Backlog 5.30.10

Sun, May 30th: open pole w/Brynlyn

woohoo! I've enjoyed taking class with Brynlyn in the past, so I was excited to take an open pole with her. and even more excited when I learned it was only the two of us. I had her all to myself! AND she had me start to test into climb & invert.

at NY Pole Dancing, you have to complete a testing sheet in order to advance into climb & invert classes. which I think is a great idea b/c you should have your basics down before you start going upside down. I'd like to feel confident in what I can do right side up before attempting to flip my body weight upside down and around a pole. hey, that's just me! but don't think I'm really close to doing that... the testing sheet includes spins, transitions, climbs, descents, etc. and is about 4 pages long. I have a ways to go, but I'm excited to have checked off a few things. as small as they may be :)

- outside hook spin - CHECKED OFF remember to step out of it, but end at the pole
- lunge spin - make sure that you are looking at the pole, your hooked knee is angled in and that back leg is straight!
- sundail/double attitude spin - hip back & out, look for your back foot over the shoulder of your bottom hand.
- inside and outside skater spins - CHECKED OFF (I like these) 
- inner thigh spin - fallfallfall !! with your leg behind you & when the inside leg hits the pole, switch legs and catch high on your thigh (not just above your knees like I've done in the past)
 - spinning climb 1 - outside hook w/one leg in front and back of pole, grip thighs to stop spinning
 - spinning climb 2 - right climb with your left leg straight, right leg behind pole, grip thighs to stop spinning

It was really great to have the one on one attention b/c Brynlyn would do it, then I would do them over and over again on both my right and left sides. keeping these notes are def going to help me in the long run, so I can remember how do do some things. I also need to start YouTube'ing some tutorials just so the basic moves are fresh in my mind. it's hard not having your own pole to just work on your hand positions.