Muscle Up Entrance to Crossback Straddle

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Level 3

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The Muscle Up Entry to Crossback Straddle is only for students who’ve mastered using their core and legs to get into their Crossback Straddle. We only teach it to our higher level students once they have a lot of experience with crossback straddle and are ready for more challenge with it.

This entrance is similar to the Basic Entrance to Crossback Straddle but it is much more challenging because it requires a perfect pathway to achieve. Even though the name of this skill makes it sound like it will be an upper body workout, this entrance is all about mastering corework and leg rotation, and it actually involves very little upper body work when done correctly.

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Building Blocks & Prerequisites

Some of the most important aerial silks skills, related movements, and prerequisites from our aerial video tutorial library that students should be very comfortable doing to succeed at Muscle Up Entrance to Crossback Straddle.

Teaching Tools

Common Mistakes & Solutions

These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial silks skill Muscle Up Entrance to Crossback Straddle and detailed directions on how to fix these problems to make the skill look and feel easy.

Related Aerial Drills

These similar aerial silks skills and aerial drills are helpful to troubleshoot and help with problems. Students don't need to have mastered the Muscle Up Entrance to Crossback Straddle to work on these related skills and drills. These drills may help your students make important connections and answer the question "What am I doing wrong?".

Ground Drills for Aerialists

These are some of our favorite ground drills for aerialists for Muscle Up Entrance to Crossback Straddle. They can be used as part of the ground warm up or as part of the aerial class teaching progression.

Aerial Silks Variations

These are different variations of Muscle Up Entrance to Crossback Straddle. Students should be very comfortable with the current skill before working on these different or more advanced variations. They can be used for further exploration, managing students with different levels and adding variety to aerial silks choreography.

Planning Ahead

Next Steps

These are the next steps we teach to our aerial silks students after they’re comfortable with Muscle Up Entrance to Crossback Straddle. The next steps can be started right away and they lead toward specific future goals which are often the most advanced aerial silks skills.

Future Goals

These are some of the more advanced silks skills that build on the strength and control taught in Muscle Up Entrance to Crossback Straddle. They are not the next immediate steps, but rather long term planning goals.

Sequences

Aerial Silks Sequences, Transitions and Combinations

These are aerial silks sequences, transitions, and combinations that include the aerial skill Muscle Up Entrance to Crossback Straddle. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.

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