Half Brackets in Pole Dancing Exercise

Video Transcript

"Hello! I'm Niqui with Studio Soiree. I'm going to show you a way that you can condition your body and strengthen it so you can do really fun holds, static holds, and spins in the half bracket position. Also, this is an awesome cardio move. The half bracket uses your inside arm as it were on top, and your outside arm is on bottom. You're going to use this arm to brace you, which is why it's a half bracket. Don't ever lock your elbow. The top arm as well. You don't want your elbow or your shoulder locked because we're going to be moving in this position. We don't want to have our weight on our shoulder while we're twisting. We're going to face our outside arm, which is across us. Now, this brings our inside leg to a position where we can kick back and up. When we come up, we're going to point our pelvis forward, and then we're going to meet our knee with our standing foot. I'll show you that. Depending on how strong you are, depending on your ability to control your hold, you can come out just slightly. As you get more advanced, you can go higher. Again, you're pointing such that you're pushing back, then opening up, and then quickly turn your pelvis back so that you don't beat your toe up. One more time. Inside leg back, out, and up."