chemgoddess1
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This is not an easy move. Can you handspring? Can you Ayesha? Can you lower into the move from an invert and get your balance? If you cannot then pause. Do you have the flexibility in your shoulders to do this move? Can you pretzel? Can you twisted ballerina? If not pause.
Here are some good tips but I also urge you to search this forum about the dangers of twisted grip lifts/handsprings.
http://aerialamy.com/blog/2011/11/01/tuesday-tips-twisted-grip-handspring-from-the-ground/
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I am one of the backwards ones who can straight edge until the cows come home but once I fold the body in half I have balance issues. And as I stated before, it is because I have really long legs and a really short torso.
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Yes….they can be quite amusing at times!
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Deadlifting into what?
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Google bodybuilding.com rumble roller and read through all of the posts from guys who lift. That may give you some better information (if you can get past the brotelligence).
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I have not seen those before!
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I forgot to add that you can get to trigger points easier with the nobby ones too.
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I have heard more people who say they LOVE their nobby roller. It has the ability to get into some crevices (say your back and shoulders) more so than a standard foam roller and due to the smaller footprint of the nobs can exert more psi.
Here is some info from RumbleRoller: http://www.rumbleroller.com/faq.html
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You do not have to have FB to see it. The picture is public.
Also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhDQzOk4weM&feature=c4-overview&list=UUup79MtZnWP_SCAHeVlmzdQ
Not sure if this will work
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http://aerialamy.com/blog/2012/05/24/from-the-archives-elbow-grip-ayesha/
The biggest thing that made it "click" for me was to bring my arms closer together and in essence it pushed my body further away form the pole. When my body is close I fall into the pole because my legs are heavy. I will also add that I cannot do forearm grip on this move nor have I found a sweet spot for split grip.
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I HATED this move when I was first learning. It was not until I watched the Vertical Dance dvd that this move finally "clicked". In that dvd they teach you to only concentrate on lifting the leading leg, the second leg will instinctively follow. It is the same type of thing as you do with fan kicks. I am also like Autumn who is better at split grip on my opposite side.
Rune also has a good comment with the hollow C.
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1. Come to NC
2. Get into split grip ayesha
3. Have me spin you
4. Have me let go
5., Repeat
I could have sworn I had seen you do this on spin in the past!
I can't remember but you are able to get into ayesha from caterpillar right? For some reason I am thinking of a night where one of those you could do from cartwheel but not from invert. How are you with the other grips on ayesha? Can you work on spinning invert to ayesha and get comfy with that before trying handspring/cartwheel?
BTW, how is your TG lift going? We seriously need to set up a skype jam!
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An X pole will NEVER free spin with just a hand flick. They never have. However when you are on the pole it is very different.
I can think of 2 possible things, first is that you have over tightened the pole. Second is that one of your bearings was not manufactured correctly. There are 2 bearings on the pole, one on top and one on bottom. If those do not move smoothly then you may have a crimped or defective bearing. I know the following image is not the typical ceiling dome but it will give you an idea of what you need to look at. In the center you see concentric circles, that is the bearing. That should be able to be moved easily with just your fingertip with almost no effort. There is one in the dome and one on the bottom of A pole. Check both of them.
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I have been on PS brass but not on X so I can comment a bit. First I will ask, have you ever poled on brass before? I happen to dislike it in a ridiculous way. I cannot stand the smell of brass and it is an all or nothing for me in terms if grip. There is no happy middle ground.
1) X is no longer a matte-is finish. They are both polished now.
2) The X joints are redesigned and no longer have the slippage issue. The only time you will still see posts about this is people who have already damaged their pole from the original design or those that still have the old style joints.
3) PS redesigned their multipiece pole a few years back. There was a compounding of issues, one was the threaded section was not very big and two the threaded section was very thin. While I do not have pictures of one that it happened to I personally have seen a pole that this happened to. (BTW, PS blamed the studio owner and would do nothing because the multipiece "is not designed to be used in a studio").
4) Can't help as the old PS poles that I had been on were not recently manufactured and I think they are quite different now.
5) The spinniest pole on the market is Poledanzer. I want to say the PS is spinnier than X and that is all of their poles.
6) I believe that you have several inches (maybe 6-8) that a single piece can be adjusted. I have too many friends that have owned the multi piece PS and have had issues since day 1, and I am talking even fairly recent purchases (but not brass, stainless). I will also note that for the most part PS customer service AFTER PURCHASE still sucks. And I mean BAD. They had a good thing going when Erica (I think) was there however she is no longer with the company. And yes, the single piece is just that. a single piece. You can have a machine shop cut it shorter for you however you will never be able to make it longer than the 6-8 inches that is built into the pole.
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Sunshine!!!!!!
Webby hit one very important point, you have to understand your business and business in general to make anything successful. I cannot tell you how many people I have talked to in this industry whose biggest frustration is people not being professional. Look at the pole drama thread that has been going on. How many people have called a studio and not gotten a call back? How many have had classes cancelled on them? How many have been treated poorly when they walked in the door? There are so many that really need to take a class on professionalism and on basic business practices. Even the most water tight business plan can sink if you are unprofessional.