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Have you ever had your thyroid checked?
Sometimes Hypothyroidism can cause those symptoms.

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cartwheel mount & handspring – They keep coming and going 🙁

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Tropical you rock!

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Natasha Wang has no gymnastics/dance background & started in her thirties.

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Yes I hate this! Grrrrr
Like everyone says you’ll get it back. I usually work on my prep moves for the “missing” move in the meantime.

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I’ve struggled with core work. For conditioning I try to do things that get my butt up over my head.
I work on handstands (so far I’m only at kicks against a wall but even for that it took work so it still built strength) forearm/elbow stands also helped a lot as well as forward and backward rolls I also do ayeshas but to build to that I did caterpillars and butterflys. Aerial shouldermounts – to build up I did shouldermounts with no kicking (I’m not really a crunch person – not enough motivation!) I have more fun doing pole moves that double as prep moves. From doing these moves I’m becoming pretty solid with my cartwheel mount and I have done handsprings but it comes and goes still.

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I like them both! I like spin for more contemporary or artistic styles of dance and static for exotic/stripper style and sportier movement.

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As soon as I saw the thread title I instantly thought: Tropical!

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I lost my cartwheel mount a little while ago but got it back fast. However l had my handspring from Jan-March and just got it back a few hours ago yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!

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oh you have to scroll down on the first link for the women’s section! hehe

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Cafe press has these (but they are underwear so I don’t know if you and your friends would be comfortable to subsitute them for shorts): http://www.cafepress.ca/make/custom-underwear-and-panties or these men’s boxers which are less revealing http://www.cafepress.ca/make/custom-boxer-shorts.

If either style works for you then you can upload a flag pic to be printed on the garment.

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OMG Allyson I thought Kristen was sooo good. I had only really known her from the bridesmaid movie and when I read an article about her in the grammy vid I was like huh? but when I watched I thought: she killed it!

Also as far as gracefulness I agree with all the tips for myself no mirrors especially was a big help as well as video taping so I could look back and see where to adjust. I could see that when I do this move I’d need to arch more or stick out the hip more etc.

I have friends that look like they were born moving beautifully but that was not my case. I was awful like soooo awful. Not anymore though 🙂 just practise you can learn grace you don’t have to do it naturally I promise.

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I have some Pleaser slip ons. I’ve never had a problem with them coming off but I’m also someone who takes shoes on and off during practise and I find it annoying to put them back on because they are kind of tight across the front of the foot so I have this foot wrestling process each time. I prefer slingbacks for practise but if I only had to put my slip-ons on once and leave them on until I was finished I wouldn’t really have an issue with them. If you have any local adult stores nearby you might be able to find some pleaser slip-ons to try so you can see if they suit you or not before ordering.

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Haven’t done it but I’m always on stripperweb in the beauty/body section. Here’s a link to a thread where some of the women have tried peels and discuss it a little:

https://www.stripperweb.com/forum/showthread.php?191286-My-face-is-starting-to-look-old

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Thanks very much for the info and I’m happy to hear that you found something that works! It’s also great that you didn’t give up until you came across a solution.