Gemini Climb
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This advanced climb is not only an interesting way to climb the pole, it’s also an excellent strength builder.
Also know as: Circus climb
Strengthens: BICEPS / ABDOMINALS / HIP FLEXORS / LATISSIMUS / TRAPPEZIUS / ROMBOIDS / PECTORALS
Awesome lesson! Thank you! This happens to be the move I’m working on now so your lesson came at the perfect time for me. 🙂 🙂
Yay! This monkey climb is a great strength builder since it works both sides (the light and the dark side).
Where is post/thread about just getting up to a knee-pit hold? I am currently trying this and I can use my knee pit grip a little for one climb, but I can’t get it to stick there. Where do I work on that? It seems like you have to have a knee pit grip that isn’t humanely possible!
If it helps at all, Porshka, I only started doing these climbs about a year into pole dancing. I even “cheated” at little at first to have a mid-way point. I gemini’d up, pushed up into a shooting star (also heard it called a star fish), and then pulled up–clack clack–one hand/other hand. After doing that for a while, I didn’t need the mid-way point–especially since someone told me I was cheating, when I thought of it as a good transition. Pushing the inside hip into the pole, and really crunching in those abs…that’s what got me up there. Such a really great strength builder for BOTH sides!!
Hi Porshka, 🙂
Something that will help improve the knee pit grip in addition the JelliCrews suggestions would be the Side Climb
https://www.studioveena.com/lessons/view/4cadc481-2a2c-4804-861e-148a0ac37250
remember to work on the lessons in order, this will help you progress to the next move.
Wow this looks interesting! Can’t wait to try it! This looks like a great strength builder as well as an endurance builder!!!