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For me, it was more-or-less when I owned my own pole! I had been taking classes, and decided I would do it at home as well.
It's been a long time since classes have actually been available to me, and a long time since I bought that pole… and, through all the hiatuses and such, I still call myself a Pole Dancer 🙂
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Floorwork always feels a bit clunky to me, too! But, I don't practice it much, so… yep, serves me right 😉
Aerial Amy's blog is awesome, and it took me a little while to realize just how awesome it was. She's helped me with a lot of moves and a lot of the mentality of dancing. She always seems to put up the right help for moves that I'm struggling with!
Glad to hear you're feeling better about it with practice 🙂
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I wouldn't say it'd be good directly before a workout… it's like chugging a big glass of water! You might get a little sick too close to working out.
I just drink it in the morning, have a bit of food, and it works out well. It provides me, mainly, stuff that I don't get in my diet, and helps me fill in the deficit of Iron. I really notice when I don't drink it, I get very tired all day. I don't really think of it as a "meal replacement," more like a diet enhancer for me 😛
The increase in energy and stamina and stuff is more overall- I don't get a burst like I would with caffeine.
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30 days notice is perfectly reasonable, and you NEED to be warm! You aren't hurting anyone by choosing to take care of yourself.
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Webby, do the cities laws not state that, if one is owning a house, it must stay above freezing temperature?
I know that, up here in Canada, we have to keep our homes properly insulated, if not heated, because if the pipes freeze they can screw up the pipes connected to them. Thus, the city must dig them up and replace them. It's part of the landowner's responsibility to keep an eye on it.
But, you are correct… being just a friend sharing a house and helping with expenses, rather than a tenant with a lease, negates much of the rights and responsibilities one would normally expect :/
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I agree with Webmaster- do you have a lease? Or can you give your notice when you want to?
Personally, I've done the house with no heat, I've done the "trying to deal with it" thing, and it sucks. You're human, and there are certain things you need! Shelter is something that is meant to protect us from the elements, and that includes cold.
As landlords to ANYONE, they need to know their responsibilities, and one of them is to provide you with a working, proper home if you are their tenant. If your refrigerator were to break, would it just be "Oh, we don't have the money for a new one"?
As nice as your place may be, as kind as your friends are, or any other reason you have to stay… I think that you should look into moving elsewhere. I know, moving sucks (I'll be moving for the 3rd time this year, soon), but you need a place that works for you, provides you what you need, and that you feel safe and comfortable in.
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I'm just gonna leave this here…
http://aerialamy.com/blog/2011/08/23/tuesday-tips-kneeling-floorwork/
Basically, you need to press into the floor with the whole bottom leg, use your weight in such a way that, if you're on just your knee, not all of your weight is on it, and you aren't hurting yourself!
Your knees are sensitive things (I know this, I've had a chronic problem with them since I was 14, and it's slowly clearing up now at 27!), and if you place them down wrong with too much weight, you can move the kneecaps in the wrong ways, or even hit a bundle of nerves and really tweak it. It hurts a lot!
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I would love to beta test! I've got the time during the day (or night, in my case) to really dig in 🙂
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Wow, sounds like you've had a really rough time! I'm sorry to hear that you've been sick, and that your back is being mean to you.
I've had my share of issues with sticking to my pole- after 5 years, I still haven't gotten further than a cross knee release, and only recently gotten my basic invert (in the last 6 months or so).
What this sounds like, though, is a series of unfortunate things. From being sick to back pain, I think you've done the right thing in taking it easy and not taxing your body.
Getting over colds and things can be a very long process- I recently had one that lasted about 4 weeks as well. It really sucked!
However, the main reason I reply…
I find that, when getting back into the pole journey after a hiatus of 4 weeks or more, you need to start slowly! The first workout day is going to suck, and you'll probably be sore for a couple of days afterward. It'll be like starting all over again. No strength, no flexibility, tired out really fast and sweating like crazy. That's usually my "first session back!" So, take it slowly in getting back to your workouts, test your strength slowly and see how far along you are. Remember that as you work out, you'll gain quickly at the beginning, through each session. First one will kick your butt, second one will feel a little more normal but less strength, third one you'll probably find yourself improving pretty far, and fourth one and on you'll know what level you're at, and be able to get back into the swing of things.
Be careful with your back. Treat it nice 🙂 You'll be back on the pole in no time!
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As long as it's not a balance problem and it's not somehow damaged, it's fine 🙂 I'm pretty good at ignoring sounds like that, and the squeaking doesn't detract from my fondness for it!
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Haha, never worried about people reading my writing books, so no worries there! It's a strange mishmash of stories, ideas, building and journalling in there.
I'm not really used to the idea of trying to explain a move to myself. I tried, once, to write down some of the moves in Veena's videos, but I ended up with huge paragraphs of which leg/arm/side goes where, and by the time I was done, it wasn't really "get it at a glance" or quick-reminder material.
I like the idea of using pictures to show yourself your goals, and then once you achieve them, putting a picture of YOU doing it! That's a great way of keeping yourself motivated. 🙂
I really prefer paper when it comes to creative endeavors (if ever there was doubt that I'm a writer…), so writing things down like combos on paper would really be helpful to me. I would like very much to have an "at a glance" picture to remind myself of what I'm doing, and then alongside I could write about the move- tips and tricks and stuff. It's just that, when it comes to drawing… I'm really not very good. That's why I was asking about stuff like how to tell front and back, or which limb is which, and where they are going!
For example, if you're trying to explain to yourself how to do a basic invert into a knee hold… how would you do it? What if you had a three or four move combo going? How do you tell yourself where your legs go, where your arms go, what kind of spin you're supposed to get? Longer explanations by the side of pictures are helpful, but what if you want pictures, too?
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My advice? If you love it…
STICK WITH IT.I can't tell you how many times I've done all my beginner moves again so that I know where my strength is, because I've taken a month or two off my pole. Life, lack of space, tiredness, the blerg- they all get in there and try to make you not able to practice. It's all about getting creative to solve those problems!
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It sounds to me like you're trying to get this directly from the plank, and I could see that being particularly hard.
The main thing I would have to say is that you really need to drop your hips similar to the way you would in a CKR, and curl your spine into a C, hollowing your belly similar to a split-grip V lift (or spin), so that when you reach around underneath your bum, you have just that extra little bit of room. You're not trying to go from shoulder right to your spine! If you need to put your arm directly under one buttock, then do so. It's all personal.
The other thing is about your hands. I found very much that I would slide, and I couldn't get a strong grip with my hands in this position. I felt very unstable. So, first of all, you want to make sure you've got your thumb pointing up. People have said "Think of it like sticking your thumb up your butt," and I suppose that's true! The other really helpful hint I had was to switch hands. It seems counter-intuitive, but it will help in trying to pull a little bit with the top hand, so that your weight is evenly spread, rather than putting all of it on your wrist (which would hurt!)
Sometimes it helps to study some of the pictures of people doing wrist sits to figure out what their body is doing; I had to do that a LONG time before getting this move. I noticed that some people tend to wrist sit with their hips a little off-center, and some people really like to have it all aligned. Again, it's a lot about practice.
Give it time, because this move can be really scary for some!
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Hey everyone!
This is a very interesting discussion, and I've got a few points and/or questions for it.
My first would be this: Is the studio perhaps trying to separate itself from the "strip club" origins of pole dance by trying to remove the "sexy" aspect? Is it a single studio holding this competition? Does the studio teach any kind of sexy in their dances or moves? This would all likely go into the decision-making process for them. Not saying it's the correct decision, but all of these things may be factors.
As a counter argument to the whole "professional entertainer" thing… well, I've done burlesque, and most people don't consider that to be "being a stripper." I took my clothes off on stage, but I'm not a "stripper." I have ENTERTAINED on stage, actually in a few different ways, but since I'm not a stripper, I could technically dance in this competition? Doesn't this seem strange, and rather blind to a variety of people's skills and interests, rather than just… stripping? I know a lot of natural entertainers that would easily deal with mishaps on stage, as well as being able to make everything beautiful, graceful, effortless, entertaining.
So that's where I get confused Oo;
Anyways, I hope that this isn't turning into a huge drama for TroubledWaters, because as much as I love to see these discussions going on (and feel that they are incredibly important for us as people, as well as a community), I am hoping that we keep in mind that pole dancing is fun, and that's what we're all here for 🙂
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Funny, because I have found the CKR much more comfortable than the CAR, and my thighs are much of my weight- they're big and strong and able to crush people, apparently 😛
However, it's possible I may prefer the CAR as I practice it, especially since I have a new, grippier, awesome pole 😉
I do prefer the look of the CAR much more, so that may also play into future-me's preference to it, as well!