Koidragon
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Generally the tack gloves and wrist supports are used for spin pole to assist with grip. That being said, I tent to find a lot of the gloves and straps a bit superfluous unless you are someone who finds they can’t pole without them. If you haven’t had a need to use them yet, you probably won’t. Some people get wrist burn (and various other body part burn) so they like to wear a cover, and others (myself included) use wrist supports to give just a little bit of help to injured wrists – I would not recommend getting used to using supports if you don’t need them, and most people do not. As for which hand, I would say dominant? most people I know who use them (and not many I know do) have two and alternate or wear both.
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Hmm, ok so:
Lightsabers: you need either a dumbbell with removable weights on it, or something around the same length weighted at one end (a heavy maracca type thing). kneeling down in front of a bench or stable chair, put your arm (bent at the elbow) straight in front of you, with your forearm resting along the bench surface and your hand and wrist hanging over the other side. Hold the weight at the unweighted end (like holding a lollypop) and without moving your arm, turn your wrist from side to side, making an arc with the weight. Go slowly, to help with control you can hold your elbow down with the other hand). Make ‘vzeewww’ sounds.
Tricep kickbacks are fairly well known I think? If not let me know and I’ll explain. Just make sure that you pause when your arm is almost fully extended, then extend, concentrating into the muscle. This will stop the cheatery that happens when I see people just swinging this exercise around. Slow and controlled!
Angel curls: using two dumbbells, stand neutral with arms by your side. Bring the weights up into a hammer curl, making sure to keep your elbows glued to your side. Then for the downward movement, arc your arms out to the side (like angel wings), extending as low as you can, bring them back up along the same arc (again keeping your elbows in, no swinging around), then hammer curl down. This is one rep.
Hope this helps, let me know if I can help with more explanation 🙂
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Ha, that’s ok, everyone starts somewhere 🙂
Ideally you want to supplement weights (or exercises) that will assist your pole practice – pole itself will give you a lot of strength, how often are you training? What do you do (ie, Veena’s lessons, classes etc)? How long have you been doing pole? Do you do any other exercise?
If you like, message me and I can help set up a basic weights routine based on what you are doing – but the key is to make sure you are listening to your own body, and give yourself time to gain strength 🙂 -
Onzie are fantastic (for curves), Mika are great, Lightactivewear are also really wonderful. My advice would be find a short you love, then go and get the slogan printed on them from a company that does it – it might cost a bit more, but at least you know the shorts will be good quality.
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At the studio I go to, there are two men who are regulars in the classes. One is competition winning (Ricky Pang) and the other is also an advanced student. Both are straight. Between the two of them, they join into almost every class there is – from the flexibility classes to exotic floor work to partner pole and all the pole variations offered at the studio. Honestly, having them in the classes is absolutely wonderful – also, having them in open studio is fantastic as you can get different perspectives on engagement for pole moves. Not only do they approach pole in different ways (having different types of strength), but they also are just as much a part of our pole family as anyone else. We still all talk the same stuff, wear the same ridiculously revealing clothing, and connect with each other – it is just they are included. Pole, at our studio, is sexy – but it isn’t sex based. We all sweat, shoulder mount, twirl, hand spring and twerk together. 🙂
Trust me… doing a sexy floor work class with a guy, who is not watching – but participating – working his butt off to learn just as all the girls are – is one of the most enjoyable and entertaining moments.
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there are a lot you can do, and really it depends on where you are personally lacking in strength. But as an example:
light sabers for forearms and wrists
tricep kickbacks and angel curls for arms
seated row for rhomboids
military press for shoulders
reverse flys, chin ups, lat pull down etc etc – I can give you more if you like, but it depends on exactly what you want to achieve. Core is incredibly important. -
Yep – I do weights, martial arts, and lyra. Mind you, the MA and weights was long before pole, and in the beginning pole was my ‘cross train’ – now it is my initial exercise (well, tied with MA).
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Speaking as someone with chronic tendonitis, I know how annoying this is, but before suggesting anything, it would depend on what your injury is, what your physio/doctor etc says as well – if it is getting better, you don’t want to rush into anything and redo the damage…
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I almost want to get the app for amusement value… almost.
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Yep – same here, although when I used to do a lot of weapon fighting it was worse – my forearms were always covered in bruises, which often looked like hand grips (my friends would politely ask me to cover up to avoid reprising looks) – always a difficult one to explain, and even the truth won’t always set you free – ‘why would you do that to yourself’ has been a common theme.
The way I look at it, I would much prefer to have to answer those questions of concern and looks of worry with an explanation for myself, than not have those looks of worry and questions of concern turned on someone else who perhaps needs the support and is in a bad situation.
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You tend to find the better quality hoops are heavier, although there are a lot of lighter options out there, you will find as you advance as an aerialist you want the hoop to have weight to it – a lot of this has to do with the centrifugal force of the tricks you are doing, how the hoop spins and how it moves. As you do tricks off the top of the hoop, whether a double or single point, if the hoop is too light then the whole thing will flip on you as it has no weight to counterbalance.
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Oh that looks completely possible. I often float in the air in an oversplit.
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I agree, Aysha is an advanced move, I know you have come far, but this one may take some time. I would recommend having a solid caterpillar climb, and of course butterfly/extended butterfly. Even a strong handspring (called something different here… eek) to pencil is very handy. Being away from the pole (ie, as you said with your elbow grip) is actually kind of the goal – once you have the balance and everything is engaged properly – your body being away from the pole will mean you can use any grip you like, as it gives you space, and also gives that 'weightless' feeling you might have heard about. I prefer elbow and chinese/cup grip personally.
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Completely agreed – you need to get proper, professional rigging done. It isn't that the pole community is more organised necessarily, but a pole has a contact point both on the top and the bottom, and has a completely different type of spin to it and isn't affected by the same momentum and stress point issues. Anything that hangs freely (hoop, silks, trapeze etc) has a multitude of factors that need to be taken into account for safety.
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Fair call Webby