calipolepixie
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You can work on floorwork, flexibility, wall dancing, chair dance, sexy walks, hip circles, figure 8's and strength training 🙂
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You can work on floorwork, flexibility, wall dancing, chair dance, sexy walks, hip circles, figure 8's and strength training 🙂
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You will lose weight with pole but adding in more cardio will help with weight loss too.
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Try adding 1 hour of Cardio 2-3x a week. Zumba class is low cost or hula hoop @ home. Weighted Hula you can buy at any sporting goods store for about $20. Also get a cardio workout app on your phone. There are tons of free exercise apps, they’re what I use 🙂 Hope that helps.
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Mine is Calipole pixie
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Yipee! Hopefully you'll join us on Sunday in the Flexines! 🙂
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Btw how the free ones works is first come first serve. So it’s probably best to line up/get there 30-40 mins before workshop start time to get a good spot.
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I'm not taking either of those but they sound GREAT! Don't forget about the FREE workshops, there are some great ones. Jamilla is doing a free stretching on Sat and Sun. And Jeni Janover is doing her new workshop five for floor on Sat for free 🙂 check out some of the other ones too.
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I peel mine off or sometime use my ped egg on them. Then use corn huskers lotion to moisturize the spot where the callus was. Helps a little but I still have rough spots on my hands despite what I do. Ah, poler problems….
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1) Have you lost weight since starting pole dancing
Not through pole dance alone but I know alot of girls have been able to lose significant weight with pole dancing as their only exercise. However, I am one of those girls that has to do multiple forms of exercise in order to lose significant weight. I have to do cardio 2-3x week, weight training, pole and diet/healthy eating constantly in order to lose significant weight. I have lost inches more than weight from doing pole. I have toned up and gained muscle.
2) if so, what did you eat while losing the weight and how many times a week did you pole? I am a low carb dieter have been for over 5 years…I only eat carbs 1x a day(sometimes less depending on my mood) and I eat ALOT of veggies, salads, fruits and drink tons of water & coconut water. I pole 2-3x a week.
3) did you pole just at home, at a studio or both?
I was poling at a studio and doing SV lessons for close to a year but a few months ago I quit going to the studio due to finances and for the last few months, I have been solely learning on my own using SV lessons and other web pole tutorials. I enjoyed the studio lessons and miss it sometimes but I have been progressing well learning on my own with SV lessons and with the support of my friends here on SV and in the pole community 🙂
4) what was included in your lessons and how did you integrate studio veena in your sessions?
When I went to the studio, I enjoyed the group interaction and 1-on-1 help from the teacher but I also had SV lessons while I was going to the studio because it was a great supplement to what I learned in class. Also SV's lessons often taught me things that I DIDN'T learn in class or different ways to get in and out of moves, which I didn't often get in studio classes. In many ways, I found SV lessons more proactive in my progress in pole, than studio lessons.
Last question I have is:
Have any of you had any self esteem issue that pole dancing has cured? Please explain. Would you prefer pole dancing just at home or a studio?I did have self esteem issues–past anorexic and just felt terrible about my body after my 3 rd baby. I had lost all confidence and didn't feel sexy anymore. Pole awakened my sexy, made me feel comfortable in my own skin, it's powerful, addictive and liberating. Pole has made me strong, brave, fearless and proud to be me. I'm special and unique and pole allows me to express who I am and how I feel and that is the most amazing feeling. Pole has changed my life.
Like I said above, I have danced in a studio and learned solely at home. I like both for different reasons, however now as a more advanced poler, I am finding that learning at home and attending workshops occasionally, has been more indicative to my progress 🙂
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I don’t know how I missed this thread before. I am planning on getting my pole cert & GFI early next year. The different pro & con pole cert opinions really are eye opening…
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Yeah I saw this and fell in love. It gave me all kinds of ideas of places & gyms around me where this would make it a lot easier to solicit them to offer pole classes!
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I do Zumba for stamina building & cardio. Strength & conditioning, I have used Veena’s lessons for that & love them but I also use a lot of phone apps for my strength building & conditioning & other exercises. I alternate what I work on each week. I also have a pull up bar, resistance bands, exercise ball, hula hoop & 2 & 5 pound weights that I use as well. Finding the time to fit it all in is the challenge but in the am &/or before bed seems to work best even if you can only manage 10-15 minutes a few times a week, working out something is better than nothing 🙂
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I am so glad that I got the xpert instead of the sport. Even though I don’t practice on spin mode that often, it’s great knowing when I am ready to get serious about learning on spin mode that I have the option.
IMO it’s worth it to get the xpert just to have the option of going from static to spin if you choose to later down the line.