Forgot to add a screenshot on here last week but this is my new favorite type practiced on my less favorite side

You forgot Samaya Sinha 🙃🥳

Stephanie Tallant I'll have to retry with chest closer to the pole 🧐bc I actually liked the chest press butterfly... but giving my shoulders a break

Waittttt Stephanie Tallant is one handed supposed to have the chest on the pole? Bc that could explain a lot 👀😬also hi Amber Clark! You straightening your leg on the one handed is wild to me

Susan Papp Mlodzienski I discovered yesterday that the reason these didn't feel secure is I was accidentally doing them all on my non-dominant side bc I don't butterfly and I don't usually do both sides of anything 🙈🙈🙈but I thought about it and I prefer Ayesha on the opposite side and butterfly was much more secure on that side as well 😬so probably strengthening this side is in order 😭

Stephanie Tallant I love that I was either just as tired, so I didn't notice or that I'm such a Steph Stan I don't question you at all and I was just going to make it international and safe 😂

For the forearm ones though I did have to keep my chest superrrrrr close to the pole bc I agree they feel unstable

I think to get more stable you need to "caterpillar" (that's what we call it at my studio) before doing the butterfly. Which is basically pushing the bottom arm and pulling the top arm so that your body makes a 90 degree angle before changing to any butterfly position (pic below).

THE SHADE STEPHHHH 😭😭😭but also so accurate 😂 I probably needed to put grip on my legs because I agree I didn't seem very solid which I think led to the slink down the pole to try and not die. Will reattempt and attempt the other ones with added grip

Clarification, It's easier to ✨hold✨the Janeiro on spin. getting into it from brass monkey is like being in a tornado, but the spin does push your back onto the pole naturally which makes taking the top arm off easier. So if you already can balance with both legs off the pole like I was stuck at, then spin might help take the arm off. But I hate spin too 🙈