Runemist34
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Hey there!
I’ve been poling for about 5 years… but I’ve not been really dedicated to it until about early December, so… I’m still working on some of my basics 😉
I love it, and I’ve been poling at home for a really long time. No classes in my area, and SV has been the best resource I’ve ever encountered!
I was “at my heaviest” about two years ago, and since then I’ve lost about ten pounds… and several inches. Please don’t EVER use your weight as a scale of fitness! You might weigh the same, but you sure won’t look the same! 😉
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Have you been off-pole for a while? Are you paying close attention to how you’re gripping with your legs? Is it perhaps due to the cold, preventing you to get a good grip with the skin of your legs? Have you been training your legs particularly hard and perhaps your muscles are fatigued?
I’ve found the cold problem to be a big one for me 😉
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I visualize so far out of my range that I occasionally question whether a human could actually do the things I think of. Seriously!
I am not terribly good at integrating more powerful, strength-using moves into my freestyle, so that’s why I try to choreograph my dancing around those moves, so that I can get used to the feel of them, the way they might work with the music, and transitions into and out of them. I don’t have a lot of choreography made up right now, but when the holidays wind down, I’ll be doing more 🙂
I have a couple of songs that I’ve reserved till I can “do them justice,” because I consider them to be incredible, emotionally powerful songs, and they mean a lot to me… dunno if I’ll ever get to dancing them though 😉 -
Welcome to SV!
My pole year was… actually really awesome! I got a lot of new moves, and I’ve gotten a lot stronger and much more dedicated 🙂 -
I also love my SV pole! It does, also, make “the noise,” but it’s really getting less noticeable as I dance on it. At this point I’m not sure if it’s me, if the noise is just going away, or if it just fits better in my current place.
I love the grip, I love the colour, and I love the diameter (which took some getting used to!). Best Pole Ever 🙂 -
I’ve really noticed that my own hair grows to different lengths, no matter how hard I try to keep it the same. I’m trying to grow my hair out very long, and I started very short- just reaching shoulder length, though it’s longer when wet (my hair is quite curly).
At this point, I have one part of my hair that is much shorter than the rest, on the top, so it likes to frizz out and make me look like I’m from the 80’s. It’s not a great look, so I do my best to tame it. At other times, I get what I call “triangle head,” where my hair only has volume at the bottom. It’s… great (eyeroll).
However, I did some research about hair breakage and growing it out long. Specifically, as long as you aren’t creating a lot of tension on one particular area (the kind that would be painful after a day of wear, let’s say), you won’t have any problems! I know that I tend to pull my hair back pretty tight, and I’m learning to loosen up, because it hurts after a while.
…I really need a trim, too 😉 -
I’m also needing more arm strength 😉 There are a lot of body-weight exercises you can do with your pole, too, that help! Veena has them in the lessons.
I do some freeweight training, usually for triceps and biceps. I suck at shoulders (particularly the deltoids), but I’m getting there.
Koidragon: Can you link me some pictures/descriptions/videos to those training moves you described? I’m so out of the “fitness land” loop that things like “Light sabers” make no sense in my brain as an exercise! lol -
Messing up in front of an audience is definitely every performer’s fear- I’ve done it before, though not necessarily on the pole. Most of my screw-ups, though, I’ve recovered from during the performance, and it helped me get past some of my fear of screwing up in front of people. It remains a pretty big fear of mine, though.
I think part of this is the “get back on the horse” mentality. Most people have this interesting, subconscious idea that they just won’t get hurt. I notice this a lot in the difference between how I view people and how others view people- other people believe that, if someone gets mad at them, there’s this… invisible line that others won’t cross between verbal abuse and physical abuse. I do not have this line, as it was crossed when I was a kid- another kid attacked me. I still have a strong fear of people because of this, but I can’t really avoid other humans, so I have to deal with it.
However, I harboured that fear, and my anxiety (or PTSD, as the counsellors say) for a very long time before I even had the courage to say that I had a problem. It festered, and my fears became worse with the fuel from my imagination.
So, my recommendation is to GET BACK ON THAT POLE, because you’ll prove to yourself, slowly, that you can keep doing it, and that you will not necessarily be hurt if you do. You could take precautions, like learning techniques to save yourself if you slip out of any position- it CAN be done.
I’ve fallen from the pole from a CAR, actually the first time I ever tried it. I’m now slowly practicing that move again- I love it so much, it’s so graceful when done right! So, I’m gonna keep plugging away, and prove to myself that I’m not gonna get hurt from it again.Um, sorry that was so long 😉
TL;DR: Recognize that this is a sport and injury can happen. Get back on the pole and don’t let your fears take over your love for it!
And as for the embarrassment… I think that no one, ever, will laugh at you for something like that! -
I had previously started this one, but couldn’t continue (moving really did a number on me!) but… I’m gonna start up again! Yeah!
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I do some weight training when I can (nothing major, though, I don’t do conventional gyms), I also do a lot of rock climbing- that definitely helps! Grip strength, shoulders, chest, back, and legs. It’s an awesome workout.
I’ve also been sort of waiting for the weather to get a little better (Please please please!) so that I can go outside and start hooping again… and spinning my staff, and my poi! I’m not sure if they’ll help with pole, but… it’s movement and I consider that a good thing.
I’m hoping to get into yoga soon, too! -
Well, as much as my glutes are feeling some of the pain, it’s mostly located in my outer quads, which are the muscles that should be pulling my legs outwards in the first place… they just apparently don’t like to do it? They’re fine until the going get’s tough and I’m trying to go just that little bit further into the splits. :/
At this point, I’m shuffling my legs back with my arms. It works, but I’d rather be a bit more… uh, graceful 😉 -
I would say to practice the arm placement, and taking your weight, on static first, and then transitioning into spin. The momentum could throw you off, and I think if you haven’t got an awesome hold, it might pull on something you don’t like.
From the video, I’d say her shoulders are very strongly engaged and she’s creating tension by pulling her back into the pole with her arms. Top arm has the hold on the inner elbow, but the bottom arm is on the bicep and the inner forearm. Sort of like the difference between a knee pit hold on an outside leg hook, and the thigh/calf hold for an inside leg hook 🙂
That spin looks AWESOME, but I can only imagine the crazy core strength needed! -
I can look into the magnesium, though I’m pretty sure that is included in my “meal supplement” that I take every morning (though not as an actual meal supplement).
Foam rolling I do on occasion… for the thighs, it’s either very difficult, because I can’t get myself close enough to the ground to actually rest my inner thigh on the foam roller, and on the outside, it hurts like the dickens. It REALLY hurts. So… that’s why I only do it on occasion. -
No insult taken! 🙂 And I tend to miss some internet slang! lol
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Also, that video… is way too advanced for me! I don’t quite have the flexibility for a full bridge yet, let alone something like a scorpion. I’m still working on my chest/elbow/shoulder/hand stands, too. They kind of freak me out.
This is often what I find. Even with Veena’s back flexibility routine, some of them are just impossible for me, because I can’t put my leg all the way back behind me, yet!
I’m going to review some more stretches, though. I suppose it makes sense that I would have more stretches for my back, just like I have more for my hips and legs.