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@ empyrean – I am on a mac and cannot see your video as it comes with a message error. If I get the details, it seems to be associated with a java plug in.
@masked loopy – Yay! You totally did it! Your pole does not seem straight, though, so I watched your video with great concern for your safety lady. Maybe better put it up again?
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Wow, ladies, awesome results!
Vipergal, your story is particularly impressive!
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I think the first album I bought was A-ha's "stay on these roads". Haven't listened to them since the 80s with all the LPs, synths… will have to find the songs in mp3 now and chose one to dance to. A challenge, but fun!
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Hi MissKitty, I understand your disappointment.
It's a matter of personal preferences, but would personally go for the 45mm. I have a 50mm pole, but my hands are quite small so I would definitely prefer a smaller diameter to play with. This site, even, has 45mm as their "default" selection.
Best of luck!
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I am a 30 E (UK) so I also have trouble finding good sports bras…
My favourites are shock absorber's. They do have some with underwire that are pretty and have some without wires too. They have levels and specialties so you can chose your bra according to the level of impact your activity require.
The only down side is that they can be pricey.
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Oona's performance in this video is one of my favourites as well. I just cannot believe she came second – I am blown away by it every time I see this video. The lines, the music, the story – it is just perfect.
I find some of these performances so perfect, though, that they intimidate me. I am often inspired when I see regular folk progressing beautifully, getting stronger, or people who do very few tricks but seem to float around.
I also find Michula's strength and classy slow movement jaw dropping. She never tires me.
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@ pink.bubbles – I am also looking forward to what people might say about this post. I too have been injured stretching and got confused over contradicting advice. Now, I try to follow what is safe and is explained in terms of being safe. I got Bob Cooley's book and got happy about the control you are supposed to have when doing resistance stretching and the safe aspect of it,
@ madfelice – had a look at their page and got interested – will check it more carefully later on.
Best!
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Fantastic interview! Great job in presenting pole in such a positive light – as people said, Phaedra and Tiggie gave great answers and the presenters/interviewers were also quite nice.
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I like galaxy better.
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Great to hear of the many success stories here and the positive take on the less successful ones as well. I, myself, haven’t really been able to stick to the challenge. I had to go to the US and Europe for work in September and October and traveling for long periods of time made it impossible for me to keep an exercise routine and diet. I haven’t put any weight on and I am ok with my body, but I was looking forward to getting back to pole and accomplishing more. I am now back home but ill with the flu, so I will see if I can at least try to get some results in November. As velvetvixen said, maybe smaller steps can still be accomplished. Good luck to all of you!
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This is truly a pity. I felt sorry for Rafaela too – such a strong performance and in the very end she could not do the spatchcock. I hadn’t seen Jenyne’s performance earlier but her fall broke my heart too – she was fantastic as usual. I hope organizers start doing something about cleaning the poles after these episodes – falling from the pole can be very dangerous and competitors push their bodies to the limit when performing, you definitely cannot risk a person’s safety like that.
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I was in complete awe with her performance.
There are lots of talented dancers but she is so unique and she has pushed the boundaries of pole dancing. I admire her and her style and I am very glad she got rewarded this time. -
Pole has helped me to fight depression and anxiety.
First, exercising helps producing nice well being chemicals, but at the time I was having serious anxiety spells and was very depressed, it also forced me out of my house to take classes and the classes created an environment which also helped because I was surrounded by friendly women (even if you do not have the classes, there is a community out there and even this forum can be pretty helpful, I believe). I also liked the fact that you feel a sense of achievement once you start being able to do more stuff with the pole, so it can give you both goals and rewards, and that is pretty good for depression as well.
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I was out of the country on a business travel, so I could not keep up with the challenge the way I would do it from home. I did try to get enough water and fresh fruits, but I guess I was a bit under my goal. I did not pole at all, but I walked a lot and managed to drop half a kilo so far, so it was not too bad. I’ll try to get back to the goals now that I am back home.
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Hi,
I also have started tracking my goals using goalhappy (not in English, though, so I won’t link it here). I have accomplished most of my weekly goals even though it hasn’t been a week since I started. I also found that tracking my water intake has helped me and I am drinking more water.
I have gradually gotten back to the pole and have made some progress – I feel that delicious post-workout muscle awareness and I am happy with it. I have also stretched and am getting closer to the splits.
My only problem was my food intake – it was too darn hot and I had more than my share of ice cream.
Hope everyone is doing well!