Rouge_LAmour
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stream of consciousness logging is how I’ve heard it described by my Geek friends.
great way to update facebook, myspace and other sites in one foul swoop.
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refer my dislike for WMM. Crap product. (Digital frame dropouts, problems with transferring files and formats etc, etc, etc).
Either download the trial version of Sony Vegas or buy it ($55 usd, very good price).
Great easy product that will address most problems and is used to edit many short films.
It’s a domestic version of the professional product.If you have a Mac, iMovie is fine. It’s a far better product than WMM. Very few issues with it as a product, I’ve seen things edited on it and it’s a very stable and usable product.
If you must use WMM, (rocking: I will not re-educate, I will not re-educate) refer Joel’s (poledancefan) instructions and follow to the letter, but do be aware that it will have frame dropouts and sometimes has issues with capturing footage and talking to cameras.
We use Final cut, used by Coen Brothers etc , but that’s a seriously professional product and industry standard along with AVID and way out of the market for Pole Dance vids at our level!
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Vote Number 2 for Rylie.
One question though: Is Rylie your stage persona?? If not, then you’ll also need to think about that persona
Rouge suits me as I’m a bit stroppy and 5’9".
I did have a job where I was known to clients as Madame FluffyBum (waiting tables…) -
Something I remembered this morning, well, a couple of things.
Firstly, the worst pain with a Brazilian is the front, where you’d usually trim for a bikini wax. The rest really doesn’t hurt that much. In fact, armpits hurt far more along with anywhere close to a bone.
Secondly, take 2 x aspirin and 2 x paracetamol 20 minutes prior as this will reduce the inflammation and cut the pain. Most importantly, go mid cycle, around the time you’d be ovulating as the pain is pretty insignificant at that time of the cycle.
If you have pale skin and dark hair, like me (I’m naturally a brunette), then waxing is the way to go as there are no little "hairs" left under the skin to look like lots of little blackheads.
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My husband was trained as a mechanical engineer and one of our students has double degrees in Maths and engineering (Phd in Aerospace engineering…)
They both think the x-pole is the business.Our student created her own, and it doesn’t have the same level of sideways pressure that an X-Pole has.
We don’t have platinum stages in NZ, therefore I can’t comment, but Elite Poles also seem to be good.If you’re a bigger girl (ie over 50kg as the media thinks that’s "fat"…), it’s best to consider getting a professional pole, or follow Joel’s instructions to the letter.
X-Pole has a 2500kg sideways force, which means the centrifugal force is capable of holding pretty much anyone and in a country like NZ with quite a few Rubenesque Amazons, that’s a biggie for us!
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OK, poster is up for the girls for this months challenge.
Problem is that many don’t have their own pole, x-poles are $1100 for titanium https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cry.gif
and elite are the next best, but still $600…oh well, maybe it’ll give them the kick in the proverbial they need to get them doing routines!!
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Since May is New Zealand Music month, can I please put up a small vote for dance to a kiwi song???
Suggestions of bands are Shihad, The Veils, Rock n Roll machine, The Tutts, OMC, Satellite Spies, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Kora, ShapeShifter, Rhombus,
please no Dave Dobbyn….any others anyone wants to add to the list???
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Arnica is about to become your BFF, with better staying power than Paris or any other schleb. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif
Arnica is a herbal / homeopathic remedy that assists with the dissipation of bruising and healing soft tissue.
It can also help with bone injuries too, I took it when I fractured my radial head (ball joint in elbow).Taken internally as tablets or drops, or as a cream externally, or both in acute cases, it will help with the healing from bruises, strains, sprains, dislocations and breaks.
It’s our first line of defense at the studio, whenever anyone is injured, we give them 2 arnica tablets and at the end of class, they get cream to rub on the injury.
Try a health food shop or pharmacy / chemist / drugstore for it.
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I can dance anywhere between 2 – 10 hours per week (teaching) and sometimes I’ll play for a bit more.
Jillian Michaels has some great books on weight loss and how to do it successfully, she’s an advocate for the harder workout (60 min) 5 days per week. But it’s more the other things she has to say that are good.
Above all, looking on Pole as a fun activity will make it beneficial not just for your head, but also for your body, esp as you won’t see it as exercise. It’s a silly truism, that it’s not hard work if you enjoy it.
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I’m a waxed convert for "pits and bits". Legs are shaved – when I can be bothered! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif
Shaving is fine, but it’s the cuts, nicks and stubble that can be problematic.the trick is to find a good waxer to prevent the pain. A good one will apply pressure once they’ve removed the strips / hardened wax.
I’m frightfully allergic to most waxes except "lust" (bright barbie pink plastice stuff), therefore I have to get professionally done, or else I get eczema, in a very bad way…. (had my legs waxed prior to my wedding and was very glad it was a floor length, fishtailed gown, my legs were covered in itchy red lumps, not pretty https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_surprised.gif ).
To prevent ingrown hairs, use "scrub gloves", which you can get at most cheap $2 shops (5 and dime for those not in NZ?). These exfoliate the skin and remove the dead cells that can assist ingrowns.
The extra cost for a professional wax is worth it for the results, esp if you are allergic to the usual products.
I can recommend Mode on Tory, for those in Welly, NZ. They are the best.Epilators are great, mine’s been used a few times, but I’m not totally high maintenance.
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what the scales report back to you is merely a number. After a shower, I’ve lost 300gm.
Pole will build up muscle and that weighs a lot more than fat.
When I first started I could only hold myself in a pole slide for about half a millisecond, and there was no way I could support my weight. And yes, there was a lot of it.
So far I’ve only lost 18kg, however, translate that into the amount of muscle I’ve built up through lessons and teaching up to 10 hours per week and you kind of get the picture…
Just have a go and do more than one lesson as the first is always the most disheartening. Once you’ve done a few, you’ll see how much you’ve improved and the weight thing becomes less of an issue.
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blah, blah blah. repetition of everything everyone’s already said.
But guess what? It’s all true.
I have really dry shins, which means I have issues in some holds (ok, lots….), not a huge amount of upper body strength but a bit of flexibility. I’m 5’9" with the kind of body Rubens would have loved.
I can’t do all those tricks, but I can move those curves better than most girls can, esp the more slender ones.
I’m also pretty stroppy, strong and won’t do what I’m told without good reason. Not the current female stereotype (but my husband finds those qualities in a woman very attractive. YAY!!)I’ve wanted to give up heaps, but at that point, I’ve usually been pretty tired (mentally) or just trying a move I wasn’t ready for. Or had a crap tutor (Had one that ignored me for far too many lessons, I wasn’t pretty, thin or strong enough) But, I now own that business with a great woman and that old tutor has gone.
Some thoughts, firstly, are you learning at home or at a school? If by yourself, try at a school. Many of our girls couldn’t be the boomerang / venus aerial as their legs were dangling, took a shift in their pelvis (curling it towards the belly button) and they had it. But they couldn’t see what the fix was. Which is where you need to go to a school sometimes.
Secondly, read this article, http://www.stuff.co.nz/4860095a19716.html then see if it applies to you. I relate.
Some days, I’ve been at the point of crying after a hard day at work and I have to teach for 3 hours. And being mentally tired makes it even worse.Thirdly, get some help. You may need a couple of counselling sessions to just get things back into perspective. Also, learn to put up a defence screen, I called it my teflon cover when I was with my alcoholic ex, and believe everyone who’s said this, it works.
Finally, in the immortal words of Elle MacPherson from an article years ago. (Whom we all know as being perfect). I have parts of my body that aren’t perfect, but I’m not going to tell you what and it’s my job to hide them.
In this media climate where extreme slenderness from starvation is considered normal, beauty is dictated as hoolywood standards and where being a bimbo / slapper / complete drippy girl is considered far more "attractive" than being a real woman with a brain, an opinion, a body that works and is confident, we’re all screwed if that is what we’re up against.
The worst part is we let the media tell us that this is the ideal, when did being a Hef’s girlfriend become a career option?? I was trying to find a great article about a study into the portrayal of women in film ove the past 50 years. 50 years ago, our heroines were witty, stylish, strong, sharp, intelligent and entertaining (Katherine Hepburn v Spencer Tracy, etc, even Marilyn) but now the only time women are accepted as strong is if they’re in depressing roles (refer the best actress nominations for the Oscars this year). The rest of the time we have weak women depserately searching for a husband, the perfect dress / wedding etc. Nothing about strong women having a great time and holding their own. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_evil.gif
This little sojourn into the media’s portrayal of women is to show that it is societies expectations of instant gratification and perfection and what the media is telling you should be like that is contributing to these feelings, and boy do we all have them sometimes. I’m still mad I’m didn’t get to be 6 foot when I grew up. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif
https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_idea.gif So let’s fight back and be real. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_idea.gif
Let’s be women who love themselves in spite of imperfections, who know their own strengths and weaknesses and are content, not silly little girls who want it all without the hard work.Feminist diatribe is over. Promise… https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_salut.gif
And a bunch of cuddles for Glitter to make her feel better.
And lots of e-chocolate as then you can have it without feeling societal pressure about the hips.
And some tissues, cos you’ll need it after reading this amount of support.
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little miss geeky here says to check the upload speed on your interweb connection too.
But yes, youtube is getting more "family oriented".(lots of bad words) we’re not strippers or doing anything explicit, so what is their problem.
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Keep the inner arm very straight, without hyper extending the elbow joint and reach up quite high, even on tip toes if possible.
Ensure you’ve done this just before you lift off as it helps you with sliding down the pole.
place your other arm across the body about navel height (just under the "puppies" ) and use that arm to steady your self.I have issue with this move and can get around the pole once; others can swing out quite far, so it is, as Veena said, all about strength. Pole ups will help.
Not being a svelte little thing ensures I have to be very sure of myself doing moves, this is how I learned this move and how I continue to teach it.
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pump up the jam.
back to life
