LunaLovely
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I had issues when I first set mine up too. It’s so frustrating. Another thing you might check too is that the ball bearings are all intact and spinning smoothly. My adjuster (the bottom part that you spin to make the pole fit) had broken ball bearings. There are two sets of ball bearings in there. There are also ball bearings on the dome. My pole was catching when it spun. Not sure if that’s your problem, but the good news is that xpole will replace any defective parts.
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Yes, you will likely bulk up in this area. Perhaps ask yourself WHY you pole dance. If you’re doing it strictly for the visual outcome, you may want to try another activity that will give you the specific result you’re looking for. If you’re doing it to get strong and be able to do amazing things, then keep at it. Of course we all care what we look like on some level, so you just need to figure out for yourself what is the most important.
I’ve never really seen a pole dancer’s body that turned me off. I think looking functionally athletic is very sexy. You’re not going to end up looking like a body builder if that’s what you’re worried about. It takes a specific kind of training to reach the unnaturally jacked look.
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I honestly don’t understand why people are getting offended by this survey. The whole point of a survey is to allow for the whole range of answers, even ones you might disagree with. This actually seemed like a well put together survey to me. Perhaps there is a knee jerk reaction at play here. Anyway, thumbs up to your survey.
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Another thing I would add is listen to your own body! If you’re doing something that’s causing you sudden pain (not discomfort like in pole sits, actual pain) ease off! Do not ignore it or you will hurt yourself. I made this mistake with pain in my back, and it’s taken a couple weeks for it to feel mostly normal since I put so much strain on the muscle. It’s slowing down my progress on inverted moves. So yeah, listen to your body!
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Definitely practice climbs! Not only are they a really great workout, but they’re easy to measure progress with, and there’s basically an infinite amount of finessing you can do with them. Sure, they’re exhausting, but worth it. Basic spins are good for beginners as long as you are maintaining proper form. There are also plenty of things you can do around the pole, like pirouettes. Also, I would say pole sits are good to practice in the beginning. To eventually get upside down, you’re gonna wanna do some pole tucks. I’m sure Veena has a video for those. These are all things I started with.
I’ve been poling for about seven months. At this point I’m reaching a more intermediate point where the progress naturally slows down a little. In the beginning it seems like you conquer more things faster. When the moves get harder, progress is not as fast so conditioning is important.
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For anyone who was wondering, my adjuster was defective. One of the rings with the small ball bearings in it was completely broken and all of my bearings were falling out and rolling all over the floor when I took it down. They’re sending me a new adjustor and chalking it up to factory defect.
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Yes, it is level and it is not overly tight. I contacted customer service. Had to try a few times before I got anything besides someone’s voicemail. Described the problem to her and she said it sounded weird and to send a video. Did that over an hour ago. Still waiting.