MilienElayne
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I knew there was something else SM I was supposed to be working on! Thanks for the reminder, ladies https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif Currently working on that SM flag type thing, what is the name for that? Can get the position and hold my body in it by lowering it slowly, but I keep ‘wilting’ instead of holding it out flat when I get there…lol. That’s a good one to work on to help with SM strength and control https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif Flip onto pole might actually be easier.
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Twisted Ballerina and Pretzel – I have the flexibility but still can’t pull my leg up enough, need pointers!
On-pole splits (maybe a splits stretching vid? or do you already have one?) with ways to get in and out (specifically out…lol)
Rubber variations – there’s got to be a way to stretch/contort every move further and I’d love to know how!
CAR to TG Aysha
There’s always more, but that’s as many as I can remember https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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Barefoot banned? Say what?
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Great songs! I too am looking forward to seeing something of it https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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I’m 5’10" and don’t have much room at home on my x pole either https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_sad.gif . I do mine at home from lower down. I can SM V from a stand, but as soon as I go to pencil/super invert or do anything leggy, my feet try to punch through my ceiling… There’s no chance I can wear heels and SM at home from a stand, I have black scuff marks on my ceiling from the attempt… https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif . You can crouch, or slide down like you’re doing the limbo (I like that one), or those body waves down the pole til you’re low enough, or you can do it from sitting on the floor like Roxy suggested.
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7" Pleasers for spin class and naked for static/aerial… Don’t know why, I just prefer spin in heels. I have real trouble standing tall and pointing my toes in heels though. Shouldn’t it be the opposite? If I’m not walking ‘sexy’ around or to and from a pole (not holding on or anything) I can’t balance in heels… really weird.
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How did it go/is it going? Which songs did you/are you using?
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Awesome point! Atmosphere.
What about a studio can cause you to not enjoy classes?
I will still enjoy classes themselves as long as it’s with an instructor I know and like, I have made friends in class and the receptionist is welcoming, but as to general vibe and wanting to be loyal to one studio and aspiring to compete and work for them one day… I am put off by underlying bitchiness and politics… Someone might be an awesome actress and businesswoman, her smile could make any stranger fall in love with her and she can be very successful, but eventually I will be able to tell, when her mask slips and her actions speak, if she’s full of crap and just not a nice person. Nothing misses the grape vine.
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What I am currently looking for and have been totally impressed and excited to find: tall, thin, solid brass poles with the option to spin or remain static. Instructors who are seasoned public performers and/or can prove decent pole exposure and pole related social networking but are (or flawlessly seem to be) also friendly, honest and real. Mirrors floor to ceiling (or as close as possible). Nowhere seems to have these though: changing room with lockers and showers (polers work up a sweat and some have to travel a long way home), adequate stretching/warmup/hanging out space for before and after classes (I have long hyperextended legs: sometimes I need like 2m sq just for me) – this can also double as seating/standing area for performances/showcases/open nights/functions. I hate feeling rushed and/or unwelcome – I like time, space and freedom to stretch out and to have a relaxed and even extended chat with my pole girls after or between classes. Receptionists should be the most friendly, helpful, welcoming people you can muster… For example, chatting with a genuinely smiling receptionist before leaving the studio can instantly make up for any failed move, a not-chirpy-as-usual instructor, a broken high-heel, sore muscles…etc. and help you leave feeling pole-happy! This is all just my opinion and personal preference.
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Happy Birthday! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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50’s through 70’s is right up my alley! Not sure if they fit with your theme, but here’s the favorites from my oldies playlist:
Mustang Sally – The Commitments
Take Me to the River – The Commitments
My Girl – The Temptations
Do Wah Diddy Diddy – Manfred Mann
I Only Have Eyes for You – The Flamingos
Bad Moon Rising – Creedence
Twentieth Century Fox – Escape Club
Baby I Need Your Loving – Was (Not Was)
In the Still of the Night – Debbie Gibson
More Today Than Yesterday – Spiral Starecase
You’re So Vain – Carly Simon
Too Much Monkey Business – Elvis
I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Frank Sinatra
Good Lovin’ – The Rascals
(They Long to Be) Close to You – The Carpenters
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman – Carole King
Beautiful – Carole King
Brown Eyed Girl – Van MorrisonEnjoy https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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By all means practice combos! Make them as long and tricky as you can. Building stamina is very useful. Practice all the ‘precursor’ moves for the more advanced ones. Butterfly, for example, you can do in split grip and then practice taking the weight off the hooked leg by straightening it gradually (keeping the leg still on the pole and not leaning it out into a full Extended Butterfly until you are confident with your grip). This also leads up to stuff like straight edge and aysha. if you have strong ‘precursors’ and have used the contact points and set up positions before, it’s not too much of a stretch to move on. Watch lots of vids of the advanced moves you want to try, that helps me.
Strengthening – for all of these suggestions, engage the core and be careful of your back:
Aerial and/or from floor lifted choppers (as Charley suggested). Go into a pole pull up, legs straight and keep them locked out and then flip over into chopper. Pretty sure I do it in all of my later vids. Fold it out and do it again, see how many in a row you can get. Also try a chopper, fold it out, still aerial, then swing legs to the other side and chopper, fold it out then switch sides again etc.
Lifted SM (same as chopper – legs straight all the way up and no kicking). Shoulder Mount is GOLD for building core strength, and when it gets easy there are heaps of variations and moves to do with and add on to it and you can do it slower and slower. You can do a SM hold without flipping it up just pulling the legs up into a chopper position or you could do some SM fan leg kicks in both directions and on both hand grip/shoulder sides if you’re not ready to flip it over to get used to the hold and to build abs for it. SM dismount is also great to build up strength.
Spider climb (chopper, gemini, pull up, aerial chopper and gemini on weak side, aerial chopper and gemini good side, repeat over and over) is wicked for core strength and it’s fun to see how many reps you can get.
Pole pull ups with leg lifts and poses – pull up and tuck legs to chest and straighten legs (toes to floor) repeatedly. Later, lift straightened legs held together as high as you can, lower and repeat. When this is easy take them to either side and back to centre. Try holding chopper/helicopter/fan legs in a pole pull up. Do all of these repeatedly and aerially maybe going into a sit to rest.
When things get easy, just slow them down, hold them longer and make lengthen your lines to make it harder https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
My aerial pole moves look strong, but on the floor I can barely do a full pushup and situps still burn… (maybe I’m just lazy?) so… I wouldn’t be too worried about trying those aerial moves, but you’re good for being safe https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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You could try a knee hold variation (I have it in my latest vid) to help train that knee pit and practice getting the hips turned out, and try all the different versions of ‘star’ or cupid to see which hand grips and leg placements make you feel more secure, then you can feel more confident to put more weight on the legs?
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With that one, remember to keep your hips square and try to keep your butt on the ground. It doesn’t matter how close you can pull the leg to your head each time, just that there’s a stretch. Breathe in, then when you breathe out, pull the leg a little closer. Being WARM is my biggest splits stretching tip.
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My Dad called me all excited the other day and told me to turn on my tv and switch the channel so I could see what was on AGT. ‘Yeah, that’s the Pure Pole Angels, Dad!’. ‘But they’re on mainstream TV!’ Lol. I just thought: ‘about time’ and giggled SO much at the judges faces. I pole at home, my friends pole, I take pole classes and I’m part of pole communities online, I often forget that pole isn’t mainstream because it is for me! Mum and Dad are also super excited about Pole potentially being in the Olympics. I just find myself accepting it like OF COURSE pole should be recognised as a ‘real’ sport. Am I too pole exposed or something? Anyway, that was a wicked performance! LOVE that they all told everyone what their full-time jobs are and made their costumes and makeup more fit than glitz so as not to alienate the un-pole-aware audience.
