aDrenais' Book of Shadows

God, grant me the serenity to accept that I have stickthin useless arms, courage to train them up so that I can do my pole tricks, and wisdom to know just how much I suck.

I've been trying to do this particular trick for more than a week now. It's called Sitting V by my pole studio, although from YouTube I understand that it's called a wrist sit too. Basically, you hang on to the pole with one hand and support yourself with the other under your butt, and open your legs into a V. Try as I may, I just cannot get both legs to open up in equal measures, my right leg refuses to budge from the pole. Dad says it's because I know my arm cannot support my weight, and hence my right leg acts as an anchor to prevent me from sliding down.

A search on YouTube turned up a nice, fatherly and portly man on the pole (yes, on the pole)who was kind enough to share how he practised for the trick. I then left the clip on while I tried it for myself, and was rather motivated in the beginning to have someone practising along with me. It lasted for 3 loops of 07:22 mins. By the 4th time I replayed the clip, I was mightily frustrated to see the ahpeh manage the trick that I'm still struggling with after so long. I think I'll switch off the PC after this entry.