[Angel1201]

I’m within driving distance! Yay! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif

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Sorry Saldivar, I sold it already!

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My other thought is the protection of thier jobs but the performers are women and men who work there – whether its an instructor, owner or front desk. If they worked there, they are allowed to compete.

When I said protect their jobs, I meant their other jobs, not the ones at the studio. I would get fired from my full-time professional job for pole dancing in public and so would many other girls I know. We dance in secret https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_batman.gif so competing isn’t really an option for me.

I think it’s a good idea to see the owners face to face. Some of them just might need to have their arms twisted just a little. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_rambo.gif

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Hey Lou, I used to work at one of the studios in Maryland that you probably contacted. I know the owner had felt that the other local studios resented her opening up. It seems to me like there is bad blood between a lot of studios because they ‘steal’ business from one another. Perhaps this is one of the reasons you are having trouble getting them to join in? Their relationships just aren’t friendly at all. It’s just all bad politics.

Another factor may be that a lot of students who come to pole class enjoy the privacy of having no men present and/or they may actually need it to protect their jobs?? There is one dancer at my old studio who is FANTASTIC, I mean she could easily go pro. We’ve tried over and over to get her to compete and she refuses. She just doesn’t want to put herself out there.

What if you made this the Maryland Pole Dancing Championship or the DelMarVa Championships? Each competitor could ‘represent’ a studio??

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I heard he calls it that, but to me it doesn’t seem like a title. Lots of spins are dangerous!

Speaking of the iron X, Veena are you lifting into it or are you coming out of an inversion to go into it? I’ve been trying it both ways. Inversion to Iron X works better for me, I have a hard time getting the lift from standing.

From standing some lift with their belly up:
a la XXXBex http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDr08nCs8Lc&videos=JxnSp24QhwY

others lift more sideways or even belly down:
a la Sarah Cretul http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-ko6rX76r0 (1 minute or so in)

Belly up is working better for me however, I just float to a certain point and then I can’t lift up anymore. Anybody have any thoughts? I must need to work on my lat strength.

[Angel1201]

Hey, awesome X Veena. That’s such a tough one!!

I saw Leigh Ann do that spin you are talking about in this vid at 2:35 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og9iSNqHH_4&videos=hVo9E3VmBQk I’ve been teaching it in my advanced workshops. I call it the lifted reverse hook to knee hang. I wonder what the "official" name is?? You can end on either knee depending on if you want to switch legs at the end or not. It’s such a wow trick, everyone loves it. You have to start high enough so you don’t hit your head on the floor – as I found out when I was trying to figure it out!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_safesex.gif

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Here’s my post for making your own pole. Permanent would be the only option for this one. YOu could change the size, pole material, or make it static only. This particular post is for making a 38 mm brass spinny. I have links to the websites where I purchased materials. I think the whole shebang cost me under $250.

https://www.studioveena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2270

Good luck!! I absolutely love my do-it-yourself pole! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cheers.gif

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I can only make it part of the first week and part of the second! I’m a chicken for going places alone, but I may have to! Wish I could have met you there Gymmeke! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cool.gif

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Cool! I thought Sarah ‘retired’??? I’ve had workshops with both. They have very different teaching styles. Pantera is very professional and all about building strength. She didn’t show me a lot of tricks, we focused on slow, controlled movement and core building. Very helpful!! Sarah was silly and fun and was open to teaching anything the crowd wanted. They are both so immensly talented on the pole!! You guys are going to have a great time!! Jealous!

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poledanceromance said:

Just a quick bang(that’s what she said)–it’s not the pressure that releases it, it’s hitting it really fast….(that’s what she said)

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You pervette!!

[Angel1201]

Hi girl, Lord to be so young!! I’m 39 and was teaching advanced pole 3 times a week plus one hour yoga and two hours chair dance. I was pretty exhausted and sore too. I learned to listen to my body and I asked for less hours (pay was crap) as I have a full time professional job and all that strain on my body wasn’t worth it to me. I noticed you wrote that you eat this: "cereal, ramen noodles and frozen pizzas". That’s a whole lot of non-nutritious carbs going down!! Where are your fruit, veggies and whole grains?? Plus PROTEIN and IRON!!! You may indeed have an iron deficiency!! I do/did too. Do you eat any red meat? I find meat pretty gross so my doctor told me to take Feosol supplements – you can get them at the drug store. A lack of iron = a lack of energy because you won’t have the red blood cells to carry needed oxygen around your body! It also sounds like you need to let your body rest and heal in between workouts. Rest and recovery is just as important as exercise. Give yourself a day in between intense workouts. Maybe you could change your teaching schedule? Three hours in a row Friday night followed by a Saturday shift (I had the same schedule) is just wrong for your body. You are the instructor and so you are an essential piece of that studio. Without your body in good healthy condition, class is not enjoyable for you. Why suffer?? It also may not be enjoyable for your students when they pick up on the fact that you are tired and in pain and would rather be in bed.

Also, as for lactic acid, research does not show a link between that and soreness. Read here: http://judoinfo.com/soreness.htm. The soreness you feel is most likely muscle cell damage and inflammation especially if you are doing a lot of the eccentric work that we most of us do in pole (think slowly releasing back down from a shoulder mount). For me, one of the best things I can do when I feel this soreness is light exercise or gentle yoga. I’ll take the dogs for a walk, do some sun salutations, jump on my rebounder or hula for a bit. Does wonders for the soreness. Good luck honey! Now listen to this old lady and go eat something nutritious LOL https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif

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Yelena, before your feet leave the ground you have to tilt your butt past your head. Do you see how I tilted my butt almost all the way toward the pole yet my head and elbows are further away? That tilt is key.

Before ever touching a pole I did A LOT of yoga. There is an elbow stand in yoga that is almost the exact same thing. I had worked on that ages ago, but could just barely get my feet up and then I’d topple over. I think that practice helped me nail it in the pole room. Here is a tutorial for a yoga elbowstand that you might like to use to practice. Once you can do it in the way they do it in the video (bending the knees to lift the legs) you can work on lifting your unbent legs.

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http://ver3.studioveena.com/lessons/view/4286

Hi, I do an elbow stand about halfway through this vid (before the barking ensues https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_silent.gif). Is that the type of elbow stand you are talking about? It isn’t easy and it is really going to depend on your core strength. For mine, I don’t touch the poles with my hands and your legs need to open and rise sideways. You can practice against a wall for safety and have a friend spot you and assist your lift. There seems to be a sticking point about half way up, but once you get past it your golden https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_bounce.gif. Good luck!

[Angel1201]

Hopefully Veena chimes in. She has four kids I think – her youngest is the reason we have this site!!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif

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Hey sosagely – Check your messages. I sent you some info about the webcam! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif