Shellectra
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Whoops, thanks Empy! So maybe just vinger mixed with water? or straight white vinegar in a spray bottle? *hides glass cleaner*
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Thanks chem! My pole arrived and still currently is extremely tarnished then cos its a dark bronze color LOL
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Does anyone know if brass should become a much lighter color after using a brass cleaner on it?? I tested "Brasso" on the very top of my brass xpole (where I never grip) and it made it go from the normal deep goldy bronzed color to a light gold color! It made me assume I was taking the brass coating off?
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Are Xpoles brass seriously not all brass? I thought they were, thats why I got one!!! I tested out cleaning it last night with "Brasso" a brass cleaner, and I used it right up the top of the pole where I never grip. Well it ended up taking the deep brass bronzey color off and underneath is a light silvery/goldy color with NO GRIP at all! So they must be coated! you can't even use brass cleaner on them!!!
Xpole do have bad customer service I have heard from 2 other friends who had to communicate with them 🙁
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I can do other advanced moves like TG handsprings, carthweel and handspring mounts, ayshas and floor handstand holds but still cant get the pencil mount!!! Grr lol
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Hmmmm!!!
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Yes the jade is one of my can't do moves!!!! I just CANT stay on the pole in that position I slide right down 🙁
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I'm in Melbourne also and yes also hurt my back recently too! i pulled a muscle up the top near my shoulder blade, and it caused minor nerve damage down my arm. 6 weeks later the nerve stuff is gone and i feel great except sometimes i feel a bit tight in the upper back area after poling. I think there isnt much to do to speed recovery except lots of rest, and in my case I got given some exercises to get me used to engaging muscles lower down in my back so my upper ones dont take all the load when im upside down. did the physio give u some similar exercises? trying to pole when injured though will just make it take longer to heal, trust me, i tried to pole during my 6 week recovery and my body wouldnt let me, arm would buckle under me etc..
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I've been off the pole (mostly) for a month now cos I pulled a muscle in my upper back and it caused minor nerve damage down my left arm 🙁 It meant i couldn't hold myself up in advanced split grip holds etc cos my arm was actually weaker from the nerve damage! My advice would be stay off the pole as long as they tell you to so you heal, I really struggled with it for the first few weeks and kept trying to pole and it only made my problem worse. Now that I've not had a pole session except for testing out my arm strength every few days my nerve damage seems gone and no more pain 🙂 So rest is the key!
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I find leg grips a bit trickier on my brass pole too but I have gotten used to it! The biggest issue I had when I got it was yes I had GREAT hand grip in terms of slipping DOWN the pole, but I would suddenly drift sideways AROUND the pole with my hands, putting me off balance in split grip ayshas, elbow grips etc!! It actually worried me a lot but I actually forgot I had that issue now – I think I've accustomed myself to holding myself a bit different 🙂 In terms of grip I barely wipe my brass down and haven't even cleaned it to get tarnish of cos it hasen't tarnished. I wipe it with glass cleaner. I loooove my brass so much 🙂
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Thanks for the comments guys!! I haven't felt any nerve tingling for a few days now and tested out if I could hold myself in a split grip just once and I could! The lower arm felt a little weaker than normal or maybe I just don't trust it, but I feel happy now that I know I haven't really lost much strength in 3 or 4 weeks 🙂
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What do you do with the foam roller before you do the splits nikki? I use mine and kinda roll over it for 20 seconds with firstly the underside of my upper thighs, then I lie on my side with leg bent and roll the hamstring as much I can on either side, then I dont kno what else to do lol
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Yeah it took ages to go away! but it was never bad enough for me to do anything about, and only hurt if I had the leg in front in a split, so I just avoided doing that and never felt it otherwise! Oh except for one day after trying to make it the front split leg and I could feel a tight pulling of the hamstring the next day at work, but when I made it my back leg I never felt it again except if I tried to make it the front leg if that makes sense. Now if I try it's gone (the pain is gone) but the flexibility is less so I just let it be the back leg now, lol. Moral of the story for me was warm up b4 stretching!!!! And yes I got a foam roller and love it
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I did the exact same thing trying to get my front splits (still trying!) and had a sore hamstring right up near my butt for months, I'd say 3 months, but now its totally pain free. It was my right leg and it was fine stretching it with that as my behind leg, so it taught me to go lower in the splits with my left leg forward (which is now my preferred way). The hamstring never hurt if that leg was the behind leg but I couldn't have it out front
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I got forearm grip first but now feel safer in an elbow grip – not sure if that's weird!! I like that in an elbow grip I can hold my body out further from the pole, I feel stable that way, whereas with forearm grip I am kept closer to the pole and feel like I might tip backwards (which I did a lot when learning, oops)
Split grip aysha seems impossible to begin with but once you find your 'center' of balance its easy!!! I got it in a few months after elbow grip. Actually learning the cartwheel mount into aysha helped cos you start with split grip and kick up into position and this helped my body learn where to stop and hold. I couldn't learn where my center was from just inverting and getting into split grip from there (maybe im weird). I can do it from an invert now but only cos I learnt from a cartwheel how to find my balance