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Well, back in the days prior to Sarah Cretul and the intersection of cirque and pole, didn’t everyone use cup and true grips for Ayesha? Iron X maybe wasn’t such a big deal back then. Chinese pole though has always used cup grip, out of necessity since the pole is thicker, right? And full body flag is by no means a new concept.
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Gaining flexibility for bridges includes stretching the shoulders and hip flexors well as the back. Maybe those would be good places to start?
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Sparrow, what is your issue with the meathook? Are you having trouble with finding the balance or your hips dropping out? I know another issue with the meathook is the feeling of pinching in the ribs becoming overwhelming. Do you have video?
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I just recently looked up my first freestyle that I have video to. I should definitely revisit the song because I love Alanis Morrisette! And I was wearing shoes!
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Good to know! I did not realize that inverting the pole to get that adjuster cover out of the way was no longer an option with the multipiece. I have an old style (all metal, even the plates) PS stainless steel single piece static/spinner.I love it and plan to never get rid of it. But I cannot say the same for the newer multi-piece options.
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How much does spin matter to you? If I were in the market for a single piece spinning/static pole, I would go Platinum Stages. They have the best spin hands down (I really like spinning!)even if the pole bows from being overtightened over time. However, if you need a multi-piece pole, or don’t really care as much about spinning, maybe an X-pole is a better option, I like the adjuster cover much better on the Xpole, and really dislike it on the PS. Though I believe the pole can be inverted?
I have had both good and bad luck with customer service (more bad luck) through PS. I mostly have had quality issues with their multi-piece poles in the past. That has been a few years back though, so there is potential that has changed, but I personally would not go that direction again. Xpole customer service has always been helpful to me. No complaints there.
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here’s a trapeze video illustrating my last post. Easily adapted to pole, just remember that you are turning into your lower hand on the pole. Can also use the upper hand to help pull your hips over.
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Sparrow maybe try getting into it from a regular invert? I found the balance point in meathook on a trapeze and have translated it to other apparatus. I have found that it requires your hips to stay close to your hands, and for a person to be folded at the hips.
If you invert to a straddle, bring the same leg as the top hand over to the other leg without dropping your hips down. Fold hard at the waist, and try it out. Keeping your hips up is usually the easiest way to find a balance point, and also why lifting up into it is more difficult. If this doesn’t make sense to you, I can probably figure out some sort of visual :). Hope that helps!
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While I love both Cleo and Alethea I didn’t think the choreo did them justice, and it would have been cool to see some doubles work. Yes they were both individually amazing, but it wasn’t seamless together. To me, the kiss just seemed gimmicky; like there’s nothing else in the piece to really talk about afterwards anyways. Gotta have a gimmick! 😉
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If and when I ever get an aerial pole, I plan to go with his model, because I need it to be able to travel well.
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Any apparatus maker can fabricate, or a welder. Not sure how expensive shipping is, but Brett Copes with Fight or Flight Entertainment out of Las Vegas builds a sectional pole, so it can ship/travel in multiple pieces (I have seen models with 3′ sections or 4′ sections). I have played on one, and it was awesome. One thing about it though, it’s not made of highly polished mirror finished metal. So it doesn’t feel like an xpole, LM or PS pole. But it was really cool because he has different options for the bottom. Can have a wood platform, or a T-bar, or really, anything you want to connect. One of the first ones he made was connected to a carousel pony!
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I really like ashtanga yoga. With it, I can build heat internally, versus hot yoga. I have tried both, but prefer ashtanga. Though getting a good sweat on almost always feels great to me, no matter what I am doing. Ashtanga is also done in series, so the sequence of postures (asana) is the same for every primary series class you can take anywhere and the series progress from primary through 6th series. Also, if bikram ends up being too hot for you, there are also other yoga options where the room is heated, but not to the level of bikram. So that might be an option as well, if it’s available where you live.
Yoga generally will not be particularly lively. In many ways, even if it’s not strictly for meditation, the postures generally require a lot of internal focus to maintain alignment, etc. (For me, usually to keep myself from falling over)
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I love watching Tanya, she is a fantastic aerialist, performer, and teacher. I actually got to see her perform this piece in a different venue this last fall. Seems like invented apparatus have always been around, but generally the aerial world has been getting more and more visible to mainstream in the last 5-10 years or so. I think the bouncing look has more to do with the rigging than it does with the apparatus, maybe? Sometimes it definitely looks like it is, and others not at all.
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I liked your blog polergirl! Another post along the same lines that I just dug up again here: http://reembody.me/2013/09/10/the-6-most-shockingly-irresponsible-fitspiration-photos/
Sums it up really well for me. I don’t like fitspo. I understand that people look for inspiration and we are always told to “shoot for the stars” as it were, but I feel fitspo usually entirely misses the mark.
And I liked the article that is linked in the beginning from the massage therapist: http://dalefavier.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/what-people-really-look-like.html
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I would probably be careful with wrist conditioning while your wrist is sore and swollen, but here is a link to a blog post with video about 5 wrist conditioning push up exercises that I have found useful in strengthening my wrists for an adult gymnastics class.
http://www.samsrawtruth.com/2011/01/wrist-conditioning-pushup-series.html?m=1
This exercise series comes from Coach Sommer of Gymnastic Bodies. Here are a couple of links to his forum which also provide some good information on technique for these exercises, to make them harder, to make them easier, etc.
https://www.gymnasticbodies.com/forum/topic/54-wrists-endurance-including-wrist-pushups-pt1/
https://www.gymnasticbodies.com/forum/topic/543-question-about-wrist-pain-incl-wrist-pushups-pt-2/