Kira
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Loose hip flexors and active leg flexibility is needed for this pose so incorporate strength based stretches into your routine as well 🙂
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ignore me, I’m being a ditz… thanks for trying to decipher my nonsensical post though Allyson!
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is it possible to save links on the computer rather than get the link from your phone to transfer onto the computer?! does that even make sense lol usually when you click the ‘…’ you can save the URL for the vid on your phone but there’s only the embed option on a comp and it’s all code
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ahhh how awesome for you! teaching is more about common sense (knowing how to warm up, what the points of contact is, the push/pull of the move etc etc.) and I don’t think you NEED to do the x-pole cert. Saying that the elevaTED course sounds really good, I’m thinking to save up for that one day. I find other short courses like anatomy, sport injuries, kinesiology etc. useful as well. Always do courses that expand your knowledge and is useful to you and don’t do it if you feel deep down you already know the stuff. I’m sure you’ll be fab 😀
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Ikea do big mirrors – i don’t know how big you are needing but the one I got from there is full body height which would be good for pole?
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I’m just a student and never been an instructor/owner but I have been to various studios and am friends with owners who have been/are struggling with it being a business as well as a hobby. I’d be very interested to read your findings!
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damn, I don’t have a pole at home. But I will be trying this at the studio hahah looks like a great solution, good going! I can also imagine I will be like Baloo out of the Jungle Book here http://youtu.be/pkHyRTlXwkY?t=25s 😀
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shoogs – yeah I’ve tried the roller vertically but still doesn’t quiiiite get it. I’ll try the tennis ball against the wall though, thanks!
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any tips on how to tennis ball the traps? I can’t get into it with my rumble roller and at the moment I just hold a tennis ball and roll it by hand. It’s where I am the tightest and it really bugs me I can’t get deep into it!
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your landlord sounds…scary! destroying a pole?! anyway, sorry to hear that. The key to being confident in floor work is just practice! I used to hate floor work and any kind of body rolls but if you keep practicing it you will get better just like with everything in pole/life 🙂 maybe you could leave body rolls and stuff you are uncomfortable with until you feel more confident in floor work.
Yoga will be great for floor work as you can modify moves to turn it into poses and you can work on linking moves together. I am assuming you will be practicing this at home and not at a pole/yoga studio so film yourself whenever you have a practice and you will pick up on what body part to move/adjust. A mirror is great but it can cause you to move more awkwardly as you are constantly staring at the mirror.
Best thing is to put on a song that makes you want to dance, close the curtains so neighbours can’t see, press record on the camera, close your eyes and let your body move. If you look silly then it’s only you that will see it! have fun with it 🙂
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that is a shame 🙁 I think everyone loses motivation at some point regardless of what studio they are at/what they are learning. Saying that you do sound like you are wanting a different style to what your current studio is offering. I would say try out different studios and see how their classes work. Quite a few places put on routine courses so you will learn linked moves rather than the odd trick here and there.
btw I have felt like that before. I LOVE free styling and trying to find ways to link moves and floor work but that requires a lot of practice and time to perfect. And a lot of people at the studio I go to want the instant gratification of getting a move – more importantly a photo or video of the move rather than getting into and out of a move nicely. I’ve been really lucky that I get to use the studio for private practice now and then and I’m really happy just poling and working on transitions by myself. I believe it’s important to stick with what makes you happy and not what is popular at the moment. I post videos of my freestyles quite a bit on FB and hardly no-one ever watches them because there’s no crazy tricks in it lol but I still love what I’m doing 🙂 I hope you find your passion for pole again soon, there’s so many types of pole classes and styles to choose from!
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Think I saw someone discussing this on their video and the move you’re referring to may be the Hooded Ornament? I’ve never heard of a move called Sailor Moon!
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lol just realised that too Lina! Both can be true depending on your situation 😉
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This one inspires me whenever I worry I haven’t got enough tricks in a routine – “Don’t fear the competitor who performs 1000 tricks. Fear the competitor who does a single trick 1000 times.”
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ooh I’m interested too!