Stephanie Tallant had me lay like this to find the back engagement then roll onto my side with my back towards the pole trying to maintain that same back engagement to get the correct position of the legs going back instead of down. I'm sure she has it recorded and better cues but I call it the Roly Poly and I do it every time before I janeiro and it was helpful for me

Your coach looks like they know what they're doing. I know Steph is showing cat pose here and usually I'd follow her cues, but I really think you should listen to your coach because they seem like the expert in this area. The perfect rounded back and tucked tail creating a seamless loaf. Impeccable.

So janeiro is hellllla back intensive and it might be helpful if you post the video but based on this picture and your other video, I would say first step is being able to have the flexibility to have both butt cheeks clear the pole while the second leg is still on the pole and relatively straight. The next step is be able to hold that first leg at the elbow line position actively driving it backwards into the pole without putting the full weight of your leg in the bottom arm. (Picture for reference of the position). If you aren't able to do both of those then it's likely a flexibility/ back strength issue and I'd keep working on active flexibility off the pole to avoid frustration.

If you can do those things above then Steph had a roly poly drill thing that really helped me understand the engagement of the legs so you can eventually take the hand off and rely on your back strength to hold your legs up.

YASSSSSSSS girl this has gotten so fluffin good and you're killing it with your active flexibility 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Let our haters be our motivators bc she's a splits person 😂

Good to know, my exit down actually didn't look as sloppy as it felt watching it back. And yayyyyy I'm so excited to be coming. I'm just gonna sit there recording y'all like:

Okay first, I'm so excited for this!!!! Second, my Janeiro is at like 30% success rate at this point which is why I hadn't tried it in months bc it was on the "tabled moves" list. This was a Christmas miracle. Third YOU taught me how to Janeiro, so I know you definitely can Janeiro and if anyone is sitting on the sidelines it's me, the toddler (I might be a preschooler now). Four it's physically impossible but I'll await the video 😂

Hard to choose but I feel like capezio is my signature move. I say capezio on spin pole and dragontail on static pole

Fake newssss. Your favorite move is now a Jade bc you're a splits person!!! But also this triggered me. The only thing worse than a Superman is a stargazer to Superman drop

When I read this I literally read it in Steph's voice too 😂😂😂the number of times and body parts I've been told to squeeze. The most recent one I think was to squeeze my cheek into the pole 😂😭😭😭😭