dustbunny
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That's just not an easy question to answer…here are some things to think about.
You have to find your own "sweet spot", everyone will find it, but it's different for everyone. Once you find the perfect spot, angle, position, whatever, you will instantly notice a big difference!
Also everyone's skin is different, and can take longer or shorter to "get used" to it. It WILL get easier with time and practice though you can count on it. 🙂
One more thing to keep in mind…every new move you learn that has a different grip contact point will hurt just like this until that part of your body also conditions itself to it's new intended purpose. I'm a big baby when it comes to this, and there are/were some moves that I avoided for a while because it just hurt too much! Also if you don't do certain moves for a while, you can lose that "conditioning" and it will hurt again when you try it next.
Pole = Pain but don't be afraid, we love what we do! Keep at it, it is sooooo worthwhile. 🙂
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Hubby and I went to a couple clubs in TO one night. The first place we were at, all the girls completely ignored us! There was next to nothing going on anyway, long waits between stage dances and a pole that was obviously not used for tricks as it was right at the edge of the stage. Needless to say, we didn't stay long or spend very much. So we hopped over to another club on the airport strip and had a good time, it didn't take long for the girls to approach us (I was wearing my stripper heels, so they were like, "ooh, are you a dancer" It's pretty good for the ego, lol) All the girls could at least do a few pretty spins, and there was one who could do quite a bit on the pole. I was impressed, I spoke with her afterwards (while I got a lapdance, first one ever, 😀 ) and found out she teaches the other girls before they get busy. I wished we hadn't wasted so much time at the first club, we would have spent more time and money at the second. Oh well, live and learn. For anyone in or visiting Toronto I highly recommend the Spearmint Rhino.
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I love my kitties! My two pretty "kids" are frequently seen running around in my vids as well. I don't understand the connection myself, but discovered it shortly after finding my addiction. Anyone got any theories? LOL 😛
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I think I may have to join in the fun for this one. February was kinda the month for life kicking me in the face so I could really use a reason to jump back into some fun. I'll have to think about what the first album I bought was though. I'm an 80's child too, so it may have been No Doubt, or Ace of Base, or even some kind of Mix (Dance Mix, or Much Music). I may just pick an old song, whether I ever owned it or not and just have fun with it. 🙂
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One of my first scorpio handstand attempts. I was having a hard time finding the balance point, I got my legs off the pole and fell over backwards, twisting my back as my body went around the pole…not very graceful! I didn't hurt myself badly though I was sore for a couple days. Advil to the rescue! 😉
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Hmmm, I like chemgoddess's suggestions. You could also do some wrist and forearm strengthening and stretching, not exactly a new trick I know, but sometimes you have to stop and build up strength before you can keep moving forward. 🙂
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I'm weird with this one. I can't do it easily from the floor and have trouble holding it for any length of time, but I do it all the time in the air (like pulling up from a gemini hook) and can hold it no problems.
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CAR aka CLR was my nemesis for a long time. I had completely given up. On day, after months and months of ignoring it, I gave it another go and …voila! Still not easy to get into and out of for me but I can at least do it now. I've had a few moves like that, I just put them on the back burner for a while and work on other things, and then suddenly one day they become mine. 🙂
Good luck everyone!
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Veena's lessons are great! They helped me to realize that one reason I was having trouble advancing was because I was taught a lot of the basics wrong at the studio I started at! I used the lessons on here to (at first) re-learn a lot of basic stuff, as well as the strengthening and stretching lessons are GREAT! And now that I am confident that I have the basics mastered, I have been able to get other moves that were completely out of my reach before.
Veena is a great teacher! I havn't had the lessons in a while, so I can't wait to get another membership and check out the newer ones especially the routined! 🙂
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I have found I use the same hand as my low hand for other inverted poses as well. But I still always try both sides.
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I had a huge mental block to get over before I could do a butterfly…I'll tell you the little progression that helped me to get it.
First do a basic invert. I invert with the pole on my right side, so my right hand is below my left. I drop my right hand down to become my low hand. Left hand stays in the same place on the pole, close to my hips. (If you invert opposite me, just switch all the L/R)
I started doing this with a wide split grip (keep it wide so your body stays close to the pole), but many people find the forearm grip more stable and secure. So try both, also try both sides, you may surprise yourself.
Ok, so get your arms into whichever position you choose and this is where I would get stuck…I could not for the life of me make my leg (the one behind the pole, for me it is my left) let go. I felt like I desperately needed it to stay up. So instead of trying to drop the entire leg back, I kept squeezing at the knees, and began by just trying to bend my left leg at the knee and taking my foot off the pole.
It was just enough to help me realize that I didn't need that leg on the pole. Once I did that a few times, I realized that I could drop the rest of the leg. The thought of it didn't scare me anymore, so I did. I bent at the knee first, then slowly released the knee squeeze and dropped the leg behind me.
Butterfly, tada! I hope it works for you too, Good luck. 🙂
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This is not an easy move, I have been poling for a year and a half now, and my chopper is still hit and miss. Oh, I can hit it everytime, but do I get all the way over with CONTROL? Sometimes, but other times I feel floppy and like I'm just dangling. Damn those abs… 🙂 Keep working on it, tucks, and fan kicks will help too.
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First day I got my pole set up, my husband performed a shouldermount on it! It wasn't pretty, it was just brute force and his upper body strength that did it, but it was impressive none the less. 🙂
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I suppose you can do it either way. If your doing it to condition for pole poses/spins you may as well point your toes since that's how you'll be doing it on the pole.
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It is abs, but it's also hip flexors! I have the same problem but this has helped a lot. Here is a good evercise for strength in this area:
Starting position: Sit on the floor in a straddle "V" with your legs straight and spread as far as you can comfortably sit. Sit up nice and tall, back straight, shoulders engaged (sitting with your back to your pole will help you stay straight). Make sure you are not hyper extending your knees at any point (I have hyperflexible joints so this is something I have to concentrate on all the time), engage your quads (top of thighs) and lengthen your hamstrings (back of thighs) to straighten your legs without hurting your knees.
Now for the tricky part…while keeping your legs straight, try to lift one heel off the ground. Were not going for height here, just movement. A centimetre or about half an inch is fine. If you can lift it at all then good for you! The next step is to hold it for a few seconds, and if you can do that then try both at the same time!
When I first found this, I couldn't get a leg off the ground! So don't worry if you can't either, just keep trying. It doesn't take long to see improvement. Now I can lift both up a couple inches and hold it for a few seconds (never actually timed it).