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Pole practice accountability thread!
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Count me in! I have been off the pole since last August. I stopped working out to focus more on school due to a large course load last semester, now I’m ready to get back to poling and preferably get back to where I was when I stopped.
My Long Term Goals
1-Front & Side Splits
2-Back Bends
3-Hand & Elbow StandsMy Short Term Goals
1-Work on flow & fluid dancing
2-Making my freestyles more sensual
3-Practice weekly and stick to my work-out schedule without getting discouraged
4-Stretch & do Yoga every other dayI hope to be able to work out Monday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday
I do not attend classes at a studio, I’m completely self-taught from YouTube and now also from Veena’s lessons. So I only do at-home practice.
I will try to report back weekly with my progress!! 🙂
I’m looking forward to this! -
MelMorgan! That’s a really busy schedule. wow! That’s inspiring. I am having one heckuva time with scheduling. I love going to the gym but if I go to the gym I don’t have time to practice pole, if I practice pole I don’t feel like I got as good of a workout as if I went to the gym. I work full-time I have two kids and a husband, so trying to find balance amongst myself them and housework is difficult. Something always suffers and it seems to be pole. I have been doing hot yoga on Thursdays and a program called PIYO on Sundays which is a cross between yoga and Pilates. And once a week I go to intermediate pole class. The other days I find myself in the gym doing strength training. Like I said then that leaves no more time for pole.
So like I said your workout schedule is very inspiring hope I can come up with something as good! -
I went on my 1st run of the year. My GPS app wasn’t working so I don’t know how many miles. But it was 51 minutes. I thought I could come home and stretch and pole…but I felt more stiff than ever!
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slkysmth thank you! I’m glad I can be of inspiration to someone, that makes me smile! And it sounds like you are super busy! I know exactly what you mean about it feeling like something is always suffering; it can be very hard to find balance between things when you have kids and everything else. I know you can make it work! You seem very determined and strong! Keep at it! 😀
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Thank you Mel! I did two spinning pole workshops yesterday (feeling beat up!) and then intermediate today. The focus was shoulder mounts, shoulder mount flips, etc so I’m again, beat up! I love it though! I have sooo much in my arsonel of things to work on now!
Tomorrow is either gonna be pole or the gym doing strength training! 😉 -
Neesy, what a great picture!!! 😃
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I’m a beginner and one of those people that’s bad at posting regularly on threads. 🙁
However, I have been poling regularly – I manage to go to 1 or 2 pole classes every week and practice at home about 2 times a week in addition.
And, I finally managed to do my elbowstand getup and the basic invert today! That’s two of the short-term goals achieved.Revising my goals:
Short-term:
1. Practice and improve my form with basic invert and chopper.
2. CAR bridge/layback. (I can do CKR easily but just reeeally struggle with CAR).
3. Clean up figurehead, learn side sit.
4. Get the intermediate spin combos in a fluid manner.
5. Start doing the conditioning and flexibility routines regularly.
6. Start practising in heels. 🙂Long-term:
1. Get the side splits.
2. Learn intermediate moves. Move to Level 3 moves.
3. Practice in a showcase/competition this year(?).Phew! Long post but putting that down feels soooo good! 🙂
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RSK-that’s a lot of goals! I have a feeling your gonna nail the short term ones quickly! 😊
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Yay! Thank you! I hope so!
I was just able to hold up a flag for about a second. I should add holding that for longer to the goal too.
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Count me in if anyone needs to be motivated it is me maybe putting it here will help me stay focused.
1 problem I have is that my dance pole is in our out building and it is colder than crap outside right now.
I am not even in the beginning stage, I am at the planning to get motivated stage. I have the 30 day get started videos and I plan on doing 1 a day. So we will see how it goes.
Hopefully I can do some of the strength training at my mothers. I been spending a lot of time there helping take care of her.So maybe I can do some of the practices that don’t require the pole.
SO Short Term Goals
1. Drink Water No Sodas
2. 1 a day of the videos
3. Eat right
4. Lose weight so I can drag my ass up on that pole.
5. DO some exorcises to limber up.
6. Do the splits.
7. Practice In Heels this will come way later I can barely walk in heels now let alone dance in them.I had to look these up I found a site that shows you the names of spins 🙂
Long Term Goals: Learn some spins
1.Hand stand
2.Do The Fireman Spin
3.Chair Spin
4.Back Spiral; Reverse Grab; PendulumI doubt that I will ever be ready for a competition but to just gain my body and flexibility back would be wonderful.
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Oh short term goal I forgot to post take some pole classes and sign up for 1 year of studio Veena. So I can continue her pole classes also.
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I love to see goals! I’m buying a cork/white board so I can hang pix, write my goals, etc!
I have another showcase the beginning of March! I am challenging myself to do it in spinning mode! Eeks! Best of luck to all! -
Hi everybody, I am wanting in on the accountability. Hope you all are still doing well with your practice. I have taken about 6 weeks or more off from practicing with home pole, life distractions. I am a beginner/inter. I have not been taking any classes for 7 whole months now. i need to start, so my short term goals are: #1.start practicing 3-4 x’s a week, Mon., Tues., Thurs., Sat.. Also #2. stretch more and do yoga once a week. also #3. since I need to lose a good chunk of weight I am trying to walk and jog 5 x ‘s a week. My longterm goals are: #1. Be in a regular habit of jogging, yoga,eating well. #2. Inverting,#3. Handstands. So that is it for now. hope to hear from you all,keep positive.
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Hello pilatesworks! Those are great goals! And a lot! I wish you strength and motivation to achieve all of it! 😃
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