Ekinkah
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I can’t see the first video now, but I’m guessing you’re talking about split-grip. For a start, always make sure that the bottom hand has your pointer finger or middle finger (or both) pointing DOWN, and not around the pole. Secondly, make sure you are not hyperextending your elbow – if your arm is locked out, the side of your elbow with your ulnar (the ‘pinkie’ side) will come closer to the pole than the side with your radius (the ‘thumb’ side). Make sure this isn’t happening – keep a slight bend in the elbow and do NOT allow it to lock out! This has largely fixed be problem for me (which was very sharp pain in my ulnar upon releasing the pole). Keep in mind if its damaged a fair bit, just correcting your technique will not initially make the pain go away – you will need to get some sort of physio or acupuncture treatment as well!
Not sure about the second one, sorry 🙂
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Count me in, hamstring injury and all! =D I want my split already, and I'm willing to work at it!
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Come on, people! If you're all half as pole-obsessed as me I know you read/watch some pole things regularly!
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Korinne – how big is the bottom part of the pole, once you remove the top part (for the purposes of switching it out for an extension)? I want to use as much height as I can with my 2.4 meter ceiling, you see! 🙂
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Chem, it’s not a tiled ceiling, it’s just plasterboard/jiprock – we took a light out and saw inside that it was not attached to any joists or anything solid really (hence why I can move it with my hands), and the solid ceiling is a fair way above it. The only way would be able to put a hole in the plaster, and it’s not really an option!
I am glad I did not decide to get an r-pole, haha! They don’t sound very good! I am going with the x-stage lite option, as I won an x-pole in a competition and they are letting me pay the difference to get the stage! Just waiting to see which extension they will advise for my ceiling height of 2.4 meters.
Thanks for all your replies ladies, good to know I’ve always got some solid advice when in a pole-pickle!
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Are they the same extension pieces as from the non-stage X-Pert, or do you buy special stage ones? I was under the impression that you had to cut the top piece if your ceiling was less than 3.3 meters!
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Are they the same extension pieces as from the non-stage X-Pert, or do you buy special stage ones? I was under the impression that you had to cut the top piece if your ceiling was less than 3.3 meters!
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An X-Pole? An R-Pole? My ceiling is less than 3 meters high so I have to consider that too!
Waiting to hear from someone about an X-Pole that I won after signing up to the Australian Pole Festival, hopefully it is a stage, but I doubt it! 🙁
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I get pain on the inner aspect of my knee, very close to the kneecap but not directly under it – I’ve been told its muscle tightness, and to rotate my legs towards the back of the room a bit (I think?). I think if massaging the kneecap helps, it is likely a tight muscle – but I’m not a doctor or anything so I don’t really know 🙂
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I had the same thing happen to me! A loud POP where my butt and thigh meets, when someone was helping me rotate my pelvis down and tailbone up in a straddle. Didn’t hurt at the time, but got worse a day or two later – a year and a half later I am much less flexible in my hamstring on that side, and sometimes it still hurts! I never got it looked at because it didn’t hurt at first. Please please PLEASE go and get it looked at!!
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This looks like a variation on a move Natasha Wang taught me – she goes from an outside knee hang, then puts the bottom leg's calf on the pole, then hooks the elbow. It is very similar, except the bottom leg is contacting the pole on the back of the calf! =)
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I'd love to know the answers to these too! I use a foam roller to relieve tense muscles, but am unsure if it has really helped in my flexibility by doing it prior to stretching. That being said, I did a short 'splits stretching' course with a well-known pole-specialist physio near me, and she made us foam-roll ever session, after warming up but before intense stretching for the same reason @glitterhips mentioned – for loosening/relaxing muscles. I am curious as to what everyone else thinks of it!
I think Veena has a few lessons on foam-rolling – do you have her lessons? I think I saw about 5!
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I think it might be, chem – maybe you could press your knee onto that outside arm to aid with balance? I think I saw something like that in one of the Art of Pole DVD's when practicing for an ayesha, though I could be wrong!
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Hell yeah! CONGRATULATIONS! Celebrate every step of the way – even if you think climbing is 'small'! Climbing it's so important to everything in pole that I don't think it's small at all – and it's conditioning for more intermediate moves!
I'm very glad you posted about it, too – when you have a hard day at pole and you feel like you're not getting anywhere, look back on this and remember – "I can do this!"!
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To clarify, I did see the part about the floor being uneven. If your floor is uneven I think it could definitely impact on your trick – for example if it is a TG handspring/aysha, you might be going up from a different angle and thus not gain your balance as easily. That could explain being able to lift, but not hold (have the strength, but struggle with the balance due to coming up at a different angle).
Sorry if that's hard to understand!