Is there a word for this manoeuvre?

[visceral_instinct]

Is there a word for that thing he does at 3:07, where he clings to the pole and throws his body out in an X shape??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmMPCbRuW2Y

[Pinwheel]

Hernia-fold?

[cosmictraveler]

Is there a word for that thing he does at 3:07, where he clings to the pole and throws his body out in an X shape??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmMPCbRuW2Y

foolishness?

[visceral_instinct]

Hernia-fold?

Hehe, yeah, I want to do that manoeuvre, but my core strength is nonexistent.

Seriously though, is there a proper word for it??

[Pinwheel]

No. But we could name it ourselves. I'd go for The Uber-X-Cyber-Hike-II.

[visceral_instinct]

Hehehe, that sounds impressive, but it's kinda long

How about just Uber-X?

[Stoniphi]

That will require very tight back and abs with arms of steel. It is going to take a lot of practice to get that one down. It may be a 'males only' technique due to the arm muscle requirements. Women have a very hard time building up that much arm muscle. Most guys cannot do that - I certainly couldn't, not in my wildest dreams.

[visceral_instinct]

I just managed to do this on my metal bunk bed, yay! I only held it for about 5/6 seconds, but I did one nonetheless. Everyone hug me!

I don't actually have a problem with arm strength. I'm ok with my upper body strength, my core muscles are pretty much just jelly, though.

[Michael]

At which frame?


Reminds me of Mirror's Edge. So, any super cool move would naturally be called A Mirror's Edge

[Pandaemoni]

I believe strippers call it the "flagpole" or a variation of it.

http://www.poleexercise.co.uk/gallery/moves/#

[Stoniphi]

Alright!

[visceral_instinct]

I believe strippers call it the "flagpole" or a variation of it.

http://www.poleexercise.co.uk/gallery/moves/#

Oh, now I am really pissed off!!

I shall now only ever do that move wearing baggy clothes and a face mask.

She isn't doing a full X, though, just clinging sideways to the pole.

[John99]

its actually the fore arm muscles.

[visceral_instinct]

its actually the fore arm muscles.

You mean it mainly puts stress on your forearm muscles??

I don't find that at all...

[Stoniphi]

Well...looking at it made my elbows twinge in sympathy.

[visceral_instinct]

Lol. My elbows seem just fine after doing this.

[meloncholy]

Thanks for the link. The move is actually called the flag; the flag pole (or half flag as it's more commonly known these days) in the gallery is *much* easier to do.

visceral_instinct, if you managed to hold it for 5 or 6 seconds then that's very impressive - most people can't do it at all. (I certainly can't.)

Here's a video ( youtube.com/watch?v=JmHtLycyIvQ ) of Dominic Lacasse holding the flag for 39 seconds. It's a common move in (male) Chinese pole performances if you want to see some amazing routines with it in (Dominic Lacasse again youtube.com/watch?v=eXEFvqYdDa4 ).

[Idle Mind]

Related videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfsTKfUT-RQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MeiwLLZjDo

I don't know what the maneuver from the OP is called, but I'm intrigued by athletes who can perform these feats.