Yes! You are probably feeling the very top of the hamstring (it connects right under the booty) and that muscle is an important one for BOP (the front leg). And yes, we don't want any pain in the shoulder during this, so it's important to breathe and work on tiny movements like moving the elbow forward and back, tucking untucking the tailbone, etc.. this done overtime will help increase that shoulder and chest flexibility..

okay so this is all good to know. It looks like this will be a good drill to prioritize. It'll help you increase the flexibility and range of motion that the BOP will require on the pole!

Reminder that all Programs are always easily accessible via the menu at the top of your app or web browser (screenshot attached): 

Flexibility Program: https://polewithsteph.com/programs/polewithstephpoleprogram

I loooove this combo with the shapes from the challenge!! So good Espi!! And so happy to see you able to participate in the challenges again yayyyyyy! Thanks for posting here!

YES! Very clean Susan!! Awesome babe!!

Try bending that top arm babe. That’ll engage the bicep, which should take a little pressure off your grip. Lower shoulder pressing up to ear and top arm bent for a strong bicep 💪🏼

I'm going to give you a drill as a little flexibility test to see if you have the range of motion already and it's more of a technique thing, or if we need to work on increasing your flexibility in that shoulder before continuing.. have you happened to do this tutorial already? if not, can you try it when you pole! and if yes, do you remember how it felt and how many blocks you were able to do?