Hi Jill, all the content is up now! 🙂

Yes! This is delightfully normal. The squeeze can be intense, the bruising varies body to body but can also look pretty intense. The bruising and sensation will most likely change over time. Again, this is body to body specific. Some people will bruise for longer than others. It is possible to push the body to much too quickly. Listening and feeling if your body is recoiling from the wrap can be helpful to keep the training for this new sensation on the positive and productive side.

Veronica can discuss this in the Q&A!

Veronica can cover this on Thursday for the Q&A!

So glad you were able to play with the challenge on your adventures!!

Hi Danica! There a few places you can check in to see if you can find a more engaged/flat croc. If you feel like your bottom elbow is closer to your ribs rather than your hips, you can use a side bend to close the distance between ribs and hips on the bottom arm side to get your elbow under the pelvis. For the arch, you have several places to find arch beyond your lower back, lucky for everyone with lower back concerns! The front of your hips, upper back, and shoulders are all places to pull from to find arch, or in the case, enough arch for a flatter shape. A croc shape may have heels higher that hips, courtesy of serious glute engagement and nice open hip flexors. And the shoulders can be lifted by thinking about pulling the ribs forward, out, and then up to find a long curve to lift the shoulders and head. Upper back arch up exercises (starting with belly down on the floor and lifting the head, shoulders, and ribs off the ground using the back line of the body) can help prepare your croc to find a supported shape on top of the bottom arm. Parts of the Shoulder Support video under the Ground Workouts tab can also be a great place to start. Keep us posted about progress!

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Oh yeah! A little rest for the bicep with a little upper back arch work, cannot wait to see how that croc comes out after a little reset!

Thank you for sharing, Robin!!

Great question! The restrictions of the wrapped thigh makes the foot lock pathway a bit more narrow. Two places you can find more wiggle room: keeping the slack for the foot lock tighter around the ankle so you have more fabric to manipulate around the foot for the final part of the lock and crossing the paths of the foot and the hand participating in the movement. The foot being locked can travel across the body towards the stabilized leg and the hand wrapping the lock can travel as far past the pinky toe of the locking foot as possible. These two pieces together can give you enough slack to finish the loop under the foot. If using the opposite hand to foot is tricky, trying same hand as foot being locked is possible and has it’s own nuances to manage. However! the slack is easier to move past the pinky toe and therefore the loop is slightly easier to finish for the lock. See what works best for you! Happy training!

Sounds like a great variation to help with the flag moment that comes with the neck hang exit!

Alright! Wonderful work!

Great question, Jill! Your hips look like they are doing their job, hooray! The next place to check in is the path of the elbow. It may be that your elbow is passing the pole as you turn to hook the legs, which is crossing the tail with the pole and making a very sticky spot. To release the croc, all of the fabric wraps you built from the beginning need to have the same relationship for them to come off. The wrap highest on your arm might be passing the second wrap to make the cross. Try keeping the elbow glued to the pelvis as you turn to hook the legs or renegotiate the elbow to undo the crossed fabric on your arm. Please keep us posted!

Thank you for sharing your beautiful, heartfelt work with us <3