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Leverage. It provides a different angle of leverage. As for who should be doing it…beginner, advanced, pro, amateur let's do away with the labels b/c I've seen people go upside down the first time in the studio (whether they should have or not is another story) and everyone has "I saw this girl get this move the first time she tried it story" so we can probably all agree that everyone will progress at a different rate.
It is much safer with the TG to go into it from an inversion rather than try to kick up into it if you are not strong enough to lift into it. Though you may not be strong enough to lift now there are many things you can do to supplement your work-out and build strength and flexibility in your shoulders.
I never want to see anyone limit themselves with moves because they are not strong enough or flexible enough b/c both can be built with enough time and patience (stubbornness?). If you genuinely feel that a move isn't worth it ( I have a few of those myself )b/c it's not that pretty to begin with or you are satisfied with the way you do it and don't need to do the variation then yeah, leave it. But t-grip is very useful and if your shoulders are strong enough it should not hurt.
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Pole dancing is a combination of resistance and cardio training. It is the best of both worlds. It is however like anything else…you have to put enough time an intensity into it to see results. When I used to lift 4/week but do no cardio I was 130-135. When I started poling 3/week I lost 25 pounds (and was too thin) and now that is all I do. I am not too thin anymore because I really can eat whatever I want because I pole and stretch intesly 3/week. I recommend that you pole and stretch (combo your workouts) 3/week for 2 hours at each time. 2 hours sounds like a lot but when you think about doing cardio alone you have to do that for at least an hour, if you were to strength train before that it would proabably take 40-60 mins anyway so you can do something you like instead of something boring. Also the distraction of learning pole tricks will have you trying to do things and losing weight will just be a by product of the pole dance.
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Sorry I missed it. I was working all day in my b/fs shop we were fixing our Range Rover we bought to replace our truck that died.
SB I’ve been to Xpose once or twice. The shape centers are in FANX, OPS AND R & E building. But they might not be called S.H.A.P.E. anymore and I don’t even remember what that stands for.
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Hey there SB I’m in Owings Mills. I used to work in Ft. Meade. You work at the fort? Shape center mean anything to you? Nice to meet you all.
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I’ll check it out, thanks.