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In addition to everything mentioned A home workout maker. I am horrible at coming up with workouts. I don’t have wifi where I work out either so viewing the videos can be difficult. 😊
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The power went out last night, so I am one night behind. I can catch it up tomorrow since I had a rest day when I was supposed to be working out!! So far this has been awesome!
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I have been off my pole for a while doing think this is a good way to begin again. I am in starting tonight!! Thanks Veena!!
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Soooo awesome!!! Can’t wait for these!! I am super excited.
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Phoenix, I am so glad that you are getting to where you want to be. It sounds like you have had a long road. Yes, most likely I am so used to the pain that I overlook it. I deal. The doctor did say learn to live with it. LOL. At any rate, I only do what my body says I can. Right now the weight is a huge issue. I will never be able to sit on the couch and eat bon bons. 🙁 (Just kidding) Once I lose my 8-15 pounds I should be back to normal.
I agree with you about Fit n Bendy and Veena. They are by far the best that I have come across. Neither one pushes too hard or tells you to force your body into some stretch it is not ready for. I love Veena, but I love the portability of the Get Bent dvd…no wifi in my house.
Most likely sooner rather than later I will have to go see a doctor. Simply because I plan on being active for a very long time. It is good to have some hope and some directions to go. Thank you for that. Here’s to both of us moving forward on our journeys. -
Phoenix, no they are fused together naturally. Every doctor I have talked to has said, “keep doing what you have been.” Of course these were informal conversations with doctors I know. At any rate, as I was practicing my backbending, which I can do some, I was thinking about it. Just wondering if my back would ever be AS flexible as I want it to be. I wish I could force my body to do things that I think it should be able to do. If I could I would be doing some pretty awesome stuff! LOL. Since it is/was fused at such a low level, and only on one side, I am wondering if it is possible.
What kind of experiences do you have? And I am sorry about the spinal fusion surgery. I hope it was helpful. -
Thank you for your reply Phoenix Hunter, but that’s just it though, my lower back only hurts when I gain too much weight. I have been working on backbending, just very slowly. I really do not want to go to another doctor to have them tell me that there is nothing that they can do. I already know this. There is no treatment for what is wrong with my back. I can only guess that strengthening the muscles in my core and in my back is the answer, that and losing some weight. I have talked informally with doctors off and on since I was 16 and the answer is always the same…there is nothing that can be done. Oh wait, they can medicate me and that is it. I think I will have to just listen to my body as Runemist suggested.
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Thanks again! I will check out the yoga for sure and maybe one of these days head back to the doctor. I understand about the not taking the drugs as a form of treatment but sometimes they are soooo pushy. LOL I have a friend right now who has a doctor that is going to drop her because she has refused to have a morphine pump installed in her body.
I think you are right about the going slow, and I have tried her exercises a few times and I can get the bridge, just not a very good one. 🙂 The next day, nothing out of the ordinary…a little sore maybe but I just chalk it up to one side having to work harder than the other because of the vertebrae that are fused. One thing I think you are so right about and that I am actively working on is core strength. I need more of that and more lower back strength. I think if I strengthen all those muscles I might last a lot longer. Like I said, right now I am just too heavy and I this has been kind of a wake up call. I don’t want to be crippled. I will fight it! So, I have to get strong. I just have to do it. I am not a spring chicken anymore so I can’t eat all the baked goods I want to (I am crying now) and not have them add to my thighs and my hips. I just have to get up, get moving and take control back. I can’t give up my life! My friend whose doctor is getting rid of her broke off her tailbone and she is having a hard time finding a surgeon to do the surgery she needs. She is 47 and can’t get out of bed. NOPE, I will not be there if there is any way at all. So, I may do it slowly but I will keep at it and not let it beat me.
I also think you are right about just trying it and seeing. That is how I am with most things. Hopefully I will keep trying and it will feel better.
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Runemist,
First off, loving all the stuff you are doing lately! Looks great.
Yes. I had x-rays when I was 16 and he told me that there would never be anything anyone could ever do for me and I had to learn to live with the pain. So, that is what I have done. As far as what I can do, I have to stay active. I have to stay under a certain body weight or my back goes crazy. Right now for instance I am over what my back says I can be at so it hurts. I can do cat-cow. I can do most things because I have a high pain tolerance. I have never been able to do a wheel pose because I have never tried. Things like when I stand and put my makeup on in the morning will send it into a fit where I can’t bend over and pick anything up off the floor until I get it loosened back up. I can’t stand on concrete all day or suffer the same. I can’t sit for extended periods of time. I can’t lay in bed for extended periods of time. I have to be active and even that sometimes hurts. Yes, my shoulders are flexible, they just need work. It is all in my low back by my pelvis. In fact, the doctor told me (when I was 16) that the vertebrae were growing toward my hip bones. I have not gone back since so I have no idea how far they grew.
I have always just dealt with it and some days it doesn’t hurt at all, but right now I am too heavy. If I go to the doctor the only thing they are going to do is put me on medication that is going to slowly destroy my body. So, I think I will avoid that. Maybe someday I will end up in a wheelchair…Hope not…but it could happen. If it does, well I guess I will deal with that too. I have lived my life with this and most of the time we get along fine. I just want to be able to touch my feet to my head and was curious if it was possible.
Thank you for your reply and I appreciate your advice. You are an awesome lady! -
I would very much like to weigh in on this topic, but this is only MY opinion.
First of all, what the heck is wrong with being a stripper or being thought of as one? Don’t all of us WANT to be seen as desirable to our significant other? Don’t all of us WANT to FEEL sexy and sensual? Really all strippers are are women that are making money by embracing their sensual side. They also get to play on the pole!! BONUS!! Most of them are awesome salesmen and all of them are giving someone a fantasy to take home. Some of them do bad things, but then so do some of all people.
What I don’t get is why these people who tag #notastripper would not want to be considered a stripper at least a little. LOL, just kidding. But really, strippers are either thought of as sluts or goddesses. So, I guess maybe they should just tag #notaslut. That should cover it.
Actually what I am really saying is that I think the tag is just another way for some women to feel better about themselves by putting other women down. I mean, how many of the women that use that tag actually even know a stripper personally. I think labeling of any kind is wrong and hurtful. Who cares how society perceives you. I mean, isn’t that partially what this is about? These women don’t want others to think that they are a stripper. So What!! All that really matters is what YOU and your significant other think about you. So all in all I think the tag #notastripper is a waste. It is sad that someone felt the need to even create this tag. Be who you are people. Because in the end that is all you really can be. -
I am not sure exactly how large my own pole is, it is a 2″ OD copper pipe, I am guessing 50. And I wish I had gone a little smaller because I think it would be easier on some of the grips.
But, to answer your question. One time in a club in Texas I was working and they had a pole on the stage, but it was more of a vent pipe for the sewer or something. At any rate the thing was huge! No one used it except to walk around. Anyway, when it was slow I would practice shoulder mounts on the thing. That was about the only trick I could do on it. LOL. -
Thank you everyone!! I think we all had awesome videos. It was a really great challenge. And yes, Veena”s lessons are amazing!! And I do love my kupmykakez shorts so I am looking forward to those too.
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Oh my gosh!!! Thank you so much!!!
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I think I am going to give this a shot. The costume is the hardest part for me, but I think I will get it figured out. What a fun challenge
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