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yeah, i totally have ceiling envy!

i want to move out and into a new place *just* for higher ceilings so i can have more pole space for tricks! unfortunately, i had bought my flat before i started pole, and i can't afford to upgrade yet, and it doesn't make sense to buy a place just for pole.

but i'm definitely day dreaming and always checking out flats with high ceilings and saying: "i want to live there"… 🙂

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Teddy (and there seems to be a range of 'Teddy' moves: <A HREF="http://poledancedictionary.com/moves/?q=teddy">http://poledancedictionary.com/moves/?q=teddy</A&gt😉

Yogini (<A HREF="http://poledancedictionary.com/moves/?q=yogini&quot; http://poledancedictionary.com/moves/?q=yogini</A&gt😉

Rocketman (<A HREF="http://poledancedictionary.com/moves/172/rocketman/"&gt; http://poledancedictionary.com/moves/172/rocketman/ </A>)

One handed spins, e.g. flying body spiral / reverse grab (<A HREF="http://poledancedictionary.com/moves/171/reverse-grab/"&gt; http://poledancedictionary.com/moves/171/reverse-grab/</A&gt😉

 

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@ yella bunny: i think it's open to all now?

it seems like you can just sign up.. check out their website!

 

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@ Rixi: when you say healing time was 2 months and no rigorous exercise for months after that… when could you go back to poling? (spins, conditoning/pull-ups; and when for inverts and other stuff)

and when you say you got the bikini cut so your muscles were not cut… does that mean that you didn't lose ab strength from muscles being cut? (ie. the strength lost was just the typical strength loss from not working it out instead of your muscles being extra weak from being cut?)

x

 

 

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this might be a strange question to post here (esp since i'm not even pregnant at all)… but when you say you're returning to pole post partum 10 weeks… is that with natural birth or caesarean?

does one of them have a longer / shorter recovery time and how it will affect your ab strength (presumably with caesarean it will take longer to recover?)

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are you looking up at the pole to see where your legs need to get onto the pole? that might be keeping you from leaning back and lifting your legs up?

when i started learning inverts (and now when i'm learning shoulder mounts), i kept being paranoid about whether my legs would miss the pole, so i kept looking at the pole and not  letting my head drop back and upper body lean back, so it was easier getting the hips over the hands. but after my teacher spotted me several times and told me to just trust the pole to be there and my legs to get onto the pole, it got much better for me 🙂

and yeah, i start off with my hands as low as possible, usually next to my shoulders, to make it easier.

good luck! 🙂

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this may be a silly idea… but maybe it's just a function of the weather that you're slipping?

even in summer / autumn, there are some days when my pole is just super slippy and I can't stay on at all (or have to exert *much* more strength and effort than usual to stay one), even if i've been poling regularly (once or twice a week).

as it has gotten colder and the humidity etc. has changed (i'm in London), the 'slippy' / 'bad pole days' have increased… just because it takes longer to warm the pole, longer to warm my body, the pole and my body gets colder more quickly, and the pole is just more slippery than usual even when warmed up.

i don't think you should be too hard on yourself after a long break. and start from spins/strength exercises/dance. and i agree with the others who have posted that you should ask yourself about what motivates you and discourages you about poling, and then the answer to 'to pole or not to pole' should become clear.

good luck! 🙂

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i think you should try to do all the moves on the left / weaker side as well when you do conditioning and training – especially for conditioning. e.g. pull ups with right hand on top first, then with left hand on top.

maybe for training on tricks, just do it on the 'usual' side first until you get confident, then learn it on the other side (since learning new tricks is hard enough without having your weaker side hold you back!)

my usual studio does everything on one side, and recently, i've tried out another studio where everything is done on the other side, and it was a shock to the system.. i struggled even with a simple invert at the start (where to put the legs etc.), so my progress there is lagging significantly behind my regular side. but it's great physical as well as mental (trying to get your mind and body to co-ordinate in a different way) challenge, and i think a great way to balance out the body! 🙂

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re: https://www.studioveena.com/users/view/4e9ba839-fa60-4c04-9684-45d50ac37250 : yeah i have an X-pert, with X-joint

will try your suggestion as well.

thanks! x

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I basically tightened all the visible screws which i could see (excluding any that required climbing the pole)… sounds like there are some hidden screws?

will look for them and see if that works.

x

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i've also emailed them about my order, and got a reply saying that they are in the process of shipping and i should receive my tracking confirmation within the next 48 hours.

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i had a problem like this several months back as well while learning the chopper. it started with a pain which seemed like it came from somewhere between my rib cage and shoulder blade. at first it just hurt when i sneezed or coughed, and soon it started hurting even when i was just breathing,

anyway, i went to see an osteopath, and apparently it was just a sprained rib. some of my rib joints got stuck and she helped me get it unstuck.

i think it helped that the osteopath was a poler herself so understood the type of tricks we were doing and the kind of positions / strains our bodies were under.

if you visit a regular osteopath / chiropractor / physio, you probably need to do more explaining on the mechanics of the tricks you do etc. so he / she can understand and diagnose the problem better.

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My main studio has classes that are 2 hours long and up to 3 per pole (although quite often it ends up being 2 per pole, when some girls don't turn up to class)

I also attend a studio where classes are 1 hour long, and it's 1 per pole.

Agree that the class length correlates with the number of people per pole.

I think on average, I prefer a longer class length with more girls per pole, especially at more advanced levels, for the following reasons:
1) I get a break between the moves when I need to rest and catch my breath anyway
2) If the instructor is busy with someone else and I want to try a move that I'm not super confident on, I can ask my pole partner(s) to spot me and/or keep an eye out for me

Even the 3-per pole dynamics doesn't work out too badly, because there are girls of different sizes in the class, and it can sometime be safer for 2 girls (instead of 1) to spot a girl who is doing tricks, since we students are not really trained to spot anyway.

My 1-per pole class is a bit more intense. 

But often when we're learning a new trick and I'm not confident in trying it out without spotting, then I find I'm just standing around waiting for her to free up, or asking someone on another pole to spot me. But then the class is much shorter, so I feel that I'm missing out on real 'learning' time. Having said that, 1-per pole is good if you've already learnt a trick and you're just practicing them or doing conditioning or praticing the routine.

So maybe you could have different class size / numbers per pole / class lengths for different types of classes: tricks, vs. conditioning, vs. routine.

But I agree with HannahElizabeth, it's probably best to ask your girls directly through a survey.

 

 

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i've tried watching this video (clicking on the link and also searching on youtube) on the iPad, but can't seem to watch this video. But it works when I try to view it from my laptop.

has this happened to anyone else (has anyone tried watching it on the ipad?)?

thanks!

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ooh i didn't know there was a name for them.

mine come and go. i always assumed that they appear because i've gained fat around the hips from eating too much, and i'm happier when they disappear. i didn't realise they are "desirable" / a result of exercise.