AllysonKendal
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My pole lives in my guest bedroom…
I often wonder if people think that’s my bedroom when they see pics/video. It’s not. It’s not a bad guest room but it’s all hand me down furniture and junk I couldn’t fit anywhere else. 🙂 I have a much more mature big girl (and boy) room across the hall with real furniture and nicer linens. Hehe.
Anyway, I have privacy, and it’s a room I’m comfortable in. I keep my jewelry, nail polish and makeup on that dresser, so it feels very much like my space. I wish I had a TV in there, but there is no cable jack. I hear there are wireless cables boxes these days but I haven’t looked into it too much. I plan on it though.
I don’t have nearly enough space but I make it work. The camera makes it look far more spacious than it is. I’d love to get rid of all the furniture and have it be a dedicated pole space…however, we do have guests and family come stay with us for weekends, so having a guest room is a must. :/
Well I’m hoping for an addition in the next decade or so… Ha.
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Ok, I’m a day behind (booo!) but… the leg lifts last time were a killer. I muscled through them but by the end they weren’t as high or pretty as they started out. I don’t know if thats better or if I should just stop half way and regroup?!?
Also do you put your feet down each time you do the knee tucks? I try to make it through all of them without lowering completely to the floor, but usually I can’t make it. :/ I can usually do about half in one go though.
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Glad to help…
I also wanted to add something I just realized.. I said that I hesitate to spend money on things I can’t physically hold, and it’s true…. But it applies doubly for things on the internet.
For a long time I just had the expectation that content on the internet should be free. It’s just a crappy mindset I’m trying to break out of. But I was introduced to the internet in the time of Napster and torrents. The internet was like Wild West. There were no rules. Everything was pirated and everything was free and that was pretty much the norm.
The new norm is good. Morally I agree with it very much and I don’t pirate things. But I also have trouble spending money on internet conten… It’s taking me a while to adjust to spending money on iTunes, Rdio (it’s like Spotify), Netflix and SV.. But I’m happy I have all of them (well actually I think we don’t use Netflix much, but you get the point).
Hope that makes some sense.
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I’m trying to remember what made me hesitate before buying the lessons and I came up with 2 things… most of which won’t really help you.
1. I didn’t trust myself to make use of them… and even though $79 was a great bargain, its a lot for something you don’t use.
I don’t get to pole as much as I’d like at home… but for less than 1/2 the cost of a single studio session for a month of SV lessons… I’m not disappointed if I only use it once a month. Usually I watch at least few times a month when I’m bored at work or something. Not always when I’m poling though.
2. I can go to Target and drop over a hundred dollars on toilet paper, nail polish remover, and tampons easily… but it’s hard for me to spend a large quantity of money on things I can’t physically hold. I know it sounds silly, its not that I’m materialistic (I said toilet paper and tampons after all!)… My husband is more of an “experiences” person, if that makes any sense. Well he encourages me to like invest in myself and invest my time in things that make me happy… So he was a big motivator in me getting the lessons (and spending so much money on pole in general).
I don’t know if either of those reasons will help you… because they are really consumer issues out of your control, but maybe knowing the consumer a little better (or at least this one crazy consumer) can help you come up with different marketing strategies.
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Ha. I’m glad I’m not alone!
Anyway I’m still hanging in there. I couldn’t do yesterday’s workout because when I got home from work my back was killing me and I took a Motrin and went to bed. So I did day 21 today. Either I’ll do 22 and 23 tomorrow or I’ll skip my rest day on the 24th to catch up.
More than 2/3rds done guys!!!
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If you select the winner at random is it necessary to receive votes?
I don’t have facebook so its hard to gather up votes. 🙂
PS- a picture is coming.
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I’m still hanging in there. It’s getting harder… but I feel like I’m getting stronger! I also feel it in my arms after those knee tucks.
At some point I should probably watch my diet so maybe at some point I can see these abs that I’m developing. Haha…
You know what they say, “Abs are made in the kitchen”… but so are Pizza and Cookies. 😛
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I’ve had Glass Animals – Gooey in my head for days…
My son says the song just sounds gooey. hahah
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I agree. It is so hard to find a decent place to pole!
I have been to 2 play grounds in the week and both had no useable poles! All the pilings that hold the play ground together are like 6inches in diameter… and the rest of the playground is just not conducive to poling (how rude!) There are new fun rock walls and swirly things and even a zip line type monkey bar, but no pole!
I blame the children. 😛
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For some reason** ugh long day
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Ha. Yeah, today for the 70 it was kind of intense… Which was good, because for reason I haven’t felt the burn in that exercise until today.
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Yep! Day 11 down!
How do you count for twists? Is it right =1, left =2 or right,left=1. I’ve been doing the latter. Just curious!
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Interesting. Sounds like Sweat Block. My husband uses that… it works well.
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See for me I don’t feel the twists too much… Yet. I watched the video so many times to make sure I’m doing it right… And I stay engaged in the core… But I’m not sure I really feel it. The knee tucks and roll ups I’m certain I feel thought!!!!
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Done with day 7 too! Feels great!