MissKitty83
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@ Sanchara-
Do tell this secret advice that your personal trainer friend told you that helped make a significant improvement… You've hooked me, I'm dying to know…Also, I couldn't get your pics to come up.
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I just ordered my pole from Sissy at House of Pole tonight, AND signed up for a year of Veena's lessons!! *insert girly squeal here* I'm SO excited!!!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_heart1.gifhttps://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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going to get a 50mm Titanium Gold X-pole. ^_^
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Well, I've gotten the Dara Torres DVD in the mail, and tried it – only once so far. I just went through the leg strengthening/resistance streching section – my legs were SO SORE the next day. That was Tuesday, I haven't tried it since, but I think I'll try it again this evening. My hamstrings are just so, so, so tight… The exercises are hard work, and I didn't really notice much improvement in my flexibility during that one session; I was just trying really hard to get the exercises right. It should get better as I go.
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Thanks for the info Chem. Emailed the company, the poles are made of Stainless Steel, and come in a rainbow of colors – so pretty! I'm used to brass at the studio, though, so I don't think I'm going to get one. 🙁 I've never played on a SS Pole and I just can't buy one without trying it out first. 🙁
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A PS pole for that kind of price? I"m all over it. Do we know what material they're made out of??
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Thanks for the feedback. I'll keep stretching. I do try to remember to breathe, and have started hold my stretches for a certain number of slow, deep breaths to help me remember to breathe! In my google search, I also found this:
Tight musculature, and tight nerves will impinge each other and give numbness.
1. Roll out your plantar fascia,
2. stretch your calves aggressively,
3. keep on stretching the hammies,
4. stretch out the glutes/deep glutes with piriformis stretchesALL the posterior chain fascia is connected, so it will all help.
Thanks again for your suggestions and encouragement – I will keep trying. I'm trying to get back on my exercise and stretching regimen after being lazy and inconsistent from Thanksgiving through New Years. I've also started following the deep yoga stretches posted on the OFFICIAL SPLITS FORUM THREAD, and that's helping with other forms of thigh and hip flexibility, but my hamstrings are just slow, slow, slow to progress and see any noticible progress…
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Since this is about stretching correctly, I have a question.
I apparently have SUPER tight hamstrings. So much so that when I sit on the floor with my legs together straight and bend forward, I feel a stretch in my hamstrings, but also an intense pull in the backs of my knees, and sometimes a feel a numbness or pins-and-needles in my feet. None of this is actually painful, but the pulling behind my knees and the numbness worries me. I cannot perform another hamstring stretch because of this sensation (the one where you lay on the floor and grab your calf and pull your knee toward your chest – my legs shake terribly in this position and I cannot seem to keep my knees straight.) Has anyone else experienced this? Do I just need to keep stretching? What do you recommend? Veena??
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Just bought Dara Torres' DVD set – cannot wait to try it!!
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ok, I tried those Yoga vids. I THOUGHT I was flexible. I was WRONG. My Jazz splits are almost to the floor, but I am SO not flexible compared to the things this woman can do. But the stretches for the splits are GREAT, and I love how she shows you how to keep your hips straight! Will keep you posted on my progress.
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thanks!! These videos look awesome – can't wait to try them!!
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Woo hoo Chem!!! You go girl!!!
I started working on my splits last summer, but unfortunately have fallen out of it. I fortunately have been stretching enough not to lose any of the progress I made over the last 5 months, but I have plateaued. One of my New Year's resolutions is to get my splits (front and straddle) all the way flat! Will post pictures soon!
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Chem –
I do the same thing – turning my back foot out gets me MUCH closer to the ground, and I agree that for performance (esp. in heels) this is all you really need. I will be thrilled to reach the floor like this- like you, I'm almost there!!
I'm a stickler for form though, and as I have VERY tight hip flexors (and hamstrings, grrr… ), I do all the appropriate stretches to try and loosen them, because _I_ want to know that even though it's not required in performance, that I CAN do it right. It kills me to have to wratchet myself back up from the floor to square my hips because of my tight hip flexors, but, dammit, I want to be able to do it the RIGHT way. I'm just stubborn like that. And progress is slow, but I'm getting there. (I'm also not stretching every day. But that will change come next week – My New Year's resolutions are to exercise/pole every other day and stretch on all my exercise days, gradually adding to stretch on my non-exercise days as well.)
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I would totally be up for that!! I really like the idea of group sessions. ^_^
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I have been working on my splits for a while now. The only issue I found is that I had to do more strength training because I was stretching TOO much. The joints in my hips just felt… loose, to the point of being almost unstable. So I started stretching every other day, and doing more strength training on my hips, thighs and glutes. The instable feeling went away within a week or two, and I didn't lose any of the progress I gained. I was actually able to start getting lower and felt better about it. Just listen to your body. You'll know if it doesn't feel right. A lot of articles warn about overstretching and the dangers of stretching incorrectly (because you could accidentally tear something) but do your research and listen to your body. Some weeks I could see lots of progress. Others I plateaued. I've been plateaued for about a month now, almost to the floor but not quite. Darned hip flexors are very tight, and cannot get my hips straight and legs flat, but working on it. Hope this helps! ^_^
~Kitty
