HotelChick
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What the….what? Holy wow! Thanks for sharing. She’s awesome and adorable.
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How awesome is this idea?! Way to go KiKi 🙂 Good luck to all participants.
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Reviving this thread because I’m looking for a Skype buddy on Thursdays late mornings or early afternoons (CST). Anyone available?
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Yes. All exercise is very therapeutic. I find pole dance especially helpful because it allows us to take charge of our health while conquering new and strengthening challenges. For victims of abuse, pole provides the added bonus of feeling good about our bodies and reclaiming our sexuality. Win win win 🙂
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It was on NBC here yesterday. I watched it while I did paperwork. Some time between 11am and 1pm CST.
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Thank you for the ideas. The tornado looks fun! We plan to try the Janeiro in class next Monday. Sore today…I’ll need the whole week to recover before I try. Can’t wait!
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I e-mailed you. I’m in Turtle Lake, WI, and I have a 50mm chrome X-Pert for sale.
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Whoop! Go Lyme 🙂
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I started with a 50mm chrome x-pert. I now have a 50mm Platinum Stages Brass Multi-Piece. In studio I’ve used everything but a Lil Mynx. I’m short and not so flexy so maybe a thinner pole would have been better for me, but my grip is strong and the 50 feels sturdy and works well for me.
There are tons of forums here re: pros and cons of each finish, size, and brand of pole. Read through them. They’ll be very helpful.
The most important criteria is how and where are YOU going to use your pole? Will you have to take it down regularly? Do you need something that travels well? Will you be moving? Is ceiling height an issue? The forums here can help you answer all of those questions. -
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Love this thread. I have a BS in Marketing and Finance that I’ve never really used. I was pregnant when I graduated and wanted to be a Mom, so I worked as a substitute teacher until my son was 8. Then I bought a bar. I’m crazy! I love/hate it but Idk what else I’d ever do. I really don’t ever want a desk job. My bar is for sale but I doubt I’ll ever accept any offers. I work like a maniac (80+ hours per week) but I’m pretty sure a 40 hour week wouldn’t be enough for me and I doubt I could work for anyone else after 5 years working for myself. Yep. Pretty sure I’m completely nuts 😉
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I read your novel 🙂 and wanted to respond because it sounds like we grew up with a similar understanding of pain and tolerance. I’m so glad you’re finding the Pilates helpful. I dealt with a rediculous amount of back pain for years before I discovered how strengthening and stretching my abs and back relieved my pain. Of course, I didn’t need to suffer that pain in the first place. I fell down drunk at the age of 19 and fractured my tailbone. Of course, I didn’t know I had fractured it until some time later because I never visited a doc or chiropractor. I lived with my pain. Pain, to me, was just a normal part of everyday life. It’s “what you get” when you make bad choices. So, I’ve suffered broken ribs from a horse trampling me (my fault for riding her on the road before she was ready) and a few other breaks and countless sprains without seeing a doc because I grew up with a belief that you should “live and learn” from your mistakes and “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.”
Now that I am older, and hopefully a bit wiser than my former self and the two very proud but impoverished parents who raised me (God bless them), I try very hard to care for this one body I was given. I have daily aches and pains that result from years of misuse, years of working on my feet, carrying more than I should just to prove that I could, years of bad choices that I now must “live with”. But, alas, I have learned 🙂
There is no shame in admitting and treating your pain my dear. You want to live in that gorgeous body for 80+ years. Take care of it and make good choices for you so those years can be joyful and rich with amazing experiences. I guarantee you, you will not regret caring for yourself when you have amazing memories of the places you’ve been and the experiences you’ve enjoyed because you were ABLE.
As for the emotional pain, I’ve experienced plenty of that myself as well. For me, it’s more debilitating than the physical pain. I’ve found it takes me more strength to admit and treat emotional pain than it does physical aches and pains, but it’s equally important. I can’t work on the physical if I haven’t managed the emotional.
Good luck to you. It sounds like you have a hubby who wants you well. Let him help you. -
I’vebeen been doing this for a year and my hubby has watched me a couple times just working on tricks. I had him spot me once and then just did a little dance for him afterwards. I threw a few tricks in but mostly danced. Afterwards I asked him what he thought. All he could remember was the tricks. He said it looked painful. I said, “I was going for pretty. Didn’t it look pretty?” He said, “Yeah. Pretty painful.” So that’s that I guess. I’m not offended. I know he thinks I look best in a white tee and jeans or wearing my Carhart jacket and shooting a gun. I know how to get to him if I need too…lol!
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Sorry. Only hit save once. I swear! Stupid mobile phone.
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Oh. Legend. The gal from the chair dance??? Yes! Please. I love her 🙂