amelia2000
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I feel you, being hospitalised for 2 months must have been hell. I had to stop pole/lyra at 30 weeks of pregnancy with baby #2 as I strained my abs- I was so annoyed with myself not being able to do dance after that- every time I tried to even just do conditioning I got paranoid I’d pulled a muscle again.
Baby #2 is 3 months old now, and 3 weeks before he was born I had to go to hospital as they thought I might have had preeclampsia. So I was in for observation, checking blood pressure, CTGs 3 times a day, urine and blood tests. It was frustrating as I felt fine and hospitals are boring if you feel fine. Luckily I was allowed to go home, but did have to keep going back to hospital for extra blood tests.
I can understand your frustration at not getting your weight back. I was never skinny, after baby #1 I got down to 60kg and I looked good, had the beginnings of a sixpack… I’m 7kg away from that aim now.
Actually getting full workouts as a mum is an achievement in itself.
I’m on maternity leave with baby #2 and breastfeeding. Sometimes he sleeps while I train (less often), usually he lies on the floor or in his bouncer watching. But he doesn’t always lie happily long enough for me to get a good workout. Then on weekends when my 2 year old is home from nursery it’s juggling his feeding patterns with her, keeping her off the pole long enough for me to train AND stopping her from doing inappropriate things to her little brother (feeding him playdough, jumping over him etc). She isn’t interested in the pole when I’m not using it, but sometimes when I want to pole, she wants to as well. Luckily not always.Getting rest days in between training sessions and/or cross training is important. I noticed this myself a couple of weeks ago, squeezing in an extra training day on the day after an intense session on the grounds that I would be going to my parent’s the following day and not poling for a week. The extra session wasn’t as good (not as pretty, not as much stamina).
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@Micheru that’s not good, hopefully someone else can give feedback on the Xpole one then!
I already have the ceiling mount for the Xpert so not looking to change to Lupit. -
Thanks Veena!
That sounds safe enough, I will think over whether I think it’s worth the extra money 😉
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@Brittanyshanah1663 you can extend the legs on Xstages and weight them down with sandbags to make them more secure.
I feel safe on mine without extended legs and without sandbags, but I’m only intermediate and train only on spinning so I’m not throwing my weight around it as much as other people probably do 😉
But agree with Serzi, the stage part is annoying. But on the otherhand, your heels aren’t ruining your floor. We have wooden floor which I am worried about walking over in my heels as it’s a rental.
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Got back yesterday from staying with my parents for a week. Managed one outdoor workout session while I was there doing body weight training.
Today was my first pole session since Wednesday last week. My two year old daughter was home, as she didn’t want to go to nursery today after being off for a week, so today’s session got cut short when she started stepping over her baby brother. Will try to post a video later from today’s session!
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Squeezed in a pole session on Thursday, yesterday was a rest day with just 12km cycling.
Poled today as best I could, but my 2 year old daughter was trying to hog the pole and delegate me to the TRX. Surprisingly, when I said I wanted to film myself, she was ok with going back to her own toys.
Slowly building my strength back up again. I’m starting to be able to do a slow spinning invert, and I can do an invert from a climb again as well (only on my good side though). Working on making everything look pretty at the moment more than bagging tricks. Can manage 3-4minute freestyles too, so quite pleased with where things are going, considering I took a break from October to February. -
This is a great idea!
Managed to squeeze in a short training session today and yesterday, half floor training (plank variations mostly) and half pole.
Still building up my strength postpartum and baby is 10 weeks old, so it’s tricky to squeeze training in between nursing sessions. Currently working on climbing spinning freestyles and getting back to where I was polewise a year ago. -
40mm would probably be best if you have small hands.
I have a 40mm pole as my hand grip is the weak link in my poling, and I do lyra too and prefer a smaller diamter of tube on that too (my first lyra was 34mm but I now have a narrower one, 28mm if I’m not mistaken.
For me, Tite Grip works against sweaty hands. -
This thread has left me unsure of my next pole. I was convinced I wanted powder coated 40mm- I’d never considered brass as is more expensive…decisions, decisions!
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I used to use mine outside in the UK all year round (coldest temperature was I think around 5 degrees) just not when it rained, but we were living on a canal boat at the time and it was my only option (I was also working outside so weatherproof). So possible depending on how outdoorsy you are and whether you have a garden or somewhere very close to put it up. And how flexible you are on time as you don’t want to put it up in rain.
We now live in a 3rd floor flat so I rarely use it outside now but mainly because of the stairs and the walk to the nice part of grass and keeping my 2 year old occupied without her running away BUT we’re moving into a house with garden soon so am looking forward to using it outside more again 🙂 I don’t like using mine inside as our ceilings are imo too low (2.6m) and feel too restricted and focus on pole inside instead.
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The lowest I’ve put mine up was probably about 8ft. Tbh anything lower would be too low.
If you have a garden you could put it up there. I used to use mine exclusively outside and put it up/took it down every time, it’s easy to put up and take down. It’s putting it in the bag which takres the longest lol
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About climbing with a low ceiling, try starting the climb from kneeling. You need more strength to start it as you can’t jump to help (I know you should only lift in anyway, but we’re all lazy sometimes) as you have to lift, and is harder to get momentum.
I used to have my pole under a 2m ceiling so know the feeling. -
You might be able to via ebay, or ask your friends in class if they want them?
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Hair spray helps me if my legs aren’t sticking enough, and shaving foam is supposed to help as well (doesn’t help me).
Also you can try different temperatures- a colder pole room might suit you better than a warm one or vice versa.
I use Tite Grip, which didn’t seem to work to start with, but then I realised that I wasn’t letting it soak in long enough, and now when I use it I put it on for my warm up so that it has enough time to soak in.