Kobajo84
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I blog about all things related to fitness/pole. I've seen people just write about their goals and how far they've come to achieving the goals. I've also seen pole vlogs- which are videos documenting progress. It's really all about what you want to write about or film as your journal is your own documented progress more for you and to be able to look back upon and see your progress. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif
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Some of you noted that lessons at 1k were for 5-8 hour lessons. I'd like to just say that any lesson for this duration, no matter how advanced you are, seems like a bad idea and a recipe for injury. It just seems negligent of a trainer to one on one an individual for this long. Advanced students are still prone to injuries, if not more because they are more likely to put themselves into riskier situations due to their competitive nature and desire to get the most from their experience. Every one on one situation I've encountered, the material moves faster than a traditional class format and a lesson 5 hours or more I would expect to work just the same. Over use injuries are very serious and long private lessons just seem to be a great way to acquire one or many of these.
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1K seems pretty high! Someone must think highly of themselves! With those prices, I'm going to have to decline in feeling/thinking the same about them. I thought anything more than $50 USD was a lot when it came to workshops…$75 or $100 for privates seems reasonable but you won't see this chick dishing out that much or booking a lesson anytime soon. I like to see my money- either hanging in my closet or on my vanity! LOL. I've taken enough workshops now to realize that half the stuff in the lesson I'm going to forget any way and there's only a few good things I'll actually take away from the experience which is hardly worth the price I initially paid. That's just me though. Most of the time, I'm good with learning old school style and I can just figure things out by watching a video and asking my time with the movement.
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I started poling 5 years ago- studios were unheard of in my area. About a month of self learning, I discovered studio veena. I joined the site around the time it was first born. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
This site & community has come a LONG way since then. Some things I've learned from my own experience of self learning is ALWAYS incorporate a warm up & cool down session-no exceptions! Recording yourself and immediately reviewing your footage can be great ways to teach yourself about proper form. It's great to have a mirror but because of safety reasons you can't always watch your reflection. Do your research- my research from back in the day included youtube videos: dissecting every movement of a dancer's form, posture, hand placement, foot placement, body direction, aerial alignment, etc. thos was very time consuming but making sure you take your time in learning and execution is so important. Learn to utilize stop, pause, & rewind options of video playback over and over again so you can take notes and break down movements piece by piece working on the ground then moving slowly up the pole. Don't be afraid to ask questions and post a video of yourself performing a move when you hit a roadblock. I've been very fortunate to have tips from some of the best known pole artists/instructors from around the world in Pole Chat Friday through web cam conferencing. These sessions have helped me progress in moves that once were far fetched dreams of mine. Also- educate yourself about proper shoulder positioning! I see so many women on the pole with hunchy shoulders and not engaging their proper muscles, it makes me cringe as when you don't have proper shoulder positioning you're setting yourself up for injury which can inevitably become a chronic injury you will spend years struggling with that results in pain and range of motion restrictions. Hope some of these tips help.
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This is no different than the internet dating sites where people "catfish". It's just now made it to the pole world. Most likely it's someone in a foreign country using the internet again for another scam.
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Just posted my video- what's in my pole bag? Feel free to leave me a video response, I'd love to see what you all have in your bags!
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I think your pole is getting too high. You shouldn't have pain in that area- keep the pole concentrated to your thighs for your grip. This move is easy to power house the pole too high and into your lady bits. It takes control to get it into the right area but with practice this is something you will develop. Just don't slam yourself into the pole.
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I did a blog post about this awhile back-
https://www.studioveena.com/blogs/view/A_Pole_Dancer_Exposed_Whats_in_my_bag_20120124015450
I need to do an updated version of this! I should just make a video tag- what's in your pole bag? The ladies on youtube beauty vloggers do the what's in your bag/purse videos all the time. I think we need our own tag video here…. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif
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https://www.studioveena.com/photos/view_photo/4ec544af-7d88-40d7-a295-53960ac37250
Is this the move you're talking about? Here I'm doing it with resting my torso on the back of my upper arm right above the elbow. I find it easy to do this with my wrist up but wouldn't advise it unless your upper body strength is strong. You're not resting your weight into the lower arm. You want to prevent stressing the wrist. Hope this helps. Notice my lower arm is at hip height which keeps my top hand and lower hand from being too far apart. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif
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Tricia (from Pole Up) said they are REALLY good. She's supposed to let me borrow hers. That reminds me, I need to ask her about those. Good luck finding them! Have you found yourself a new pole home in WI? https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_heart1.gif
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Ok, so just to clarify for those who read this in the future or after the fact-
When doing the basic invert-
outside leg in front of the pole during inversion allows you to transition easier into the outer leg hang (gemini).
inside leg in front of the pole during inversion allows you to transition easier into the inner leg hang (scorpio).
The importance of thinking ahead about the leg hangs when working with basic inversions is the leg hangs are what I've termed "gateway moves" or go-to "safety moves". Gateway, as in they transition into more advanced material and safety as in Karol Helms once put it, the move I can always catch myself in when she was experimenting with trying out new things.
That is the logic I've worked out in my head. Hope that makes sense. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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@Sparrow- I'll email you now. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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@sparrow-this is something I was going to bring up in the meeting tomorrow. It makes sense now that if your safety move is outer leg hang, then the inner leg during the invert goes behind the pole but if your safety is inner leg hang then the inner leg goes in front of the pole during the invert. Something important I think we need to clarify since everyone is different, what feels good will generally depend on how comfortable they feel in their hangs and which one they want to rely on as their safety/gateway move. Good point. Thanks ladies for your input!
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I teach the inner leg hang first then the outside leg hang. Mostly the inner leg hang first because of the under arm point of contact. I teach them to rely on the under arm grip as an extra safety. The outside leg hang is more of a “hook” with knee pit and the inner leg hang is full knee to ankle pole contact. They usually get that concept after learning the to involve more of the point of contact in the inner hang as opposed to just a knee pit hook. I’ve also found people generally want more leg on the pole when first learning a hang for comfort reasons-which is why I default to teaching the inner hang first. When I climb, I have my right leg (dominant side) behind the pole which is also the same leg that goes in front of the pole during an invert. I do teach hips in front of the pole. There’s no kicking or jumping into an invert allowed which is essentially why our students don’t invert until the end of our Level 4 (grounded only and aerial IF capable based o Strength/skill) and beginning of Level 5 series they all do the invert from standing. (all our levels are 8 weeks long with a total of 6 pole series). We introduce so much to build strength for strong inverts so students are able to engage the right muscles. But over all I think it’s important they do learn to place their legs in both versions so as to open many more opportunities for different various tricks and aerial body awareness. With silks, I basic invert this way because the inner leg then hooks the fabric for an inverted hang.
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You might have seen my video I posted a year ago when I had mine rigged in my home. My husband is an engineer and he built a customized rigging that goes through the ceiling and into our attic. I also have a certified rigger as a consultant and I will recommend him to my friends who are rigging their homes. There is literature out there on the Internet of how to rig, however I agree with everyone else and having a professional do this is the safest and most responsible route. Good luck!
