AllysonKendal
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Also here is a video for day 11 https://instagram.com/akpoles/p/0Gt5ZnjLFf/ π
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I’m probably going to echo Veena here…
I do feel out of place amongst my “peers” in general.
I had my son at 18… so my son’s friends parents (he is 11 now) are older than me, plus we live town that tends to be older… and that makes me feel really young sometimes, and not in a great way either… it makes me feel like a child. Also by nature I’m a tad ditzy and easy going when it comes to my son… and I think they see it as irresponsible. He gets excellent grades. I don’t know when his tests are because I don’t need to hound him to study, he takes it upon himself (plus is not a big talker).. so when they say “did you hear about how they only gave the 1 days notice to study for the test… I can only think to myself “what test?” and it really doesn’t matter cause he did fine and didn’t freak out he only had a day to study. Anyway, sometimes I feel like they look at me as a bad mom. But my kid kicks ass, so I’m doing something right.
Now all my 29 year old friends are having weddings and babies and I’m so far past that point in my life I feel out of place with them too. I can’t relate and everything has changed since I’ve had my son… the advancement in breast pump technology has apparently come a long way. Haha.
But I did go to a bar with my only single friend and I felt like a grandma in a college bar and I wanted to run away as fast as possible…
So I completely get it. I feel at such a different point in my life than basically anyone… but pole is this great thing that I feel like makes me feel happy and not alone. This community makes me feel happy and not alone. Its beautiful. I’ve poled with a few ladies in your age bracket and I have to say I have more in common with them than a lot of people my own age π
PS- my coworkers talk about their hot flashes all the time and I don’t mind π
Hopefully someone has something more productive to add, I just wanted to say “i get it” π
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No problem! I remembered someone calling it a lollipop Lyra before so i knew what to search.
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This is going to sound like craziness, so i apologize in advance for that.
Does it help if you actually take your hands and grab your butt cheeks and pull them back. Ugh. I don’t know how to describe it. So you’re not sitting on your butt cheeks, but instead they are kind of behind you… I don’t know why but I feel like it really helps me not round?! I think maybe it has you sit on your sits bones?
I googles it, and this is kind of how they phrased it “Sit up straighter, pull back the flesh from the underside of your seat, tip your pelvis forward (per Number 1, above), and try to connect your protrusions with your mat, letting them support you.”
But that “pulling back the flesh” aka your butt cheeks is key for me.
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Day 8. http://instagram.com/p/z_GFIcjLF6/
Sorry the quality is so bad. The lights in there are dim and when it’s nighttime it’s so dark. I should use my good camera but I was rushing like always Γ°ΕΈΛΕ
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Is there a stream of the amateur competition?
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Haha btw I meant Amber Wolf, with the doll thing…
too many names, I got confused. But i also liked Ashley Fox’s performance. π
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Wow. Thanks again for sharing this:
My final thoughts is I do think the camera for Jazzy’s performance in particular was zoomed in and didn’t capture the whole move. but she really looked lovely. I do think in person it would have been breathtaking.
As far as Tara’s performance… I really enjoyed itI think if there wasn’t commentary I would never have noticed the things they were saying she didn’t do perfectly (bent knees and such) just because she was so fluid I wouldn’t have noticed.. maybe the judges didn’t either.
Yes, Estefania Duque was breathtaking. Right off the bat she grabbed me and pulled me in with that toe point rise.
I actually really liked Amber Fox’s performance too. I know the doll thing has been done before, but I really liked it, and I thought she was really cute.
I can also see how, like Veena was saying, that the numbers might have surprised people. If each judge had a different aspect to judge I do see how the final numbers could end up not being what you’d expect.
Thanks again for sharing. This was fantastic.
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I’m 40minutes into it and I’m loving it sooo very very much.
I’ll comment on the performances when I’m all done… BUT I’m not really seeing any problems with the camera, that I notice…
I agree the banter between Annemarie and Fawnia is distracting, I do wish there was an option to mute it but keep the music… HOWEVER, I wonder if ice skaters feel like that when they watch the olympics or something, but as a non-ice skater I appreciate someone talking a little bit to help me follow and keep me engaged.
So I could see if the majority of the scores were based on artistry and performance that I would really want them just to play the music and be quiet. But I guess since it’s heavily weighted on the technical aspect its nice to have someone point out some things?!? I don’t know.
The chit chat between performances is awkward to me.. specifically the male, Vertical Jo is fine. But I’ve found some of his comments a little cringe-worthy.
Can’t wait to see how this turns out!
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Day 7. http://instagram.com/p/z8y4YhjLH4/
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It also looks like the PoM one comes in either 2 or 6 inch thickness
YD comes in 2 or 4 or 5. So it really depends on what you need.
I don’t think 2 is enough for me to feel comfortable (but might be for plenty of people, or if you have soft carpet underneath), but I have 4 inch one and honestly I couldn’t imagine having a thicker one, it’ve very cushy and you really sink into it and sometimes that can almost get in the way.