Hiii beautiful students!! We’re doing something super important but still fun for this week’s challenge! All the details below :))

✨🔄 July 7th TWO Week Challenge: Let’s Talk Inverts: https://polewithsteph.com/programs/july7challenge

I know, I know… it’s not always the prettiest Insta shape haha—but it is one of the most fundamental skills you can master to get to those amazing shapes you do want to post 💫

Your Challenge This Week:

✅ Watch the tutorials!
There are options for different levels, so don’t stress about marking every single one “watched.” Just pick what fits you best!

✅ Try at least one (or more!) of these variations:

• Invert Conditioning

• Invert Without the Classic Kick

• Clean Up Your Invert to Leg Hang

• Forward Spinning Invert

• Backward Spinning Invert

So much good stuff to explore! Ask questions, post videos for feedback, and remember—I’m always here to help you out! 💕

💡 To be eligible to be chosen as the July Subscriber of the Month:

• Click “JOIN” on this post

• Share a photo or video of something from this week’s tutorials in the Community Feed via the App (or accessible via the Web at www.polewithsteph.com).

• Post on Instagram and tag me @stephanietallant_pole with #thebestpoleapp

Each month, one winner is randomly selected from subscribers who fulfill these requirements.

✨ A Few Friendly Reminders:
Use the app’s pole move dictionary and tutorial library for inspiration
Share your progress in the Community Feed—you never know who you'll inspire!
Tag me in your posts and stories so I can cheer you on!! I love seeing it all!

And most of all—have fun!! This isn’t about being perfect. It’s about trying new things, staying curious, and celebrating all the little wins! 💖

Can’t wait to see what you all come up with!!

xoxo,
Coach Steph

Welcome Naomy to the App & Community!! 🥳♥️☺️

Hi Students! Have you heard the term "reciprocal inhibition" and do you know that it can reallyyy help you improve and progress in your flexibility?! Read on :))

jamimah asked a really great question this past weekend, and it’s the perfect chance for me to talk about a really important concept in flexibility training. The fancy term for this concept is reciprocal inhibition.

✅ Simplified definition:
When one muscle contracts, its opposite tends to relax.
Example: flex your quad and hip flexor → hamstrings relax.

We use this in stretching to “communicate” with muscles so they release and let us go deeper.

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👉 For the lizard/runner’s lunge in Jamimah’s photo that she shared:

FRONT LEG
To open the glute and top of the hamstring on the front leg:

* Engage the front-leg hip flexor (think: gently pull your knee toward your chest).

* This tells the glute/hamstring to relax more and can deepen your fold over that leg.

✅ Cue: “Lightly pull the front thigh up to help the glute relax.”

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BACK LEG
To open the hip flexor of the back leg:

* Squeeze the back-leg glute. That glute activation signals the back-leg hip flexor to relax more.

✅ Cue: “Squeeze the back glute to deepen the back hip flexor stretch.”

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So in short:

* ENGAGING Front-leg hip flexor = deeper front-leg fold.

* ENGAGING Back-leg glute = deeper back-hip opening.

Let me know if that helps or if you want more cues OR if you want other examples for other stretches.

Thanks always to those of you that share questions here in the community feed. It helps us all learn <3

xoxo
Coach Steph

Welcome Das to the Community!! 🥳❤️🎉

Hiii beautiful students!! We're going something a little different but still fun this challenge!! Read all the deets below :))

🔄✨ June 23rd TWO Week Challenge: Flip it & Remix it, Babes!

Challenge 1: Flip It! (I know most of you will not like this one haha but I promise it's good for you!)

-Take a move you always do on your strong side… and try it on the other one 👀
OR

-Reverse a combo: start with your usual exit and work backwards (this one is fun!)

Challenge 2: Shape Variations

-Pick one of your fave shapes (like pole sit, jasmine, ballerina) and find 3 different ways to get in/out of it 💡

💕 A Few Friendly Reminders:

*Click JOIN on this post
*Use the App's pole move dictionary and tutorial library for inspo

* Share your flips & remixes in the Community Feed! You never know who you’ll inspire :))

* Tag me in your stories or posts so I can cheer you on!! I wanna see it alllll

And most of all—have fun!! This isn’t about being perfect—it’s about being curious, creative, and a little weird (in the best way)!

Can’t wait to see what you all come up with!!

xoxo,

Coach Steph

New YouTube Tutorial is Live! 🎉 (This was a requested tutorial from our app member, Sam! Thanks Sam for the request!)

In this video, I’m breaking down how to get into Hood Ornament from a climb on spin, and how to invert from that position—on both forward and backward spin!

So if you’ve been wanting to smooth out this transition or try it for the first time, this one’s for you ✨ Watch it now on YouTube! 💜 https://youtu.be/xCcjRTvbEYs?si=AoZnTQBYuV_J5Q1R