Complete a before and after analysis of you OWN invert, OLH + ILH and chin-up.

Submit a video of you moving into, through, and out of those moves. If you have before videos or photos, please include them. Answer the following questions:

How did it look feel/function before?

· Before, I always had to have my hand placement perfectly placed on the pole before feeling confident in my ability to invert. I usually had a rounded back and my gaze was on my hands/pole. It usually required a little hop to invert and if I came down immediately after it was usually a quick, thoughtless decent. I could usually OLH on both sides without difficulty, but I really struggled with ILH. I could sometimes ILH on my right side but really struggled on my left side.

How does it look/feel/function now?

· I’m more intentional with my movements and feel that I can be less strict on my hand placement. I focus on elongating my spine and try to take my gaze over my shoulder. My ILH on both sides has improved because my torso is now staying more parallel with the floor when my inside leg wraps around the pole and am also maintaining a pelvic tuck which helps with my inflexibility.

What’s changed?

· I’ve tried to make my movements more intentional and have more awareness and control over my spinal movement since incorporating spinal flossing into my warm-up routine. I’ve also tried to move my eye gaze from my hands to over my shoulder which helps prevent the closed off rounded back appearance that my invert previously had. I’ve also just been more intentional about practicing my inverts to OLH and ILH whereas before I would only practice them as a way to get into another move.