LatinPoler
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You should not pole every day, never. Not only the muscles, but also the joints and the brain need a break. Right now I pole 4-5 days a week, but not all of them are hard core. Never more than 2 days in a row, maybe 3 if one of them is light or focusing on other muscle groups. When I started (about 2 years ago) I never poled 2 days in a row, every other day at most. Slow and steady wins the pole race. You need to recover and build muscle memory, and the body needs time to process the work. I was already fit when I started poling, but not young (42), maybe younger people can recover faster. But personally, I think better safe than sorry.
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Too much indeed! I would not exercise more than two days in a row the same body part, especially considering you are relatively new. You risk injuring and overtraining, you may end up performing worse in both weights and pole. Try to alternate upper body, lower body and cardio. Doing pole every day is not recommended either, even if it is “easy”.
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Clearly sounds like overtraining. I’ve been guilty many times too. Last year, I was training for a half marathon and I was learning to invert on the pole. I was exhausted all the time, so I put pole aside until I ran my race, then reduced the running to a heathy level and focused on pole. Flexibility training can be exhausting too. Stress also impacts. So rest a little and it will probably get better.
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*pressure
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Preassure instead of products. Use a microfiber cloth an really rub the marks. A little water may help but that’s it. That’s how I remove the shoe marks from my floors.
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Thank you! Yep, a little more stability would be appreciated!
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Thank you! My main concern was the size and everybody seems to agree that there’s no difference. I think I can tolerate a heavier shoe if that’s the case. Thanks!!
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Thanks ladies! So I am going to assume the same sizing and be prepared for a heavier shoe. I want 8 inches so I guess that the weight difference will be even more noticeable than with lower heels. I have strong legs so I hope I can cope with it 🙂
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Take it slow, you may want to follow Veena’s flexibility program. It’s key to be consistent with training, at least 3-4 days a week once you get used to it, less at the beginning (1-2 times). Always warm up very well, I like doing my flexibility sessions at the end of my home poling sessions. Sometimes I even do a second warm up if I feel I need it, for example, if I have been training upper body and I want to do the splits. Your timing question does not have an answer, everybody is different and responds different to training, also your background, age, etc. has an impact. It took me about 6 months to have a flat split on my good side but I was not very far away, maybe 3-5 inches or so. Besides Veena’s programs, I like Fit and Bendy – Get Bent DVD.
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Verticality in Houston has good press, but I don’t know it personally.
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And by the way, I’ll be travelling 10 days in July, focusing on hiking and other outdoor activities. I look forward to that break too!
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Grayeyes, Tropical, I hope you both are feeling better. I’m also in the same age range (I’m 44). When I started poling, I could not do two days in a row, even being fit, and I injured myself. Now it’s OK as long as I alternate hard/easy days that don’t stress the same part of the body all the time. Challenges are not always balanced in that sense, you may have 3 reverse grab days in a row, then 3 knee pit intensive moves in a row, etc. I try to prerecord and balance as much as possible, and take days off. I agree it can be hard, long challenges (14+days) especially.
About the studio vs. at home discussion, I personally feel the studio more challenging, in the sense that I’ve been pushed sometimes to do things I was not ready for, physically or mentally (I guess you’ve heard about my Butterfly story…). Or if my wrist was a little sore, that was a handstands day at the studio. I prefer poling at home because I’m in control. I still go to the studio now and them to build my foundation, also the variety keeps me motivated. -
Same here!! I’m quite overloaded at work with travels, etc. so I’m quite stressed out. Just yesterday, I wanted to do a cross knee release that I can do in my sleep in normal situations, but yesterday it felt a little scary the first time I tried. The Butterfly was my nemesis for months, I believe because I was pushed to try it for the first time in class when I was feeling tired and not willing to do complicated things (that’s why I had signed up for a lower level class that day!), so it felt terrible and I carried the feeling over for months. Pole is demanding both physically and mentally, so I think it is normal that when we are going through tough times in our lives, we are more scared than normal. It is stress that we add on top of what we already have. I would say, listen to your body and do not do anything that does not feel OK. That day you may want to focus on floorwork, or spins, or transitions… we are not machines, we are human beings and we have good and less good days.
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To be honest, I would not choose any of those shoes for pole or floor… besides the metal details, I don’t think that ankle strap can provide enough stability, it’s too thin. They may be OK for chair or lap dancing.
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Veena, it sounds you are talking about me 😃 I can invert and I think thanks to that I could feel “comfortable” and controlled in the inverted position when I entered the BM from the sit. I’m still working on my shoulder mount, I can do it but feels meh (I am planning to do your program in August after my vacation). I totally get what you are saying and I concurr!