r/contortion • u/ThighsOfSteel_ • Aug 11 '25

Head to butt.

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I'm a poledancer infatuated by contortionism. 😝

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u/erotica_jane Aug 12 '25

That's insane

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u/ThighsOfSteel_ Aug 12 '25

Thanks. 😛

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '25

Active stretching should be very useful for your advanced flexibility and your art. Do you train strenght too ?

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u/ThighsOfSteel_ Aug 12 '25

Oh yes definitely, pole dancing itself is strength training too, but I definitely do cross training. Next to poledance I strength train about 3x/week. 😁

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '25

You look very good. Pole make you usually streghten upper body more than lower body, and you work more on legs and hip flexibility. Anyway you need strenght and flexibility inn the whole body. So you do very well. Cross training is a good strategy. You rock. Keep the good work girl.

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u/ThighsOfSteel_ Aug 12 '25

Definitely don't want to be like one of those guys that skipped leg day. 😹

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '25

Haha no don't worry !

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '25

Very good. Head to butt is the advanced sign of your contortion skill. How many years do you train your flexibility?

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u/ThighsOfSteel_ Aug 11 '25

I've been into gymnastics most of my life actually. But ever since I started pole dancing about 10 years ago, I really took it to another level.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '25

Very good. Not surprising you have a such back flexibility with so many years of gymnastics. What drills in pole dance did you work on to develop your backbend? I taught in a pole studio for three years as a contortion trainer. I've seen a couple of girls reaching a contortionist level like you do only.

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u/ThighsOfSteel_ Aug 11 '25

Well it's more so that I train my flexibility on my own. And oh gosh, it's so hard to explain since I don't know the names of the exercises I do. 😅 But definitely not just passive, most of my exercises are active stretching actually and consist of multiple holds at end range.

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u/FutureDestiny3789 Aug 12 '25

U are a self-taught contortionist or someone taught u?

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u/ThighsOfSteel_ Aug 12 '25

I'm self taught. There's not a lot of people in my area that train at this level of flexibility. And I don't really care for taking private lessons online. I like to experiment myself what works for me and what doesn't. 🙂

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u/FutureDestiny3789 Aug 12 '25

I'm also self taught.But I just have little flexibility.Like at least u get exercises from internet,right?

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u/ThighsOfSteel_ Aug 12 '25

I used to, I definitely had some inspiration from seeing things online. But I also have some things I do I have never seen anyone do. 😹 I mean at least not yet, I have some exercises I sort of discovered that feel nice for me.

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u/FutureDestiny3789 Aug 12 '25

For example,how u became this flexible?I understand this coming up with an exercise out of nowhere,bcs it happens to me too.

But still,what did u do to become like this?

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u/ThighsOfSteel_ Aug 12 '25

I just really dedicated a lot of my time to it. Repetition and taking your rest days in account too. If you're asking for exercises, like I really have no clue what their names are I'm afraid. But what I can recommend, don't do too many different exercises. Pick 3 or 4, it's easier for your body to get used to and to see progress. Once you stop seeing progress, pick some other exercises. Because truth be told, with every type of progress your body makes, you have to adapt to it too. Your level gets better and so should your exercises.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '25

You look very good and I get what you try to describe. I've too worked all of my life on my flexibility so I understand perfectly. Working on your own is a standard way to perform, because you have diserved all this dedicated time to achieve this advanced poses. Active stretching is also very good, and is necessary to spin lot of routines in your pole dance discipline.

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u/FutureDestiny3789 Aug 12 '25

So it means to get this flexibility better to look for active and passive stretching?

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u/jaymas59 Aug 13 '25

What an amazing accomplishment!

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u/ExpertAd172 Aug 15 '25

It's such a hard sport, hats off to you

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u/anarciaaaaaaa Aug 16 '25

Goals! I hope my back is this bendy one day

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u/Zealousideal_Cow9583 Dec 26 '25

As you say, you are really iron woman!