I'M DYINGGGG that you're adding this to your photo shoot passive aggressively but im here for it. Make it your profile pic 😂😂😂

You have to really push your butt in front of the pole in your figurehead to set it up, like you're going into a teddy. If your hip is in line with the pole you're not going to be able to hike your hip up by pulling your knee to chest to get your leg up there. Also pushing your hip in front of the pole will get you a better grip in the inside arm so you can squeeze the arm into the pole and not rely on the hip at all the hold you up.

I'm gonna start a rumor that you're coming to Philly once a month to teach the weekly challenges in person Stephanie Tallant

Absolutely stunning candid photo of Stephanie Tallant teaching IRL 😍

My first try at iguana 🦎

Star gazer is probably one of my top 3 hated moves so the fact I even made it this far 🫣

For me on powder coated poles I can't wear any grip or I'll slip. I just have to wipe the pole with alcohol and a rag very very often (like after every attempt of anything) and maybe wipe my hands and feet with my alcohol rag too if I'm getting slippery. We have one powder coated pole at my studio and when I've told other people to just to wipe down the pole more often and wash off their grip when they're slipping they have a better time sticking on the powder coat too (ours is black x pole, idk if it makes a difference). I personally dont like powder coat bc I don't have the patience to wipe the pole all the time and I like to feel like I have control over my grip 😂😂😂

Stephanie Tallant Hang glider to twisted grip Ayesha (I was in class too 😂)

jamimah hahahaha yes it makes sense and it's complicated question without orientation so if someone is standing in the anatomical position (arms at sides with palms up) it would be the inside of the forearm (pinky side). I just did it and tried to get a better angle

One thing I notice that I think is messing with your positioning is your bottom arm seems to have a broken wrist rather than keeping the wrist in line with the forearm. It looks like you're having the contact point be your wrist rather than your forearm which would make it much harder to hold majority of your body weight. I personally set up the bottom arm first so I can get the harder contact point first as well as upper back placement before moving the top hand onto my inside thigh. I'm doing a different entrance here but you can see it's like "grab at neck level and forearm on the pole" was the correction my teacher gave me in class this week to get into the position faster.