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Have to give crazy props to Veena and Webmaster for watching the forums like hawks too. If things start to go bad in a thread they are right there to clean up the crap. If you report, they deal with it within hours not days or weeks. I've watched bad threads get deleted in the blink of a post reply.
I was just thinking yesterday that every forum I've been to has a locked sticky with the forum rules. While there is a rules thread for StudioVeena, its not stickied or locked(as far as I can tell) and most of the time I don't feel it needs to be stickied. The users here are respectful of each other to a point the rules don't have to be right in our face for them to be followed.
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Sounds like you should move to Utah lol. Its all pasties, g-strings and stage dances there. I went as a customer to one for a friends birthday and it was pretty boring. I think there's one topless club in the state, but it can't serve alcohol. At pole class some girls would joke about going to one club because it was the only one in the state that did lapdances.
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About the inverting during that time thing: It came up in a few yoga classes I've been in. Some teachers call it out, most don't mention it. Here's an article I found about it for yoga: http://www.yogajournal.com/basics/831 Medically it doesn't seem to matter, but its all about listening to your body.
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Link a video showing this please?
I know people that use electrical tape, but I've only ever used it for its intented purpose on electrical wiring. I've never liked how the gooey adhestive feels on my skin, but some people swear by it.
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Agreeing with Charley. Also noting the instructions also say to take the Xpole down every so often. I did not and my Xjoints will not unscrew at all. I have a 1 piece Xpole now haha. I do not blame them, its was my own butt not following instructions. The 1 time I called support (unrelated issue when I was still under waranty) they were ok.
I loved my Lil Mynx 1 piece and never had a problem with it, but it needs a hole in the ceiling. Can't do that where I live now. I haven't seen Lil Mynx portable (multiple pieces/no holes to drill) come up in the forum debates much, never owned one, might be worth looking into.
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@DaniDuB – " I actually do tuck when I invert and the swing my left leg up to the pole. Once the back of my left ankle touches the pole I then use that leverage to get my hips up against the pole. I hope that makes sense."
This makes perfect sense to me, I used to do this. I learned wrong and jumped into my inverts, I'd have to use my calf to pull myself up to get my knees above my hands. Now that I've learned the correct way and can pull my knees above my hands with just my arms, but I still have the muscle memory. I'm trying to unlearn that bad habit. Half the times I invert, I'll put my calf against the pole to pull up, but my body knows I don't need it, so I'll take it off and pull myself the rest of the way up and put my calf back on. This all happens in a fraction of a second, but it makes for some silly looking leg bouncing inverts.
Just my experience where I learned a bad habit and am having oh so much fun unlearning it. Your millage may vary. I think its more important to go slow and learn it correctly the first time. Don't beat yourself up over "body type" or "slow learning" 🙂
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I do not know of any liquid bandage for the palm.
I'm curious what you were doing that tore the skin off your palm. I know you'll get beat up to start and your body needs to adjust, but it may also be a sign that your learning wrong.
I tore the skin off the bottom of my palm/wrist area during my first few classes. The teacher said it was normal and showed me her scars so I thought it was ok. I later found out it was because I had bad wrist form (and bad shoulder form) and was rubbing it against the pole. Turns out your wrist shouldn't wrap around the pole and rub on spins and my teacher was clueless. Just my experience, your experience may vary.
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Most of the strength lessons you can easily imagine doing while using a door frame, wall, or back of a chair. There's one where she advises starting on a chair instead of the pole. The pole hold is only one I don't know how you could modify for off pole. Maybe with a modified plank pose or crow pose (yoga).
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Counter point:
My Xjoints have never rotated, I tightened according to the directions and checked each time I use the pole to see if they're rotating.
However, I cannot get the screw in the Xjoints to turn at all. I have not stripped the screw, I have the hex wrench fully seated, my boyfriend bends the handle on the wrench when he tries, the screws just will not turn. I'm assuming its because I didn't take it down often enough, I'm bad and only took it down about once a month.
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Posting the Google+ Tips and Tricks link. It's a good place to start if your new to Google+ or want to know more about what it is.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cUjZ_7rlAmKRDVB6GXId73h_eUdXGKdjtSff0svbaz0/preview?pli=1
As far as I know Google+ accounts are still invite only until August 1st, but you can +1 without setting up a Google+ account.
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I don't know anything about fitness certifications, but I'm always after technical certs.
I do searches on Monster.com for certs I'm studying and see what jobs pop up. It gives you a good idea of how popular a cert is, how much someone with the cert makes, which certs go well together, etc. It also helps to see which certs are more entry level and what to shoot for later.
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I went to a studio like this. IMO its not worth your time or money. I know how it feels to want to be social and be at a studio. I had to unlearn the wrong way to do things from the less experienced teacher and it took me awhile to get over the issues with pole I got from the advanced show off teacher.
Here a few articles that really helped me decide. I love how bluntly honest the PoleSkivvies blog is. Hope this helps.
http://poleskivvies.com/pole-dancing-clothing/2011/03/when-to-fire-your-pole-dance-instructor/
http://poleskivvies.com/pole-dancing-clothing/2009/09/top-ten-traits-of-good-pole-dance-instructors/
http://poleskivvies.com/pole-dancing-clothing/2009/12/pole-dance-teachers-to-avoid/
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In KT Coates Advanced DVD's she calls it the "Electric KT" and goes through how to do it.
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I've heard of pole studios offering "rail" class like the horizontal railing around the stage at strip clubs, but nothing like that.
I searched around a bit and ended up with "Ballet Barre" Hope that helps.
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I get "bulk" when I strength train. I've never really have tone, but I hate cardio and I think you need to burn the fat away to see the tone. For me as my muscles get bigger, it just seems to push the fat more to the surface and almost buries any tone I did have. I know I'm getting stronger and leaner, but I totally don't look like it.
However, my butt looks awesome. Butt muscles + lack of butt slimness = some really great complements when you wear tight jeans. So look on the bright side 😉