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Thanks Anjel…wow! Just watched a few of your videos! Hot hot and inspiring.
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Thanks muchly!!!
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I have the chrome X pert 50 mm. No rough edges at alll…got it in April I think this year? So that’s odd. Never left a mark on me in crucifix other than just normal pole irritation, depending on how used to a certain move my skin is. Any plank type moves are no prob, etc. Can’t speak for taking it down..I just leave it up and it’s a conversation piece, haha. Very smooth spinning, it does grip MUCH better once it’s warmed up a bit…day and night really. I just usually warm up walking around it and stretching and bending with my hands on it and with time I can kind of tell if my hands are too dry, the pole needs a wipe or is okay, etc. I never take it out of spin, so don’t know on that either.
I’d be concerned with the rough edges…there is no way to get scraped on the one I purchased (unless you accidentally touch the spinning ceiling fan..bad idea).
Becky~
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Oh boy..I’m about as flexible as a cinder block. I was cruising You Tube earlier today and found a lot of splits techniques/tips advice under martial arts.
This vid was pretty interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyuND1uHHTU
Thought I would give it a try.
My splits are still so high you can drive a Volkswagon under my butt! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_redface.gif
It’s on my bucket list…
Have a great week everyone!
Becky
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Hiya from Florida…
1. What country are you located in: US
2. What operating system is on your computer: Android 2.2 on phone Windows on home PC
3. On a scale of 1-10 how would you rate the video performance on your computer: 9 Ran very well with DSL. Crisp.
4. What web browser did you use: IE
5. What kind of phone do you have: Motorola Droid
6. Did the video work on your phone: Yes!! Yay
7. On a scale of 1-10 how would you rate the video performance on your phone: 5 Great quality, but much stopping/freezing while it loaded which I blame on my po-dunk cell company. I’m out of a 3G area. Image quality excellent.
8. How does the performance of the test video compare to the performance of current StudioVeena.Com video: It seemed like the audio was a lot better? Like the size of the new window.
9. Please provide any other comments regarding your video experience: The site is so great…love the work you put in to make it better. Much appreciated. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_salut.gif -
A vote from me..I’m 42. You are amazing!! Best of luck Shelly…
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Hey KaySee!!
I’m in NW Florida…husband from outside of Hattiesburg, so a big Southern "howdy" to you. A lot of nice people on here.
Becky~
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Hello..
I’ll pop in with something that worked for me. Fall of last year I needed a hysterectomy for fibroids (or I was told I did). I was 42, my BP with meds was staying at 150+/ 100 and when I agreed to go ahead with the surgery, the snitty receptionist said, "he won’t touch you with a TEN FOOT POLE with your BP the way it is". Wow she was rude. Maybe a good thing. My weight was up, my mood was down..woe is me. The final straw was geting together with friends after Thanksgiving from Jr High school. When I saw the photos of us together I was shocked at how I looked. That was it for me.
I was seeing other doctors (thanks to a herniated disc) and finally a doctor said losing weight will help your back, your BP, yadda yadda. He very specifically told me to stay UNDER 30 grams a fat a day. Work out 45 minutes, 5 times a week. I thought I would last a few weeks and not stick with it, but for some reason I kept chugging along. I live on a farm, and any gym I ever join loses it’s sparkle when I’m already tired and have to drive so far. Well…we live on 36 acres and I decided to walk. We have roads cut through the woods on the back of the property and dear husband mowed out a half mile loop for me. He even planted grass. Well in December I started walking. Just a few laps to begin with. A few steep hills back there, so I would huff and puff and thank goodness for my Ipod. A good jam would come on and I’d tune out the negativity and walk faster. I followed his 30 grams of fat rule and continued my walk in the woods and it all started to work. I’d eat oatmeal, fruit, carmel rice cakes for my sweet tooth and, chicken/fish/chicken/fish. I wonder some days if I will grow gills or start clucking. Lots of veggies, fat-free spray butter, plain Greek yogurt replaced the sour cream on my baked potatos (it’s actually good). Organic skim milk, low-fat mayo or just skip it (a hard one for me) and on and on. Learned how to make the best strips of chicken breasts with wing sauce and eat celery with fat free dressing and it’s just as good.
I started following up at the doc and in a few months I was 9 lbs down. In another 45 days I had lost 12! About six weeks ago I went back and had lost another 9. My BP is perfect, no meds at all now!! All total this year over 35+ lbs and I went from a 12 to a size 6/8 and I’m 5’8. I went again today and walked my 3 to 3.5 miles and it’s just what I have to do. The Veena lessons couldn’t have come along at a better time. We had a BRUTAL summer here in Florida and I was able to start working the pole in on days when it was just too darn hot to walk and I’d find myself in there for sometimes 2 hours at a time and just so determined to fight this back injury and gain core strength and not lose my mind with two very dear, but very ill elderly parents to oversee. Now the upper body strength is coming, my legs are toning up and I love the workout.
Funny thing is I refuse to get on a scale or let them tell me the numbers. I’m too obsessive and my clothes did the talking. Giving away 33 pairs of pants let me know I’m on the right track. It’s finally a lifestyle for me and I plop down every night with a bowl of Butter Pecan frozen yogurt with carmel drizzled on top (probably a fourth of the fat that was in the Ice Cream I used to eat). It’s September today and I haven’t had one fast food burger this year, I don’t drink soda now and when I do steal a few of my husband’ s fries, they just aren’t that great to me anymore. Kind of gross actually.
Hang in there…took me years to find what worked for me and my doc is a huge fan of Sparkpeople.
Wishing you the best…
Becky in FL
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You know I just got this down like a few weeks ago? I studied the videos, watched things in slow-mo and fought and fought, and then it just happened. I was kind of surprised that it seemed like I was trying TOO hard maybe? I wasn’t really expecting to do it, I scooted things around, inside leg hang, and badda-bing I was hands-free in Gemini.
I did the happy dance and was so excited I dragged the hubby off the couch to come and watch. Up I went and did it three or four more times. I thought it would take many months more, so maybe you’ll just pop into it before you know it? Don’t know if that is much help..I’m a newbie, but just continuing to try to find the right position that worked for me finally made it happen.Best of luck with it! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_thumleft.gif
Becky
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And then when I turn the fan off I’m sweatier and more apt to slip, so I can’t win! We have a fan up in every room and I don’t really have much clearance in any of the rooms..
Then so funny to watch videos that people post of their pets passing through while they are on the pole. I was wondering if it was just me! My old cat likes to plop down pretty much right on the base.. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cat.gif My other one just stares at me like I’m a nut.
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Hello..Florida here. Would love to attend. Can’t confirm until closer to the date, but if all is quiet here I’m gonna make a break for it : )
Please keep me posted..
Becky
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Sounds great. Can you keep me posted on this? I’m only 4 + hours from Atlanta and am in town at times. I’d love to participate.
Thanks!
Becky
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Ooooo! I just found these to order and the strap comes off if you like. Best of both worlds:
http://www.shoebuy.com/pleaser-delight-608das/242160/518721
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That is good to know RaquelleStarr. I’ve been trying to decde between the strap/no strap. I thought the strap might help keep them on, but LOVE the slip on because I am lazy : ) Guess I don’t want to break a window with a flying shoe though…
Becky
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Well good..that will give me an excuse to buy some 6" heels. Cause I read it on the forum https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
