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Poling on the ceiling
So I was sitting in my room watching pole videos and an idea came to me and I wondered if someone had done it yet. I've always wanted to see a pole routine that was done completely on the ceiling (other than the start and finish). Has anyone ever seen this or is anyone up to the challenge?
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Love this idea!
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I dont know about a whole routine but I know Pantera doeas a move called a kennedy where she runs on the ceiling
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I've seen ceiling walking and ceiling splits but I'm thinking a whole routine performed on the ceiling almost like it was being done rightside up
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that would be the coolest routine ever!
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it would make a great challenge!
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There is a reason it has not been done. Physical exertion while inverted for that long can easily make you pass out.
"There are inherent dangers to hanging upside down for any length of time.The danger is related to an increase in blood pressure. Under normal circumstances, the heart does not have to work very hard to pump blood to the head, and it can rely on gravity to pump the blood to the toes. When the body is flipped, however, the heart must work harder to counteract gravity and pump blood all the way to the toes. Blood may accumulate in the lungs; they may stiffen making it more difficult to breathe. Also, blood can collect in the head making it more likely that a stroke or brain hemorrhage can occur. It is well-known that high blood pressure is bad for the body and can lead to strokes, so hanging upside down for any length of time seems to invite problems of that nature.The question of how long a human can remain upside down without serious risk of death or injury remains unknown. There are few studies on this matter." Quote excerpted from this article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7633617.stm
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I have seen other articles that state blood clots and even blindness can occur. So I am going to have to disagree that this would make a great challenge.
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"ew" to blood clots and passing out!https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_eek.gif
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I am with Chem on this. That would be to long. LOL! SOme moves on the ceiling would be cool and ok though.
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I just figured it for an editing challenge…do some ceiling stuff each practice and put the clips together. That or a 12 second video. Lol!
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eek how scary (info from chemgoddess)… ugh, but it feels SO GOOD to be upside down! what's up with THAT?
you know, I wonder how this phenomenon might vary from person to person based on their individual makeup/design? Where I'm going with this is that I, for instance, am one who since my teen years have had a bit of circulation issues in my legs (started getting mild varicose veins early on, exacerbated by birth control in later years, then pregnancies, etc)… In *spite* of always being VERY active and fit, and just generally having a pretty great metabolism & general state of health. But it's such that in college I started having to really be careful about how much high-impact excercise I engaged in (too much would result in some scary big red and HOT swelling)… Anyhow, what I found with pole (and yet one more reason why it is so up my alley), as with activities I naturally gravitated to since I was a small child, like playing on the monkey bars, skating, biking, swimming, and dancing… is that the "lift" I'd get off the ground from pole dancing (hence the low or even NO impact), especially when that lift was getting those heavy (and problematic) legs either at the same height as or even above my head, is just such a comfortable thing for me! In fact I now wonder how much has to do with me forcing more blood to pump to muscles in the more upper zones of my body vs the lower half — perhaps this is a bit of relief for my system, circulation-wise? I swear hanging upside down (which I can happily do for quite a long period of time) is such a relaxing state for me, I even get some nice "adjustments" (read: major clicking!) in my spine out of some positions/moves, so much that I feel like it was an instant visit to the chiropractor! (oh that blessed brass monkey! especially weaving into it from a Gemini!)
ok, well sorry for the TMI all, as I guess I am maybe just a weirdo this way… but was just inspired to share and maybe see if anyone else had any further insight or experience related to the whole "hanging upside down is great for me" angle…
I *can* see though how that is probably NOT the norm, and it's good to have read all the above and have it in my consciousness. I now get how when I teach pole conditioning classes and realize after a while of having students do exercises in upside-down positions, why most of them start struggling to sustain that… and I'll be like "c'mon! what's the problem? keep going!" oops… guess the problem is most other (normal) humans are not designed to hang out like that (unlike strange vampire-me) for long…
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The article that I quoted was written after David Blaine did his stunt of hanging upside down for 3 days. HOWEVER, he took upright breaks every hour (where they did a medical check and he was allowed to stretch) and was also in a rigging that allowed him to remove one leg so that he could get his head horizontal (which he did about every 20 minutes), so I am not sure if he was really upside down for that long. But this is also the man who sat in an ice bath for a few days and also lived in a glass box for like a month.
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They do also sell inversion tables and you can use them for 10-20 minutes but you are just laying there, not exerting yourself.
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@chemgoddess – Anyone who sits "voluntarily" in an ice bath for a few days makes me wonder.
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It doesn't have to be a full length song. I wasn't thinking longer than a minute or two.
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