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Saying Hello!
Hi! I just joined the site yesterday and wanted to pop in and say Hello 🙂 I guess I said Hi! first, actually 🙂 .
I'm 41 years old, been married for 23 years and have an almost 16 year old son.
For the past 3 years I've been doing figure and bikini competitions. However, that is starting to wear on me…. The tanning and prepping and super tight dieting starts to get old after a while. Plus competition day is so long with the posing all morning, then again all evening. Yep, time for something new!
I needed to find something to keep me active and also have a goal to reach that required me to workout. It's hard for me to stay on track without something in reach. I've been wanting to try pole for a while, it looks so fun, and I love to climb and swing on stuff! I'm also using it as motivation to get my husband to lose weight. He gets a dance for every 10 pounds he drops LOL. He dropped the first 10 in 6 weeks!
I bought a pole in January, got it all set up, and promptly got nauseas after just a few spins LOL. I thought to myself "what have I done spending all of this money and the thing makes me sick??" I stuck through it though and worked on climbs and stuff that didn't require spinning. If I make sure to have a good mix of climbs vs spinning (and make sure to vary my spinning direction) I don't get sick now (that's good!) I was also surprised at how hard it was. I've lifted weights for 7 years, and being a figure competitor required some really heavy lifting. I thought I was strong and in shape, but it was tough!
I signed up for Veena's lessons and am on day 2 of the 30 day program. I'm already loving it. It is nice to have some structure, and moves to work on. Plus I need work in the flexibility dept and have been wanting to do splits forever. So I'm very excited to be here and learn from you all 🙂
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5 Replies
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Welcome Crystabel!
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Hi there and welcome to studio veena! I'm also 41, I have 3 kiddos 20, 8 and 4 years old 🙂
I have been poling on and off for 3 years (but my goal for 2013 is to be more on than off) and LOVE it! The dizziness in the beginning is very normal. It will take a couple of weeks to get used to doing spins on the pole. The best remedy for dizziness is doing a spin, then do a couple of pole pose moves, dancing or floorwork in between spins to get your balance back. Doing spins back to back to back is a sure way to get yourself dizzy 🙂
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Shoot my daughter is 5 years old oooppsss lol.
Welcome to this wild and crazy ride otherwise know as the pole journey! 🙂
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Welcome!! I was a big gym rat a few years back, and I still enjoy strength training, but since discovering pole and hula hooping I don't visit the gym too often! There are many moms on the site too, I've got 4 kids myself. It's exciting to hear you're enjoying the 30 day program. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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Hi Crystabel, welcome!
I'm a mom too, 3 daughters, and been on and off the pole in the last 3 yrs. I'm 48 , so to prove we can always do pole, no mattter what age :)https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cheers.gif
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