MilienElayne
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Butterfly at work (one twin is watching from the top of a nearby slide and calling my name in a concerned little voice, as if my being upside down is unsettling, the other is with his mum at the doctor’s):
not a good shot, but those fireman’s poles at the park don’t have much leg swing room to invert in the right spot!
and… some non-pole trapeze practice also at the park today:
Photos are stills from videos. Popped my camera on other bits of play equipment. Didn’t notice any odd looks or comments from parents and their kids, but I’m sure there were some?
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I hate exercise for the sake of exercise. If it wasn’t gymnastics tricks on the oval, back bends and flips off the monkey bars, learning to high jump or tree climbing I wasn’t interested as a kid. Still am not. Love pole and aerials… but pole still feels so much more hardcore. Can get some burns in aerials so far, but pole means bruises, burns and takes SO much strength and grip. So much to learn and the improvements and aspirations seem like they’ll never end. There’s always a new trick to learn and old ones to link in and smooth out. I found pole after I looked into stripping for when I was desperate for work. Bought a pole to try and shape up and teach myself to dance while at uni before I went for an audition at a gentleman’s club, but the audition never happened. My bf doesn’t want me to strip and I don’t think I am confident and hard enough in myself to not let the possible negative things affect me. I admire women who can so much. So, I’m sticking with working hard for peanuts as a nanny and maybe eventually becoming a pole instructor and performer. I am the fittest and most confident I have ever been since I became a shy, anxious girl when I started school. Before that I was an exhibitionist 3 year old hanging from one leg in a tree flailing around freaking out my grandmother. Now I am back…but I’m a woman and I’m a pole dancer hanging from one leg from a pole… and still freaking out my grandmother! POLE LOVE!!!
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I tell everyone and PLASTER my FB with my photos and some of my videos. I’m so proud of every move I can do and it’s one of my biggest happinesses. My whole family (yep, even my grandparents and my uncle’s ex wife) gets update emails with photos and vids. I am FB friends with people from when I was 5 all through the different schools I went to, all of my partner’s family, ex co-workers… everyone. The only people in my life who don’t know I pole and totally love it to bits are my employers and any future employers. I’m a nanny and want to get into government and welfare positions someday. I have told them I am doing aerials classes, because that’s more ‘socially acceptable’. If the job market wasn’t so ridiculously hard to break into, I would not care. But I need money. If anyone cared, they could find me everywhere and anywhere. My employer could just search for me on FB and see me doing Butterflies in my undies. She’s technologically useless though, thankfully. I think my screenname is going to be my stage name (shortened to ‘Mili’, ‘Milien’ is Sindarin and some people can’t pronounce it). I use my screenname in heaps of places and it’s sometimes connected with my real name, which is then easily looked up. No-one cares though. I get barely any comments on FB or anywhere else from people I actually know in real life, I think the shock/novelty factor has worn off, they’ve all got me filtered out so they don’t have to see my tight little butt contorted into awesome poses on a pole, or they really don’t care. Whatever. I’m going to get into competition shape someday and invite them all to the show(s) and anyone who comes is going to be blown away and converted to pole fans. Ha ha. (No, not really that confident. SOMEDAY is the operative word there…)
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There are lots of variables besides muscle that I can think of that might affect staying up in a sit. There’s all your grip variables: temperature of you, the pole, the environment… your skin condition – too sweaty, presence of lotion or oils, too dry… is it a humid day? Then there’s your technique… are you doing it right for you? Do you just need more practice? Are you not squeezing enough and in the right places reflexively because it hurts? Have you got a photo or vid of you trying this move so we can see what you’re doing? Have you tried different types of sits and stands to find one that works well for you right now?
Squats and grinds (aka plies), and low squatting jumps and squats into leg raises are good for the thighs, I think. Any ballet dvd will have heaps of thigh work in it.
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Can you just have a shot of black coffee, no sugar? I use coffee rarely and like a drug to make me high and keep me awake all night. Also makes me anxious. Like a junkie. Gives me palpitations if I take caffiene in any form and then do cardio. I don’t understand drinking coffee, tea, wine, soft drink, milk… I don’t like milk, I don’t like bubbles, I don’t like waiting for my hot drink to cool, wine makes me more thirsty… none of these make me feel hydrated. If I am thirsty, my body calls for water. I love water, I drink water like I breathe air. I freak out if I run out of water. I carry two water bottles and fill them all through the day. I have like 3L every day (over 6 pints?).
As to belly fat… well, I have the laziest abs, they only engage if they absolutely have to. If no-one else in the body is going to pick up the slack they will reluctantly and only for as long as necessary. I thought my boob fat would be the last to go, but I’m still dropping cup sizes and my belly is still poochy. Does feel a tiny bit flatter after every cardio session though. God, I hate cardio. Hence, why I MUST attend classes to MAKE me do it.
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One of my biceps is noticeably bigger than the other and one of my shoulders is stronger/harder than the other… not a good look… hence today I worked my gumbi side SM lift https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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I tend to try all my moves both sides and just started doing my choppers both sides, just figured out how to do SMs both sides… and in class some instructors emphasise both sides. It gets so confusing though, I often forget which side is my best for a particular move and go for it on my bad side and make it messy in class when I’m meant to be showing my best shot before we move onto something else. Oops. Oh and be CAREFUL doing your first big moves on the weak side. Went for a spin mode Jamilla to Butterfly on my strong Jamilla but weak Ex. Butterfly side and nearly popped my shoulder out with momentum and fumbling :S Strong vs weak sides really messes up combos.
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Couldn’t someone at the studio teach you how to put the x-stage together? Maybe use a routine that you’ve already used before if it’s just auditions and if you have more time then make up a new one for the competition? I agree with amyxshi: I wouldn’t take the sexy out if that’s your style. As unsexified as you could make it, I think there’d still be someone who’ll want to call you a stripper just because you’re on a pole. It’s a scary performance, I think, because it’s not a surely pole-friendly environment… taking pole to a new frontier. It’s like introducing flavoursome, interesting foods to someone who’s only ever eaten peanut butter sandwiches. You’re never going to know the reaction in advance. It sounds like you quite want to do it!
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Mine now load. Try again tomorrow?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2j_Opqchag
Oh wow. I haven’t seen an AERIAL Jamilla to Butterfly before (1.10). Hella strong! And 1.42 is like a shoulder dismount into shoulder splits, which would KILL the contact points, but gets a really nice split going. Is 2.03 an elbow grip extended butterfly? Hot!
And …..that layback at 2.35… yes, yes, indeed… I do need that. It looks so contorted. 3.55: what is that?! Must have that too.
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Creative ways to include pole wiping, grip application and wardobe fix-ups in your pole routines! There have got to be 101 sexy ways to wipe the pole down, some sort of sneaky ways to fix your grip mid-routine and ways to fix your wardrobe intentionally or stealthily.
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you can so make wiping the pole sexy! oooh oooh. *heads off to make that a challenge suggestion* https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_razz.gif
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So sad! I don’t even have me some matching bras and undies that actually fit me and aren’t worn out to wear for this. I can see myself on the floor laughing my head off doing this Feb challenge after about 50 takes and still not sexy…lol. Still haven’t made myself do the Jan challenge yet. I must!
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I remember from one of Veena’s first beginner vids that you should always warm up first and THEN stretch out.
My physio also told me not to do dedicated stretches before a workout, just a lesser form of what you’d be doing in your dancing session, so like stretches but more focus on movement than a held stretch: controlled and continuous. The real stretching is part of the cool down and maybe more after you finish class or your workout. This was the advice given to me after I partially ruptured my hamstring (doing a cartwheel kick into drop splits) and my physio knew I was going to continue classes straight away anyway. I had to do my physio exercises first, then stretch and ice only after, if not seperately. She said if I stretched fully first, I’d be more prone to pulling a muscle when exercising.
I see performers stretch out before they do anything, but some of them have crazy flexibility and that may just be their warming up as other things mightn’t get in there? I don’t know.
Check with a doctor, physio or other expert if you’re unsure.
There are so many stretches! I don’t do much on my own unless it’s necessary to nail a new move. I’m bad like that… but luckily I take several classes a week which include stretches. My splits come and go. Some days when I get really warm, I can drop into front splits on both sides then my hips will lock up in places and I can’t get into a straddle far at all, where other times I can straddle further than before. Weird.
I found this useful for pictures of splits stretches, but as with everything, take with a grain of salt and use your own judgement: http://members.fortunecity.com/tchb1/Splits.htm
Be gentle!
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So. A Mili Drop Update!
I’ve practiced it once more since my first attempts and I couldn’t even hook my foot properly for a plain archer, so BOO! I’m going to practice practice practice though, when I get the chance. Darn having to work all day off pole for my money…lol.
But, all of the instructors at my studio have now seen my video and are impressed. One has attempted it and loves it. No-one has perfected it yet there though, I believe. However, they love it so much they’ve invited me to come in and be a part of a video shoot when one of the instructors does perfect it so they can upload it to YouTube and their website.
It’s like it’s a race! It’s between Veena, Fleur, Pole Divas and me (so far) to see who can get video footage up of a complete Mili Drop first. I’m going to lose https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_razz.gif Ha ha. No, no, it’s not a race. Lol. I’m just excited.
This move is apparantly ‘very dangerous’ but every move has that potential, right?
