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Have talked & helped some pole studios and other pole businesses, especially this year. Thought about a book but the industry is changing fairly quickly, so a book can in part go out of date quickly. Wanted to also reach the widest audience and various types of pole businesses. So setup a website. Can be found at:
http://PoleBiz.com
It still has a way to go. Adding when I can, have the energy (health issues) & in the mood. All the information is Free and I never plan on charging to view articles. Hoping to develop the Pole industry as a whole which, should help with acceptance by the general public. The articles will also get updated when the need arises so check the dates.
Probably a lot of spelling mistakes & grammar. I welcome all comments, criticisms & suggestions. If anyone has anything they would like to see or can provide would love to hear from you as well.
polebiz.com
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I think it should be said that there are some good, safe instructional videos out there. The problem is, how do you tell the safe ones from the dangerous ones? And there definitely is more dangerous ones or poor ones than good ones. That is why I am on here.
There is a YouTube video from a year ago, still on there. She was making an instructional pole lesson. The girl fell and injured herself. At the end you see her with a cast stating she was not doing it right. There’s an understatement for you!
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Pole Dancing is one of the best overall fitness regimens. One of the reasons I like it being a crazy fitness nut as well as just plain crazy. It can work both sides of the exercise world and often at the same time.
If you go on a walking, bicycle, Zumba or jumping jacks you are doing Aerobic exercise. That is the cardiovascular side. It requires oxygen from your lungs and pumped through your heart. The floor movements, dancing & general pole movement are aerobic. Your lungs or heart reach their limit way before any muscles do but doing aerobic exercise will increase cardio ability so you can dance longer.
If you are doing resistance exercise (lifting weights, push-ups, exercise bands) usually short periods past normal limits then it is anaerobic. It does not use large amounts of oxygen but the glucose in our bodies. The muscles are capable of only so much work at a time for a given resistance.
You might say do thirty bicep curl reps with a 5 pound weight but only do two with a 15 pound weight. Both to failure = Can’t do anymore without injury. It is the failure that is important, because the more you use a muscle past its normal use is when you get the largest anaerobic benefit from the exercise. It is the muscle failure only and the heart & lungs should never be close to being exhausted. That is why when you hear about doing say a set of 25 reps of an exercise, it should be that for a given resistance/weight the 25 reps is your approximate failure. If you do 25 reps but can do many more reps than it is really an aerobic exercise. When you get to around the failure point you will start to feel a sort of burn in the muscle. That is a bi-product of lactic acid which is how your muscles get the energy. Nothing bad. Anaerobic exercise builds strength and lean muscle (Fast Twitch muscle fibers). It also can build muscular endurance (slow twitch). Everyone has both fast & slow twitch muscle fibers just not in the same percentage. Any kind of body weight resistance on a pole is an example of anaerobic and at some point you are using some muscles that weight lifters at the gym do not.
There are some exercises that sort of combine aerobic & anaerobic. Pole dancing is one of those! A Les Mills Body Pump class is another. Running short sprints, kayaking/canoeing. Even then, often there are various points where the failure point is reached first by one side or the other but you are exercising both. Pole Dancing switches between them especially in a long routine.What Phoenix Hunter was experiencing is anaerobic. And obviously she is using the muscles to the failure point. That will work fantastic for her to increase the strength in those muscles.
Everyone has their own strengths, weaknesses & limits. Also in pole dancing, some people are exerting themselves more in their cardiovascular system. Some who are doing more moves that require supporting their body weight are putting the load on their muscle strength. There is an interview on youtube with a pole competitor where she said she created her routine switching between her legs & arms to give each muscle a chance to recover. Like anything else it is not one size fits all. When not doing pole it might be more beneficial for some to do aerobic exercise so they do not tire as quick. For others it might be doing resistance exercise (anaerobic) that will help their pole dancing the most. For a few people on here or in competitions, I am immensely jealous as they seem to have virtually no limits.@I polekat I: Planks are an anaerobic. It is the core & back muscles that fail first. You are right that the shaking is good as you are using the muscles to failure. No Cheating! Planks and other exercise where there is no movement are isometric exercises. Isotonic are where there is movement like in pushups, squats, etc. and the muscle goes through contraction. A squat hold (for several seconds) is an isometric. So a complete of squatting down (Isotonic); holding squatted position for 15 seconds (isometric), and squatting back up (isotonic) goes through both. When I took physical therapist classes, they taught there are some situations especially recovery after surgery where isometric exercises are much, much better. Especially as most do not put undo stress on the joints.
Hope someone finds this useful….
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The shakiness you describe is usually not an issue. Its the weaker muscles reaching their limit during a movement. They will get stronger from this use. Actually it means you are probably using your muscles correctly. You could also do some exercises (probably forearms) on non-pole days.
Think of bicep curls. Very common. You see people throwing their back into it because the biceps are not strong enough for the weight used. They get the weight up because of larger, stronger back muscles. That is wrong as they do not fully use the biceps and get slower gain. Those people do not get shaky in the biceps.
You don’t want to overwork the muscles as you are using them to the current limit but that is the point of strength building. They will get significantly better for you.
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Yes Juicy you are crazy! Aren’t we all?
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In the UK checkout B & Q or Homebase. They are basically the same as Home Depot or Lowes here in the states.
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I have a Lil Mynx pole (StudioVeena) and its great. Can’t get any easier to switch between static & spinning. But sylvia27 asked for one that can be in pieces for shipping and for 11 feet high. Its limited to 10 foot and is a single piece.
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For normal credit card processing through a bank: To issue a refund, it must be done through the same credit card. If they do not have a record of your credit card or ability to electronically retrieve the sale they will in fact need your credit card number. The credit needs to go from their bank through the credit card system (Visa, Mastercard, Discover, etc.) to your bank that issued your credit card. Yes they can issue a refund even though you had the credit card cancelled.
The agreement I used to have with my bank (Wachovia/Wells Fargo) for CC processing required all sales & Credits/refunds done through them. Any violation of that and they would drop me.
Having said that, I think they should have responded immediately. Further, after a large event like Pole Expo they should have been checking messages constantly every day for all issues. It also worries me that they asked for photos of your receipt and credit card info. They should have copies of all sales & receipts and only needed a receipt number or day & time. The credit card number they should have asked for verbally. Some small businesses do not know how to properly handle customer service and this appears to be an example of that. Hope it gets worked out to your satisfaction in the end.
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Maybe this will help:
https://www.studioveena.com/forums/view/Polers_who_Instagram__20130909095105 -
First, I am not here looking for paid work. Internet consulting is my primary business tho. Have worked on the Internet since before websites.
I have an article that might be helpful for some although it needs some updating.
http://webjunk.com/guide-to-starting-your-own-web-siteA few bullet points.
*Your website should work across browsers, OS’s & Devices. If they have to upgrade their browser or you use flash which is not supported on some mobile devices, you already lost them.
*Your Home page is to gain interest further into your website. It should be concise, clear & lead further into the site.
*Your website should always lead to an “Action Item.” Many business website provide a wealth of information but in the end only hope visitors will use the contact information. An action item does not necessarily mean direct selling. Acquisition of contact information can often be more valuable as then you have multiple means of marketing to them directly.
*Your website should not be large in total file size. That includes graphics, videos, etc. Too often people will make a dazzling looking webpage. Those will be too large as many Internet users have connections with slower download speeds. Plus there is still a percentage of people on dial-up.
*Keep visitors engaged. There should be a page dedicated to regular changes that in this case your students will know to visit directly. It can contain images, video, text or news. Just as long as it will interest them. For businesses posts should be either educational or entertaining. As with Social Media marketing, businesses should not just repost the cool pic or article you found elsewhere. Personal pages they are great for, but people expect something more from a business and you will lose followers. Have worked with a number of fitness centers & gyms so this might help a pole studio. We put up posts of the progress (weight-loss, muscle building, competition) of gym members; exercise schedules to follow or exercise of the week; news of the health field. I also have a web-based Trivia game I wrote and for one gym update once a month. You should be asking your students what content they want to see as they are the people you are trying to draw in. They might prefer it through social media. Many especially younger demographics use social media more than visiting websites. Websites to them are for initial info. Of course you can link from social media to the website.Also want to highly recommend that you use Google Analytics. It is free and gives you full tracking capability of your websites usage, audience, visitors activity & how they reached your website. Make sure you setup a Filter to block it from tracking your own website visiting or all the stats will be skewed. I have been helping one person from on here with email marketing and in their Analytics am able to see how successful the email campaigns are for driving traffic to her website.
Especially pay attention to Bounce rate and Exit page.
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Is it possible to move the laptop and webcam (just for testing) to the best spot in the room? If so remember you will need to use the webcam software to zoom out. If that should work, there are USB extension cables. Note: You can go a max of about 16 feet in total USB length.
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Maybe your prize should be a trip to the Abba Museum 🙂
I don’t think Barbados is a good prize regardless. Don’t remember anyone on here from there. But several people are from the Cayman Islands and there are pole studios there. Might be a great Winter trip.
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Sounds like you have multiple things going on.
Your stereo is hooked up to your computer which is hooked up to your Airport Express (I guess for Internet connection)? Does your computer not have wifi?
Also note that most webcams you have to zoom out (for full wide-angle) from the computer’s software. Have you done that? Almost any webcam should give you a much wider field than your Canon camcorder.
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Have you tried a webcam or can you use one? Almost all of them have a wide-angle lens.