doing jainero 🙃
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May 17
Response to some posts from this week's Brass Monkey challenge!! I love discussing topics like this within the community, so I'm really glad this weekly challenge led us here 😀 "Like" this post or leave a comment below if you have things to add ⬇️
Vanessa okay so actually I'm not going to fight you at all on your opinion on cross ankle vs cross knee transition to brass monkey 🤣 I put a comment on Elena Martelli's video yesterday that Espi can chime in on too...
looking back at the layout of that tutorial, the "cross knee layback" entry should have been moved down in the intermediate or even advanced topics section of the tutorial and the "kick up from floor" and "drop down" should have been moved up to the more "beginner" topics of the tutorial.
I believe my original thought when making the placement like that was that cross knee layback is typically less scary than cross ankle layback, BUT when it comes to transitioning to brass monkey, the low back twist needed for that cross knee layback is A LOT and can absolutely feel very awkward.
Would love to hear others chime in! Love seeing all the posts and questions from this week!
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May 17
Steph can fight me on this one, but cross ankle layback to brass monkey has always been easier than cross knee to me. Requires less flailing to find the pole and legs feel more secure in the transition 😬I'm bendy so I can do both, but anyone struggling with the cross knee layback (👎🏽) I'd try cross ankle first personally.