heathalynne
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On spin it looks the same, but on static it's different. Same tumble, different ways to fall, same end. I'll show you next time we see each other! 🙂 You fall to the side, Karol falls forward to the front.
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^ Yeah, HollySatine, it looks more like a headstand than forearm/elbow stand. Your biceps should be parallel with the pole, shoulders/elbows aligned, with hands flat on the floor (see my pic below).
Also I agree with deadlifting into it is way harder than headstand or handstand deadlifting. I lead with 1 leg too. Actually I agree with Tine007, I think only contortionists or super bendy ppl can do this massive task! Hahhaha! I've only seen it twice in person and well… they were both contortionists.
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It looks like Jenyne's tumble and Veena's tumble go sideways from sit to SM dismount. Karol's tumble is different. You pole sit, then lean forward all the way till your shoulder has contact, use double cup grip, then SM dismount.
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Hahhaha reverse fan kick LOOKS easy but boy, it's much harder than it looks. Took me a couple tries to perfect it. One of the Crunch teachers taught us in early August and pretty much everyone, no matter how advanced, had trouble! I think it's using more core and opposite muscles from what we normally use.
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Yep… very unhappy. Not liking how recent feeds aren't automatic.
Its taken me a while to figure this out. Had to change a few privacy list settings with a friend and my husband's account to see what can be seen or not.
The ticker has me pissed the most. Luckily only unrestricted mutual friends can see your comment or like. But if your friend's wall is public, then EVERYONE on your friends list can see your comment. Now you'd have to check the other person's privacy settings before you can comment something…
For the recent feeds, if you create a new list called "Recent Feed" and add all your friends and fave pages to it. It's back in chronological order. That's the closest I could get to the old FB. Time consuming, but worth it.
All the other privacy settings like blocked wall posts, tags, certain albums/pics, posts, and so on are still blocked. I've always had different tiered lists of privacy. But it's so complicated now.
And sadly I don't twitter.
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TEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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All of them take practice and knowing what parts of your body and core to engage.
Handstands – It’s mainly core integration. Ribs in so your stomach and ribs are engaged, tilt your tailbone in, shoulder blades trying to kiss, hands in line with your shoulders. For me, I cannot control lift a straddle into it, but the easiest/sexiest way I can is split kick into it. The more your forward folded, the better.
Elbowstands – It’s important to have your elbows directly under your shoulders, so biceps are straight down. Try either having your hands barely touching making a triangle shape or parallel/staight forward, whichever is more comfortable for you. Then keep walking forward towards your face until you can’t anymore, hold it for a bit to get the feeling, move your weight into your arms, and kick up. When you’re up, stick out your chest and arch back.
Iguana mount – Def shoulder flexibility. I still have trouble with this and maybe did it twice in my life. Lol! I prefer the half iguana mount where one hand is holding the pole and the other is in a handstand. I can straddle into that but it actually requires more core to mount into it.
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Woohoo! Go Veeners! Congrats to all!
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@Runemist – IDK, beats me! Lol! It’s okay, we don’t have to worry about the men. 😉 Although Reenie might be onto something about men gaining in diff areas. It just calculates the proportions from wrist to forearm, then waist to hips. Compared to ht/wt. Then there’s a chart that says athlete, fitness, acceptable, etc.
@Reenie – It’s on the link I posted above. The body fat skin caliper and body fat calculator are pretty much the same thing when it come to measuring fat percentage. I want to pick up a BF caliper or if I find the scale that supposedly zaps and measures body fat.
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I agree with all of the above. BMI is just a guideline which is not accurate most of the time. Which is why I recommend using BODY FAT % to determine if it’s muscle or fat. It goes by your measurement proportions of forearm, wrist, waist, hips, plus height and weight.
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Yes, you can transition into koundinyasana from lizard, prayer squat, or three-legged dog. If you look up koundinyasana II, you’ll find more info on it.
This is probably one of my least favorite arm balances as I can hardly get into it unless I’m super warmed up. Lol!
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Your BMI is borderline normal weight to overweight. Did you calculate your body fat %? That'll be more accurate to evaluate if it's muscle or fat.
http://www.bmi-calculator.net/body-fat-calculator/
Also a lot of women lose metabolism in their 20s so it's normal. Since you've gone up a bigger dress size and 2 bra sizes, more likely it's body fat than muscle. Since you're eating a lot more, you're compensating more lost cals from exercising. That's good considering you're replacing lost cals but also moderate your portions and watch your cals/fat/sodium intake.
Sometimes it depends on what type of exercise you're doing. For some, it's poling, for others it's cardio like running and treadmill. For me, it's vinyasa yoga. I never really lost weight with poling.
Here, instead of stone, they call it the "freshman 15". Again, normal! 🙂 Love your body no matter what!
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Voting is closed now but here's his performance w/segment!
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^ YAY!
Steven's performance!!!! VOTE VOTE VOTE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgFPY6I2gVU
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I am too scared to find out. I haven't taken my pole down in yearsssssssssss. I wonder if my ceiling would collapse or if something is growing in there. lol!! Glad to hear most don't have marks from them.