AllysonKendal
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This is so great! Thanks Veena, I can’t wait to read it 💕💕
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It seemed like we had so much interest on the splits thread, but if no one else is posting pics I’ll just post them on Instagram 😜 you guys can follow me there @akpoles. I’ll post today’s though….and i continue to update the splits thread as I see progress.
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Day 1.
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I’m pretty sure I’m going to be adding @Blogilates #journeytosplits challenge to the routine for July. I’ll be posting my pics on Instagram, and if there is anything worth sharing I’ll share here as well. If people want to play along I can always start s new thread for it…
https://instagram.com/p/4eYcR5nE7E/
Attaching a pic of the challenge as well as the instructions.
Im using the challenge as a fun motivational tool, still going to try to keep up with what I’ve been doing. And I think I need to add Veenas middles routine to the mix when I have some time!
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I am a VERY practical person. So my advice is just that… Having gone to 8 very expensive years of college, some of which I will be paying back with a check for thousands of dollars a month for the next 10 years… I have a very money oriented POV that may give you another side of things…
Don’t get me wrong I also agree a lot with the “you’re only young once” type thing… So this is more of an “on the other hand…”
If your parents are breaking the bank to put you through school, or you are spending your own money or taking out loans… then I think its in your best interest to take that year off and decide what you want to do. Who wants to be paying for all that expensive education if you never plan on using it? I know people who got very expensive degrees, then never liked what they were doing but were basically forced to continue to work to pay off the expensive degree they realized they never wanted! That sucks!!!!
If your parents are paying for school now, and helping support you (and they are living comfortable and are happy to do so) I say talk to them and see how they feel about you taking a year off. If they are against it, I say stick with school… Continue to take full advantage of their kindness. Soak it up, and learn everything you can.. Have an awesome back up plan! It’s only 2 more years. Even though the “real world” looks appealing right now and college seems stressful and like a waste of time… you will never really be more free to live and explore your passions then when you’re free of a lot of financial burdens.
My 3 grad school friends and I were at brunch yesterday complaining about that awful loan payment we pay each month… so its just very fresh. 😛
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Today is a big day in the U.S. 💕 Overflowing with happiness. Equality moves us all forward. 💕
Lots of love all around beautiful Veeners.
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Happy to add this to my collection! Got the early bird package yesterday 🙂
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I don’t have any advice. As I’m no where close to competing… But I watched you’re video https://www.studioveena.com/videos/view/531b9627-0ca0-4a30-910f-44f30a9aa0eb
And it was really fantastic. Seriously. I’m happy to see you around here again 🙂 -
Congrats on being a fighter and a survivor.
I’m horrified/disgusted that you were treated that way…
There you are, trying to better yourself and get stronger and learn some new things… And that’s just not ok. That’s just not a way to speak to someone. Anyone. Period.I don’t have any advice other than to keep your head up, they do not deserve your business!
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sorry the link didnt work: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/unreasonablefaith/2009/08/wet-monkey-theory/
The point of me sharing that link, is just to say sometimes people have just been conditioned to feel a certain way… Maybe he wasn’t getting sprayed like the monkeys.. but maybe he’s see friend’s/parent’s/etc. marriages dissolve over difference in hobbies, or the woman finding a new passion. Maybe he doesn’t know why, but its triggering a response!
ANyway, Im sorry I’m so foggy. Like i said, I’m full of boogers 😛
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I think the most important thing is to communicate with him and find out WHY he feels this way.
He may say something that really surprises you (he feels unimportant to you, he feels like you ditch him for pole, maybe he feels like you never supported his passion?) or he may not even know why he feels this way… but this might surprise him, and make him consider how he feels. Have you ever heard of the Wet Monkey Theory. Sometimes people (or monkeys) act a certain way, without even knowing why. (http://www.patheos.com/blogs/unreasonablefaith/2009/08/wet-monkey-theory/)
But the point is… he may not be a bad guy, he may have very valid reasons for feeling this way…
Usually when someone (provided they are someone I respect and I feel like are a rational and nice person) has issue with something I do, usually there is a middle ground… Usually each person is right and wrong to a degree.
Yes, he should probably support you more… but maybe you should plan pole free days, where you don’t talk about pole, or check pole videos, and just do something you both enjoy and reconnect.
It’s very easy for us to sit in judgement of him not knowing his side of the story… but I think if you came on and were saying “All my BF does is Golf and I feel like he never pays any attention to me… I HATE GOLF!” We’d all be saying how he needs to make time for you. Ya know?
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yeah, I’d be interested in the dimensions… If you ever get around to measuring it let me know!
The one I returned said “Long at 45 Inches Flat = 90 Inches in Circumference”.
Maybe it needed to be broken in or something…. But I honestly had my husband try and help me. We hooked it on my left leg and could barely make it to my right hip… and it seemed dangerous at that point.. like if it slipped or snapped someone would lose an eye… So I gave up and just returned it.
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Awesome split!
I got a ballet band and returned it…. are you talking about this one?
this stretch: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71fX3OcpAUL._SL1500_.jpg
just was not do able with the band for someone of my height.
Once hooked on one leg I couldn’t even pull it to my belly button. There is just noooooo way I could put it on my other leg.If you have a longer one let me know!
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Ok, here is this disclaimer: I’m sick and everything looks a little snotty and foggy to me this morning (talk about TMI :P) so if I missed something you already answered I’m sorry, I kind of skimmed the beginning stuff.
Because the way you’re describing doesn’t sound like he is annoyed because he thinks its dirty or “what will other people think”… it seems maybe he thinks you spend to much time with it? And maybe not enough with him?
Do you do anything else? I know thats like a silly way of saying it, but like do you have a job? or a something else you do, besides pole? (because jobs aren’t everything!) Sounds like you’re a handy person, staining a deck and all…
Why I’m asking is… there are only a few times my husband seemed annoyed by my poling…
and usually it’s when I’m not working a lot, spending too much money poling, and neglecting some duties because “sorry, I need to go to pole class”. Then more of the burden of life falls on him. This could absolutely make a man resent pole, in fact if it was anything he’d start to get annoyed! The times when I’m working more and helping out more around the house, and I say “honey I want to buy this super cool and expensive __(fill in the blank)__” He seems to be much more supportive.And just so I don’t make my husband out to be such a meanie… He did basically let me take over the spare bedroom while he works out in the detached garage with no AC or heat and one tiny light. 🙂
And you know what? When he says to me he has to work out instead of helping me with something or even just watching a show with me, I get kind of pissy about it. 😛
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Ok well I created a Facebook group….
Made a cover photo in like 10 minutes and came up with a really broad name to include everyone. I’m goon to work on the art later.Also, wishing the name was shorter. I need to work on it.
So far we are 8 members strong (including me). And we have one event planned, with 1 person attending (me, but I was going to it regardless).
As I was doing this I was kind of wishing there was a national/world organization (upa or any group like that) that would have local chapters that someone could run. Like the elks or lions club do… Or even like Girl Scouts. Just thinking about how much easier that would be for people to find and join.