FreeTheSun
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Spins I’m good either way cause I’m a lefty and almost everyone I teach is righty so I had to get good at right because people who are visuals aren’t very good at adjusting from left to right since normally only lefties have to do that. However I feel sooooo odd inverting on my right side. I need to practice more so I am balanced but boy does it feel super super weird.
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pleaser and ellie are my favs. Ellie has more padding under the feet but wider straps, and pleaser seem to be more true to size. I like em both lots and tons of selection.
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Outta your shoe choices I’m pretty sure those last ones aren’t adjustable. The reason I say that is because I have a similar pair and it is more just cute lacing over a continued shoe bit and doesn’t adjust without being super uncomfortable and looking weird.
I’m parinoid about scratching the pole so I just do padding but you already knew that since thats what i suggested before. I know some people will just throw some clear packing tape over what might scratch the pole and they say it protects it. I’ve never tried it but that’s what I hear. -
I believe the link you’re looking for is under the thread title "pole pals map" or just "Pole pals" or something. Searching either should get you to the right place.
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Oooo, I like the idea of assisted stretches with the strap/belt cause it is hard to hold the stretches as long as you should. I like it. Good idea! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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Looks normal to me. Mine looks the same. One would assume it needs some space to transition between spin and stationary and not scratch the base.
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Well if you wanted to go the purchase you could do Veena’s lessons so you wouldn’t feel lost.
And if you end up not sticking to it, but I think you might suprise yourself, you could sell the pole because I am willing to bet there are people (def in the expat community) who would love to try pole but are in the same predicament as you and don’t have access to buying one without paying huge overseas shipping costs.
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Rouge has a good system. She posted it a while back. Basically you keep increasing the length of the sit till you can do it.
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Oh no!!!!! Good thing no one was hurt. I’ve only had the pole come down once with me on it and luckily it only hit the counter and dented the dome a little (it still seals well) but ever since I’ve been parinod so I tighten it alot…I’ll prob have dents in my ceiling but i can deal with those. It was scary though cause you know it is happening and there is nothing you can do about it.
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Just a real quick warning/advice when doing the stretch described by blueeyes. I agree it is a fab stretch but please please please please don’t push too much. The reason I say this is because back in 8th grade I was living in Egypt and doing synchro and our coaches were girls from the national team and they were great but pushed insane amounts to make you more flexible. So we were doing our stretching for the splits and holding them for like 5 min each (your arms would get exhausted cause you have to do R front, Middle and L front) and they would have you do the similar contract and relax/exhale and sink lower. I was like maybe an inch or less off the ground but it was feeling pretty tight but not more so than normal but at that point I was sorta numb to it. Well I was sick of holding myself up and thought for once in my life I’d like to be flat. So I contracted and exhaled one more time (with the encouragement of the other swimmers and my coaches) and I got flat. It was awesome. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif After about 3 seconds though I suddenly felt and heard 3 pops across the back of my right hamsting (the front leg) and a sudden pain. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_surprised.gif So I got out of the stretch and just thought I would be fine with a little rest. WRONG! It took me about a year to stop feeling extreme pain on the back of my right leg when I would use it or stretch and over 3 to get back to even normal flexibility (for me that is being able to put the first couple finger joints on the ground). https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_sad.gif It might have taken less time if I had stopped doing synchro or normal swim team but I didn’t and just tried to avoid doing things to argivate it. I prob shoulda gone to a doc or something but you can’t really do that in Egypt. Currently my right spilt is just under a foot above the ground and I am gonna take it real slow.
Sorry for the long rant but the description of the stretch brought back a flood of memories and I don’t want anyone else to have to go through that cause it sucks majorly. So please please please be careful ladies and gents. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_salut.gif
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Welcome! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_sunny.gif I love equestrian vaulting! It always looks so amazing and incredibly difficult. Hopefully life gets less hectic so you can start poling more.
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why would you go to an 11 when you were a 9 and 10 in other shoes? Stick with a 9 or 10. For toe gappage you can get heel inserts (like Dr.Sholls) or there is this "tape" that is essentially foam that I lined the inside of my toe strap with and it fits much better. One of the shoes I had to do 2 layers but it works for me. I think it is supposed to be used inside backs of heels to prevent blisters or something
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https://www.studioveena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=1575 just send her your info and she’ll add you and send them to you.
I donno about the rockstar.
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Good Luck!! That sounds awesome. I’m sure you’ll do great.
