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regaining confidence, fighting the cold, and finding motivation
When I started poling, I had so much momentum, everyday was full of new tricks and I was on the pole at least 2 hours a day. Even when I was lazy, I knew that once I got on the pole, I would find the motivation. so motivation was easy to come by, all I needed was a tiny nudge to get on the pole for 1 minute, and that 1 minute would turn into 100.
Well, that bubble burst at the end of my 5th month, when one day I woke up with a shoulder and a hip pain, just from wear and tear on the joints, “overuse” was the technical diagnosis I got. So I couldn’t practice for almost 2 months.
Now I’m all better, but have lost so much strength it’s really depressing to practice. Whereas before, I was discovering a new trick every session, now each time I get on the pole, I discover one more trick I lost.
I know if I practice I’ll get my strength back, but it’s cold and dry in the winter (my first winter in beijing! and i’ve only heard bad things about it!), and I have to do a lot of warm up to get my skin a little sticky, and have to pre-heat the pole with a heat lamp, which, compounded with the intimidation of not being able to do old tricks, just makes it extra hard to get up and do it. It’ll be easier in the summer, but I can’t wait that long!Have you ever been in a pole rut? how did you get out of it?
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I’m sorry to hear you were having some injuries from overdue, I think it happens quite quick when starting to pole dance, there is so much improvement in the first month and it’s so nice to experience to get better and better but the body is not really used to so much exercise. Well this is how it happened to me. I was at one point so frustrated I almost gave everything up. Glad I didn’t!! I think you may get your motivation back when you just really take it easy. There are always good and bad days, if they are bad and no tricks really will work out for you, maybe keep watching videos of your most favourite performances. I was watching and watching YouTube, all the different blogs, hooked up on facebook with all sort of very talented pole dancer’s, reading so much, so I read a lot that everyone is sometimes to hard on themselves. I found for myself little goals I want to achieve, or booked workshops, so I have a goal to work on some tricks to master them with help of the instructor. I met really inspiring people, so it all helped out of the frustration I had in summer. For me back than it was also so frustrating because it was so hot it affected my grip, but even for that I found a solution, just some gripaids and I gained grippower. Well I don’t know if you can understand everything because my english is not as good for explaining everything I would like to, but I’m petty sure it all comes back to you!! If you were able to do some tricks back than and you lost it because of your injury, it will come back again quicker you just have to take it easy. Your muscles do remember for sure! 🙂
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