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Wow, this is an "empowering" thread 🙂

I love my –

naturally long dark lashes (even though I have fair hair)

boobs (I have learned to love these now that sexy underwear is available in my size!)

long hair

biceps (which I never had before starting my pole journey) and I will love them even more when they are stronger than they are now 🙂

good skin (thanks Mum & Dad!)

gorgeous a*se (as it's been described in the past!)

walk -I have an elegant walk – even when not walking around a pole 😉

the colour of my eyes (they are a teal colour – neither blue nor green, but somewhere in between – hey, that rhymes!)

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emotioncatcher – I started flexibility classes about 3 months in to my pole journey, but, like you, I was fairly flexible anyway (good genes I think, as my Mum's pretty flexible too!)

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I started just over 2 years ago, age 54 🙁  Wish I had started when I first saw a poledancing demo, which was about 6 years ago now!

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I have the pink Lulu mat which folds into quarters (and has handles on it so you can carry it), but I've only ever used it at home.  My ceiling is pretty low I think.  Husband has just measured it – it's 8 feet!  It isn't very thick.  It is quite firm, not squishy.  So far I haven't fallen on it from any height, but it does take a bit of the worry out of practising at home!

In my opinion, it is a good quality, well-made mat.  HTH

 

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Hi everyone.  I am 56  I started poling just over two years ago, and became addicted to it from my very first lesson.  

I am lucky in that I am fairly flexible (partly genetics I think), and possibly also because I did ballet and acrobatics on and off as a child. 

I have gained so much strength (and confidence) since I started poling.  It took me *month* to invert, and even now it's a bit "hit and miss" but I'm aiming to gain more strength along the way, and to progress with pole as far as I can. 

I am also lucky that I don't have any aches & pains in my day-to-day life. 

I think that once you've been poling for a while, you somehow know which moves you'll be able to do straight away, and which ones will be a "work in progress".  Never never never give up.  Celebrate and focus on any achievement, no matter how small, and focus on what you *can* do, not what you can't (or can't yet) do.

Be careful to make sure you feel secure on the pole, and know what your "points of contact" with the pole should be.  Do not pole if the pole is slippery, and don't automatically do what your instructor says, if you don't feel comfortable about doing it – seek their advice if you are in doubt, or ask for a "spotter" to watch you if you are unsure.

Have fun! That's what it's all about 😉

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beaniegoesnuts – thank you so much!  I think you've pinpointed what my problem is 🙂  Must get to work on my hip flexors – I'm pretty sure they are what's been holding me back!  Thank you so so much :-)))

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Well done you!  That's great :-))

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Thanks PlatinumAni -* that's* the one….I've now added it to my favourites so I won't lose it again 🙂  Hope you are feeling better now x

 

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https://www.studioveena.com/users/view/bc360416-d89d-11df-ab19-12313b090e12 – not that one either, though that's also a great vid.  It was one girl on her own, and she did some booty poppin' (I think to the "wiggle wiggle wiggle" lyrics), in an inverted position 😉

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https://www.studioveena.com/users/view/4d853680-e000-41ed-8969-6c0b0ac37250  I hear ya 😉 My back is only 30-32….but with a GG or G cup size!  Why oh why do bra manufacturers think DD (or sometimes even…..gasp!……..an E!) cup is large enough.  Don't they realise some of us have narrow backs combined with big boobs 😉

There is a serious gap in the market for sports bras for larger girls with narrow backs, who don't necessarily want to run, so don't need their boobs squashed in a compressing bra!

I'll get back in my corner now!

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No, it wasn't that one…too recent.  The one I'm thinking of was sometime in the last couple of months, I think.  Sorry guys!

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No, it wasn't that one…too recent.  The one I'm thinking of was sometime in the last couple of months, I think.  Sorry guys!

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Thanks PoleSkivvies 🙂

 

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I've just discovered this post.  My 2 cents worth:  I am "blessed" with naturally large boobs (G cup in UK/Australian size, and sometimes a GG cup if can get it, b/c of my narrow back). 

I'd like something that looks sexy but still holds the girls in place.  Not keen on the "uniboob" look, but have been living with it with the existing sports bras I have. 

No seam across the boobs please (as that makes me look even larger!), and cut high enough at the side of the boobs so that mine don't make a bid for freedom and end up hiding under my arms 😉 

Maybe a kind of "sling" across the front, under the boobs, and up around the sides to hold everything in.  Perhaps some kind of laced-up front would work, and would maybe accommodate varying sizes of boobs.

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Ha ha – I have shared this on my f/b page 🙂