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How old are you?!?!?
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Ok it’s my turn!
I just turned 23 a few weeks ago, so I guess I’m on the younger spectrum of polers. I am self-taught and just because I’m 23 doesn’t mean I picked it up any faster than you fabulous 30s/40s/50s gals..in fact I think it’s the opposite! I think I’m infamous around here for beating myself up for being a bad dancer. I have no professional dance background although I am a belly dancer and I perform at a hookah bar here in Chicago on the weekends. However the belly dancing did not give me a leg up when it came to poling, except maybe for the hip shaking https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_tongue.gif
I am also one of the few unmarried/childless gals around here but I have a boyfriend who will be 30 in May. I dont really want to discuss my weight but as of 15 minutes ago I was 127.8. I have always had body dysmorphic issues and I am a recovering bulimic…at my heaviest I was 145, at my thinnest I was 110. I’d like to be closer to 110 ultimately so that’s part of the reason I’m here in the first place. Poling has helped with my body issues but it’s a little disheartening to see all you ladies who have popped out a couple kids and still have nicer bodies than I’ve ever had! *cough cough Veena* But this site has definitely helped me try to get better at accepting myself for who I am and if I can encourage other curvy girls to get into pole dance or post some vids then rock on!
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i really love this thread!! great idea https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
im 23, will turn 24 in january. im 5’7", and last i checked 124 pounds, but i still have stretchmarks on my booty and cellulite on my thighs. im in grad school so im constantly stressed out and rushing here and there, so dinner is usually microwaveable or a bag of chips. i started pole dancing last year but have a long ways to go to get where i want to be….im so thankful to have found this site because it’s the ONLY place i can go where talking about stripping or dancing or whatever is ok and not something to be ashamed of. my dog jackjack is my most favorite guy in this world, and i still sleep with a teddy bear despite having handcuffs and whips in my closet (props! they’re just props!) i think im caught in between being a little girl still and being a naughty dancer lol https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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I’m 22, will be 23 in October. I’m willing to bet I’m one of the taller ladies here… I’m 5’11" and it presents a challenge in poling, let me tell you! The amount of space I need to swing my legs around… and stand-alone poles are just not tall enough for me to grab properly haha. As of right now I weight about 140, as I recently lost 30 pounds *yay!* since last August.
I come to poling with a diverse dance background – when I was very young my mom had me in ballet, tap, figure skating, and gymnastics classes up until I was ten, when we moved states and I dropped those, instead picking up jazz and ballroom dancing. I continued these up through high school, then tried out belly dancing and musical theatre. Since high school I haven’t done much real dancing but I still practice on my own, and last year I took up regular yoga classes, which I love.
I’m not married but I am engaged. My fiance is in the Army National Guard and just got back from 8 months away at training, which was really hard on us. Right now we’re just re-settling ourselves. I myself attend college part time; I can’t attend full time due to chronic health issues. I have a brain tumor that causes seizures and other problems – don’t worry though, its stopped growing and its benign now, so I just medicate the seizures and I’m mostly ok so long as it stays put https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif I do have strange masses growing in my ankles and hands now, so I have to get those biopsied soon which I’m a little nervous about but the doctor thinks they should be something fairly innocuous.
So that’s my life in a drawn-out nutshell https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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Am I the youngest one here? Everybody’s gonna hate me now, lol. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif Just kidding, you are all too nice for that. Anyway.
I turned 19 last January 22 (2009). I am 5’3" ish, and my weight changes A LOT! I was 105-110 pounds in highschool two years ago, but after meeting my boyfriend, I wasn’t nearly as active (for some reason he thinks sitting around doing mechanical things is uber fun, https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif )
So now I’m up to 115-120 and it fluctuates.
I think it’s funny that I got into pole dancing because in highschool, I was on the ColorGuard in Marching Band
( example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6Xw0JPO9Gw but we were so much more graceful I promise https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif )
I quit that in my senior year because it was too stressful for me, and the girls were not supportive (surprise, it’s highschool https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif ). Anyway, the funny part is that I was dancing with a pole then too, just in the wrong way! Glad I’ve discovered the right way. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gifI’ve had my pole since last year sometime, but never really got into dancing with it. Besides it was an Electra pole. I moved houses in Feb and put my pole back up (actually attached it to the ceiling this time) and have been working on it harder. (I can almost invert!!!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_clown.gif <–I don’t know what that is, but it’s how I feel about inverting. )
Anyway, I have to take the pole down with the real estate agent comes around (bc I’m renting from my mom and she’s still trying to sell the house), or risk shocking them all https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_surprised.gif and I haven’t put the pole back up since last week.
Anyway, enough about me.
I agree with all of you. It’s great to be able to workout in a way you love. Pole Dancing is amazing and watching everyone that’s so advanced inspires me. One day I’ll do a jade!!!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cheers.gif
Anyway, I’m saving for a X-pole. May just break down and put it on a credit card, lol. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif
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Oh this is off topic but yes yes yes yes YES get an X-Pole and get rid of that Electra-pole!!! That’s what I started on and it was crap after just a couple weeks of doing virtually nothing but spins!!! I’m amazed yours has lasted this long!!! I personally am not a fan of credit cards so saving is the way to go, in my opinion, so good luck and try not to hurt yourself on that POS pole in the meantime!
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Yeah, I saw your vid on "Why Peekaboo Sucks" and agreed with just about all of it. I’m not left handed so it doesn’t usually unwind itself, and though it’s warped a little bit, it’s not enough to hurt my hand.
But I’m so set on an XPole now. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif Can’t wait until I’ve saved enough.
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Oh you did see that??? https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_redface.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif I feel special now… thanks!
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im 19 yrs old, 5’2 and 132-135 lbs https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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I am 39, 5’7", 114 lbs and absolutely in love with my X-Pole.
I started pole classes 4 weeks ago; this is the FIRST class I have taken, of any genre, since graduating from college. I could not sleep the night before our initial meeting. This excitement has not quelled. I have been lifting weights and doing pilates for 15 years, but the pole brings an exciting new realm of physicality that is just perfection.
Last week, my husband bought me an X-Pole for our anniversary and I have never been happier with working out. Upon delivery, I was not sure who was happier, me or the FedEx guy.
Plus, I love giving my Adidas runners a break and hitting my gym in a pair of 6" Pleaser death pumps. Plus, I made $50 off of my husband at the end of my workout Friday evening. Never did that with free weights. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif
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i love all these posts!!
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Fifty dollars….hmmm.
Where’s my boyfriend….?
*runs off* https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif
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I’m 28, have been poling since January 2007. I’m 5’5 and 120 – I go between 115 and 120 a lot.
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I’m 23 years old, 5’7" and 128 lbs. I’ve got a stong background in dance and still dance to this day. I watch what I eat hardcore simply because I’m trying to get into a business (musical theatre) where you’re given jobs based on your body type and unfortunately (though not so unfortunate at the same time) because of my singing voice being as soprano and youthful sounding as it is the body has to match that. I’ve actually had problems with eating disorders but not because of musical theatre. (I was heavy into ballet at one point and used to model). So yeah pretty health conscious/athletic background. My biggest issue though is I hate tedious workout routines. I takes a lot to get me to get up in the morning and do my workout and I’ll do it but I won’t like it. I just want to tone up and have fun while I’m doing it…and maybe tighten up my backside because Lord, you know you gave me a generous amount of backside. hahaha. I see all these women who are older than me and with kids and how fabulous they look from pole dancing and I keep thinking "I want that!" I’m totally preparing for my pole to get here. I went and bought some WD40 and a stud finder and that thing is going up the minute it gets here. I’m totally going off subject now! haha.
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Hi,
I’m 30, 5ft, and about 130lbs (why are we posting our weight? Seems the thing to do, more a getting to know you than ‘what’s your age’.. Cool). I’ve got no kids but I’ve had two bacon butties and am about to eat my second danish (pecan and toffee). I went to a couple of lessons about a year and a half ago, loved it but wanted my own pole (unless you can afford classses 3 times a week, it’s what you really need if you want to progress). So got my boyfriend to buy me one for my birthday. I’ve tried a mixture of sports, rock climbing, jazzercise (oddest experience of my life!) non combat kick boxing, I mostly do yoga and a few of the moves I learned with kick boxing. Would like to get back to running again, I had a really bad bout of clinical depression last year and haven’t gone back to it. I’m a big advocator of exercise for exercise’s sake. It does wonders for how you feel emotionally and physically generally, even when you don’t do it to get fitter or loose weight and I’m always on the look out for something else to try.
Nx
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I’m 24, 5ft7 and I don’t weigh myself (I think that comes from when I used to get weighed a lot when I did gymnastics).
No kids, no boyfriend (and that’s fabulous right now because I have so little free time that I want to do what I want rather than having to go see a bloke).
The first time I touched a pole was on my 21st birthday night out and all I did was pose for a picture then run off, hehe. I kept going back to that club and started doing spins, looking on youtube for more things I could do. I did a pole dance taster session with my sister, but it was far too expensive to carry on with the school who run it. Then I found some pole dancing forums and found my current instructor through them, and away I went.
Because I had done gymnastics I was one of those highly annoying https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif gals who got a move first time with hardly any effort (I got my Iguana mount on my second ever attempt). I hit a wall then, and even now I still struggle with a lot of the moves that involve pain.
I kind of want to get back into gymnastics for the flexibility and the fun factor of flicks and somersaults, but I’m very aware of how creaky my joints are getting, I feel like an old woman sometimes https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif
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