Koidragon
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I am fortunate (and know it) that my partner is incredibly supportiver.
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Hi there, I am in Vancouver as well – you should just travel down and pole with us! 🙂 🙂
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Pole Fart Diary: I was doing a particularly easy invert to go into something or other, so was not completely engaged (naughty naughty), with my pole instructor standing nearby when I farted in her face. With abject embarrassment, my brain went into overdrive. I looked at her, smiled and said 'lucky I smell like roses, most people have to pay a florist for that'.
Although she hasn't let me live it down to this day.
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Oh – and I use either a 50mm or a 45mm – I do find the 45 much better on my wrists, but still like them both 🙂
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I also have wrist issues – years of martial arts, then weights, then doing things incorrectly in the beginning (and too much) at pole has given me tendonitis in both wrists. I do wear wrist wraps, however I wear ones that you buy from the normal pharmacy/drug store which are able to be loosened and tightened on the spot – they set me back about $15 a piece, and it means I am not completely relying on my wrists or on the guards. You don't want the ortho ones (as the others have said here) as you will end up not being able to do anything without them.Things are much better for me now, split grip stuff is still difficult, but it has helped me focus on really pulling through that shoulder. 🙂
What has really helped is the 7min on/7min off/7min on ice regime after heavy training, and then having a full day break. Also, little things like swapping over which side you use your mouse when on your computer etc – it is all related and day to day stuff will affect your wrists and hands.
I also went back to some wrist exercises I used to do when I was using weapons predominately (eskrima-kali-arnis). Flexibility in your wrists helps and is just as important as strength.
Some examples: make a squeeze ball from rice and balloons and squeeze!
put a rubber band over your finger and thumb and pull them apart slowly (resistance work).
find a stick like object – a rolling pin would work well as long as it isn't too heavy, and roll it in your hands in front of you.
I am probably not explaining these very well, let me know if you want better explanations, and I have a bunch more if you are interested.
🙂