04/20/2026
You voted for it- one arm air walk or spin (on spin, not static). Theae are some pointers that helped me achieve this after struggling with this for quite some time. Most people learn with both hands on the pole and slowly take the lower hand off. That did not work for me and if that doesn't work for you, then these tips might help. However, having both hands on the pole when doing it from the air as opposed to the ground is likely going to be necessary. When you're doing it from the ground, your body position relative to the pole will likely be quite a bit different than doing it from the air. Whether you learn this from the air or the ground is up to your preference. It definitely might be easier to learn this from the air, but if you have to practice a trick 1,000 times like me, then the setup of getting into the air does add time and does take away stamina. This is why I moved to the ground. Once I stopped trying to enter this shape with two arms on the pole, it actually came fairly quickly to me.
I was quite convinced that I was lacking grip strength, but performing dead hangs ON AND OFF the pole demonstrated to me that the grip strength was not my weak point. Grip strength is still critical for this shape. If you have small hands and a 45 mm pole like me, it might be more difficult for you compared to other people with bigger hands.
I'm a beginner at this movement, so I more than likely missed things and I wouldn't consider this something that I have mastered. Good luck!
