Deadlift – Twisted Grip Handspring
Build the strength and control needed for a twisted grip handspring deadlift with focused drills.
Overview
About This Lesson
Is your twisted grip handspring already confident and stable? Then it’s time to start working toward the deadlift.
In this focused lesson, Polina gives you drills designed to help you develop the strength, control, and technique needed for a twisted grip handspring deadlift.
The deadlift requires patience and consistent practice, so this lesson is built around repeatable drills you can return to as you gradually improve the movement.
Use the exercises as part of your regular pole training and focus on quality, control, and steady progress rather than rushing the skill.
Before You Start
You should already have a confident and stable twisted grip handspring before beginning this lesson.
If your handspring is still inconsistent, continue building that foundation first and return to the deadlift drills once the position feels secure.
What you’ll learn
Course program
4 modules
Prepare for the deadlift work from the foundation of a confident and stable twisted grip handspring.
Use focused drills to develop the strength and control required for the deadlift.
Work progressively toward the twisted grip handspring deadlift rather than rushing the final skill.
Repeat the drills regularly and use consistency as the foundation for progress.
What’s included
One payment. Lifetime access, including future updates to the program.
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Your instructor
Polina Zueva
Polina Zueva is a professional pole dance and Russian Exotic instructor with years of teaching, performing, and competition experience across Russia, Vietnam, and the United States. Throughout her dance career, she has performed on stage, competed successfully, and earned competition wins and podium placements — bringing real performance experience into everything she teaches.
Over the years, Polina has worked with a large number of students through regular classes, private coaching, workshops, and masterclasses. Many of her students have gone on to perform and compete themselves, earning awards and podium placements and developing the confidence and skills to take their dancing beyond the studio.
Polina’s training is built around the individual dancer rather than a one-size-fits-all formula. Her lessons focus on clear progressions, detailed technique, fluid transitions, musicality, body control, and expressive movement, allowing students to progress at their own level while developing a style that feels natural and personal to them. The same approach is built into her online courses, giving dancers structured, experience-based training they can follow at their own pace.
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Questions
This is an advanced progression lesson because Patreon specifically states that your twisted grip handspring should already be confident and stable before you begin working on the deadlift.
Yes. Patreon specifically says that your twisted grip handspring should be confident and stable before starting the deadlift work.
The lesson provides drills for working toward a deadlift from a twisted grip handspring.
Yes. This lesson is specifically about a pole handspring deadlift, so access to a pole is required.
Repeat them consistently as part of your training. The Patreon description specifically emphasizes that consistency is the key.
Yes. Patreon lists the lesson as streaming video access, so you can return to it and repeat the drills at your own pace.
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