MelCat
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Ooh the bicep ones make me laugh. When I teach corkscrew spins on the static pole I have to try to not chuckle too much th next week when women come in talking about the bruises on their arms 🙂
I knew a lady once who went to the doctor for a physical and had to convince him she wasn't being sexually abused because of the bruises on her inner thighs though https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_confused.gif He finally believed she could be getting them from a fitness class when she said it was pole fitness because his wife had been talking about how much she wanted to try it! 🙂
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I always feel most comfortable with the straddle position, but I don't feel the jackknife is much different. I actually find the jackknife often easier to balance in my twisted grips, especially when the pole is on static, but that's the only time I notice much difference between the jackknife and straddle positions. After that I find the straight edge next in difficulty and the fang/rubber hardest to balance. Another apparently weird thing for me is I find the elbow grip most comfortable (I get sweaty hands so whenever I have an alternative grip point I prefer it) and probably forearm grip the hardest. I think all of these factors vary based on individuals' personal strengths, balance points, etc.
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Yes!!!! A Skylit Drive is one of my favorite bands to pole to 🙂
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I'm pretty fortunate as my life has always been in the arts, so it's a bit more understood. I remember when I was in college there was a hushed talk of me poling as it was a tabboo subject, but I was very open about it and they accepted it. Now the company I dance for is actually under a director who used to be a Vegas performer and we've even chatted about how she had a show where she had to learn how to pole (and how it was the strongest her arms have ever been in her life!)
But I know Facebook is started to be poked and prodded for what is and is not acceptable to share, especially depending on your particular career, so if you're fortunate and live a life where people accept arts as arts then you don't need the hassle of a second account. If you've ever had trouble up to this point with posting pole related things on your Facebook, you might want to consider a separate page if you plan to up that content 🙂
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EVERYBODY has different strengths. Emphasize the ones you have and be proud of them. You're going to notice others excel at the things you struggle with just because it's so easy to focus in on that. But you have no idea the things you do others might be struggling with and envying you for!
For instance, I have a girl in one of my classes who was trained in ballet growing up, did belly dancing for a few years, and when she starts to dance it is a full on performance. And you can tell every other woman in the room is envious of her confidence, fluidity, grace, and sexiness when she dances. But all she can focus on is her struggles with split grip spins as she's been working on them for months. So she forgets all of her strengths due to her slower progress with that. Others have the same happen when it comes to climbing: Suzie could have the 3 gorgeous spins that Mary can't get, but Suzie just notices how Mary seems to climb the pole so effortlessly.
Keep building your strength, and always look for the things that you ROCK in class. And be proud how you can keep adding things to those list as you progress 🙂
