Hii ivy S! Thanks for posting here. Have you happened to try the stretch around minute 6 of the satellite tutorial? It might help you achieve this range of motion!

Yes Susan! There are modifications to the machine exercises.

Sooo hyped for you Ely! Great session today with ALL the wins!! Thanks for sharing this here too! Love yaaaaaa ❤️

Yayyyy go front leg—so straight and beautifully pointed through the ankle, babe! 😍 Quick question about the flexibility in the split overall—how often are you training active split drills these days?

Also, could you share how you got into this move? 🙏🏼

(And yes—untucking the tailbone will definitely help bring that back leg further, but I asked about the active flexibility because I’m curious what your current range is off the pole. That will directly impact how much range you can access onthe pole.)

Does that all make sense?

It looks like your hands are closer to the floor, which is a really good marker of upper back and shoulder progress 😍👏🏼 is it continuing to feel íntense, but productive?

Hi Susan! A pole cartwheel—yay excited to help troubleshoot this one with ya! I have a lot to say about it, so I might send a video too, but here are some quick bullet points to get you started:

Try placing your hand closer to the base of the pole (I'll attach a screenshot to show what I mean).

Think of your top leg swinging up in a rainbow shape—keep it close to your body to help with active straddle compression.

Use a bit of momentum from your kicking leg to help lift off.

Let your head and torso drop down more—that’ll make it easier for your hips to go overhead.

Also, are you comfortable doing regular cartwheels on the floor?

jamimah yes!! that feeling of squeezing the knees will engage the very bottom of that quad muscle so thats a perfect thing to think about! good work babe!

Yes it’s better!!! Did you feel your quad and glute in that back leg working hard?

For the sit, try entering it with straight legs as quickly as possible (hip flexor and quad engagement) and as soon as you arrive, start leaning to the right as quickly as possible to help you catch yourself in time before the elbows lose the grip.

For the arm thread through, try lowering that top hand a little to allow you more space to lean further away from pole (and more space for the arm to thread through

Susan Papp Mlodzienski yes! And you can measure progress by how far your butt is from the floor! So, filming from the side can be helpful