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Thanks ladies, I think I will go get checked just to be sure. I do take iron pills and multivitamins but I also have an auto immune disease and take thyroid pills so that very well could have a lot to do with it as well. All I know is pole dance is not only my hobby its my passion now and I dont want to quit because of some stupid bruises

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Hey there, I wouldn't worry about it! Have you looked at Veenas lessons? She has them set up so that you build strength before you do ANYTHING on the pole. It takes a great amount of strength in order to do spins etc. You have to take it a step at a time!

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Thanks so much for the advice ladies! I will definitely try all that you guys have said!

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I have a platinum stages 1 peice spin/static and I love it but alot of girls have had issues with shipping ( such as broken poles from shipping, or it taking for ever to get the pole) and poor customer service. But I just wanted to let u know that I had no issue with my pole and i love it.

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I find depending on how bad the bruising is and where it is is a major determiner on if you should continue poling or not. For the first bit when i started pole sits planks etc I was seriously bruised between my thighs, the more I practiced the worse it got untill it was literally black and I could barely walk. Since I gave my body NO time to heal it simply got worse and worse until I could barely pole at all. If you are asking yourself, to pole or not to pole, then chances are you should give it some heal time. Work on some other stuff, such as floor work or strength moves. Just as your muscles need time to heal so does your skin. Broken capillaries need time to heal. I bruised myself pretty badly today between my thighs again and I know now that as long as I give them about 5 days to heal up a bit I will be fine by next week. Don't cheat though and think, Il just do one pole sit, if your going to let it heal then no cheating let it heal fully before you get back at it and your skin will thank you by being more resiliant later.

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Hi Peppi Angel, yah I feel for you as well, it does suck not being able to do moves because of bruising. What I think it is that my friend does bruise however her bruises just dont show up. She said that it feels like she has bruises all over her legs but she just doesnt have the ugly marks. It may be true considering we have been tanning for equal time but her skin is alot different from mine as she has a full on tan and I am only a shade darker! And I think its from the brozer accelerator I use

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True blood it is!

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heey guys, Thanks for messaging me back =) Yes I am assuming that I have low iron or something. It just doesnt make sense to me that my girl friend has hardly any bruises but I am covered. I havent been able to practice anything to do with between my thighs because of the extensive bruising. I am going to take a picture and post it to my profile so that you guys can check it out if you want to see. It has improved though since I haven't done any inbetween the leg moves in about 4 days however they are still very sore and UGLY haha. I can't wait to be able to practice my pole sit again though. Its soooo irritating to not be able to do moves!

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Thanks Veena I hear you most definitely, I am definitely working on building up my strength, as for the arm positioning with the boomerang it feels right, nothing hurts and I have found that my arm strenght is improving drastically. My boyfriend even felt my arm the other day and he couldn't believe how much muscle I have built!

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Hey guys thanks for all of your help ful hints. Yes I actually have sat on the floor and put my body into the leg positions and arm positions in order to figure out where everything goes before jumping in to quickly! I will edit and post a video of what I have done so far. I warn you some of it isn’t very good and others are better. I am definitely sticking strictly to beginner moves until I am 100% confident in the ones that I have done so far. And I understand about what you mean about the boomerang hold and just resting on the elbow a little bit. I try not to jump into any position. If I can’t do it with out jumping then I don’t do the moves at all!. So no worries. I take a day for break in between my poling so I am not over working my body and so my muscles have time to recuperate. I also stretch every day as I am trying to increase my flexibility. I am still having troubles finding beginner moves, I want some more so that I am not constantly doing the same moves and bruising myself from repeating the same moves over and over again. I am having alot of trouble with bruising so I am now taking multivitamins, vit C chewables, and magnesium pills in hopes that it will help so I don’t bruise so much. I have arnica gel that I am putting on them since they are soooooo bad. My friend has about 4 bruises where as I literally have about 20 on each leg.

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Heey guys, I have literally just started doing the boomerang hold because I am finally able to do it strength wise, its funny because I used to do this hold on a pole we had in our basement (support pole) Its funny that it is an actual move. Anyways, Trust me I have been very careful, my friend has been poling along with me so we spot eachother and help correct each other. Some of the moves have taken us a long time to learn and others come extremely easily to us. We also take videos of us pole dancing so that we can review and make sure we arent doing anything improperly. I am literally covered in bruises though. Especially from the plank hold/ climbing into a sit position. I have never had this many bruises on my body before! And I am now tanning so I am praying that bruised skin tans or I will look ridiculous soon when they heal haha. Does any one have any at home remedies for curing sweaty hands. I am pretty sure there is already a thread on this on here though. I have found that when I windex the pole it helps a little bit. (I am hoping this is a good idea and not a bad one haha) After every move I am constantly having to clean off the pole or my hands get sweaty and the pole gets greasy and I slip right off. Is there any way to add videos to my profile so that you can comment on them and let me know what you think of how I am doing so far? Let me know!

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hey guys, Well I am definitely very aware of how dangerous moves can be and that is why i posted this message. I have been very careful so far and i have found some videos on youtube about beginner moves from "missdirdybirdy" and I have been very successful so far with the moves that she has. I do not have the upper body strength to do certain moves however so I am wondering about more moves. I do not have the money right now to get the lessons that veena has to offer although I am hoping to be able to soon. Yes I had been inverting I have strong abdominal muscles but I think I am going to hold back a little bit just because of my arm strength isnt up to par quite yet. However I have been able to climb the pole and sit on the pole, front back hook spin, fireman, standing fireman, stag spin, sun wheel spin, beginner plank spin, and I think thats about it so far. Some others that i don’t remember the names for. But if anyone has any moves that they think I can do I would really appreciate it. By the way, My inner thighs are COVERED in bruises, could this be just what happens or am I low in iron or something? Thanks guys I appreciate it!

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Amanda From Alberta! Just got my first pole, never was one one until today and I love it!