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Anything over 7" reminds me of Brooke Candy, and aint no body got time for that 😐 

http://allhollow.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/brookec2.jpg

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I also would like to learn this move, and have not been able to find it or Tiffany legs on youtube @_@

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Experience and certifications are great and all, but recently I went to a studio that had both, and it was the worst studio I ever visited. A lack of understanding human beings is what gets me—if someone is not ready for a move, don't push them. If your intermediate class states, "we WILL be learning how to do _____" Don't come into the middle of the class expecting everyone to do ________. The studio I went to was absolutely shitty in this respect. The owner taught the class and asked someone who had never done shouldermounts from anything but the floor to do them standing up. Then the owner did not spot that student. Guess what happened to that student? She fell and nearly broke her ass. You can have a certificate and be a "pro" (the owner has had world wide competition first places under her belt) and still 100% suck at teaching AND saftey.  I would much rather have someone uncertified tell me not to do X and why then have some "professional" expect me to kick out moves that they've never even taught me. 

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90% of the time if I have a pole problem or need to see a move, google takes me here anyway 😛

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What are the "build a pole" poles? I can't find them on x-poles website. 

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|: Music Box and a flat marchenko. Flexibility isn't there yet.

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MellyMelody: The brass x-pert on Amazon is $20 more than from X-pole. :/ 
 

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I've been looking for Brass on veena for about 4 months. Good luck if you find one :/ 

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It's officially known as the Roxy Spin. Veena has a lesson on it and you can do it from the ground , but with the ankle on the inside of the pole.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9B-OQLIa-o  < — roxy variation that Veena teaches at 1:35

 It's a twisted balllerina variation. It takes a while to get used to the foot being on the outside of the pole (I've been doing twisted ballerina for like…4months and I am only now doing this variation THAT way.)

So in short, I learned this way: 

Roxy with the leg on the INSIDE of the pole –> Twisted Ballerina —> TB Variation whose name I am unsure of (Ember's profile pic https://www.studioveena.com/users/view/bc588586-d89d-11df-ab19-12313b090e12) 

Only then did I really feel comfortable not having that leg around the pole. But everyone learns differently 😛 

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So are we supposed to do mostly floorwork or ONLY floorwork?

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Where are people getting that it's a permanent thing? And that you have to ship the pole?

http://polesleeves.com/about-polesleeves/  

"REMOVABLE POLE SLEEVE™

The best part is this is a non-permanent solution. Put it on when you want and take it off when you don’t want to use it – keeping your pole intact. "  ?? 

Also, $250 is the price of a chrome pole, but if you already know chrome doesn't work for you, why buy another one? 
 

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I had used a pole at a studio that looked very much like this; are there many pole that don't require a hex key to go from spinning to static, and instead have the "pin drop" to lock into static? I'm interested in buying a brass pole with this feature…but it looks like the lupit poles only come in stainless (gross).

But in their testimonials, milan pole dance is there. If they start making them in brass, I'll definitely try them 😛

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I would tell your future/possible employers that you practice Aerial Fitness. When they ask what you mean, inform them that you've practiced Lyra and aerial silks (even if you haven't) and "other vertical gymnastics". Normally when they say, "what do you mean Aerial Fitness" and you explain lyra and silks ("You know, the stuff they do in Cirque De Soleil?") they're normally too enamored by the idea of that to think anything of pole dancing. 🙂 Hope this helps

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Wow, thank you for sharing. I have irritation in my left cuff on some days and this definitely scared me out of over working the muscles. Blood and guts, brain matter, don’t scare me. Muscle tears? Make me cringe.

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STERLING. MALLORY. ARCHER. 

(No, but really, why don't more people watch that show? Work of art, right there.) 

I have a naming system similar to Charley. Pole at home is ghetto pole (because it's in my garage) work pole is the NOPE pole, as anything I've learned in class, NOPE, never be able to do it on that pole, and studio poles are fun poles…because they spin. It's all fun and games until my ______ flies off…