Kyrsten
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Ooo that'll teach me to read LOL. I've thought about that but I'm almost sure I'd manage to hurt myself on it somehow… hahaha. Also, whatever lubrication they used in manufacturing near the bottom is really resistant… still hasn't worn off lol. It's hard to grip down there. I can actually grip on the slipcover if i'm careful, depending on what i'm doing.
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My pole is so short that it isn’t even worth it. I’d much rather have the space at the top usable lol
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Whaaat? I will cry LOL that would be amazing!! I could take my pole out of my basement and actually be able to do stuff…
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Heeeeck no! The oona spin is probably the craziest spin I can do lol… I really like how she went into a true grip handspring from a spin though, I would love to try that because I love true grip, but I think I'd have to handspring on my bad side…
That rockstar to butterfly looks AWESOME… need to try that one too! I wonder if I could do it… my rockstar kind of sucks lol
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Jelli — I have a recent vid of me doing the oona spin on static! I'm also 5'2.5" and it isn't a problem. Any time you change your body direction in a spin you get added momentum and if you watch the oona, you're pretty much switching your body around the entire time. It's totally my favorite spin ever right now lol just because it's so fast and spinny and dynamic.
I tried one I really liked today — open V spin (with the baseball grip, not bracket) into what we call an inside leg hook (inside leg hooked, outside leg out straight) to a flirty fireman (inside leg out straight, outside leg hooked).
I looked up Nadia Zarif and holy crap… she does some freaking AMAZING static spin combos:
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For me, when I say right, I mean to invert on the right side of the pole. Right hand high, pole to my left.
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I love love looooove my PS 45mm stainless steel. It's the perfect amount of grip. I stick like glue when I'm in poses but I'm still able to spin, drop, and slide without pain or skin ripping. My only beef with the PS pole is that the slip cover gets in the way, but that's really only because my pole is so short. I'd have the same issues with an X-Pole. I like the pin for locking out the pole too, and the one-pieces are really nice. I like the SSA stage pole a lot too.
We have a 45mm chrome X-Pole at my studio and a bunch of 47mm powder-coat poles, and I don't really like either. The size on both is ok, but I need a lot of grip aid to work with chrome, and the powder coat tends to rip and burn my skin.
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It is extremely helpful to do it on both sides… for one, sometimes in order to execute a combination you will have to perform a trick on your bad side, and two, it keeps both sides strong and keeps you evened out, which as chemgoddess said, will help prevent injury.
Most people do have a strong side though! I can invert on both sides, but inverting on my right still feels really, really weird even though I've been inverting for forever. It is definitely normal to prefer/be stronger on one side. And I find it varies from trick to trick — some of my handsprings are stronger on my left while others are better on my right, for instance. But always try both sides.
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It is extremely helpful to do it on both sides… for one, sometimes in order to execute a combination you will have to perform a trick on your bad side, and two, it keeps both sides strong and keeps you evened out, which as chemgoddess said, will help prevent injury.
Most people do have a strong side though! I can invert on both sides, but inverting on my right still feels really, really weird even though I've been inverting for forever. It is definitely normal to prefer/be stronger on one side. And I find it varies from trick to trick — some of my handsprings are stronger on my left while others are better on my right, for instance. But always try both sides.
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I could see how you'd get wrist burn from that! And yes, finish and the temperature/humidity does make a difference. I stick like glue to our powder poles on warm days. I had a girl in one of my classes with bleeding thighs from a cross knee release.
But generally, beyond the effects of pole finish and weather, a lot of the pole burn for your common points of contact will go away over time. Some moves never hurt, some seem to never NOT hurt, and some just take a few weeks/months to get accustomed to. Everyone's a little different.
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I started on a powder coated, 50mm Lil Mynx and sold it for a 45mm, stainless steel Platinum Stages two months later. Lol 🙂 It was mostly because the Lil Mynx wouldn't fit in my new place, but I definitely have no regrets about it. I am in love with my pole now. I sold the Mynx for 200 and my pole was 300, so it wasn't even a huge expense and it was totally worth it (I far prefer both the thinner diamater and the steel finish).
That said, I can still do pretty much everything I can on a 45 on a 50, so it isn't like a thicker pole hugely inhibits me, but the way I look at it… it's really nice to have a pole that I LOVE and work well on, rather than one I think is just ok.
Plus, if it's fairly new, you can still get a decent price for it.
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Haha, at our studio we encourage using alter-egos/stage names, so in my first class when they asked me who I was I went with the first thing that popped into my head — "Ginger", because I have bright red hair. Not very inventive, but it stuck like glue and I don't think half the people at the studio know my real name. LOL
Someone also gave me the name "Cherry Bomb" (I think all of my names go with my hair), which I will reverse for my super-stripper moments.
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Part time university student trying to navigate myself a career… I don't know what I want to do! I work full-time as a dispatcher at the airport (for mechanics/maintenance) and I teach 4-5 pole classes a week. I'm a busy girl… hahaha
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I turn the extended leg away from the pole, and pull the front leg across in the opposite direction. I turn my upper body into the pole when I do it.
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It is so true about most people having one or the other… I'm totally a gemini person lol. My gemini is a million times stronger and I default to it a lot. I still get pole burn from scorpio sometimes.
I had a student tell me that she thinks girls with thick/curvy legs tend to prefer scorpio while skinnier girls prefer gemini. Ever since she told me that I kind of paid attention to body type and which move the students had a harder time with… it actually seems to be generally true. Not always, but around 75% of the time I notice 😛