hipshaker
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Well done you pole-twista!!! It’s a great move https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
Personally I need to get really focused and believe in the body’s strenght to do a good pencil / rubber pen.
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Thanks Amyxshi – ah yes, have taken a look at the X-pole site, how silly of me.
Maybe it’d be a good pole for her to go for! -
Funny I’ve got the opposite problem, can only do elbow grip Aysha but now the other one (what’s its name? the one with elbow towards your body and gripping with hand?). I find that sometimes when the pole is slippery, an elbow grip is next to impossible. But on a good sticky day, it just works https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif I find that it takes a few attempts whilst upside down to really position the elbow skin so you feel confident that you’ve got a good grip. Also, try both arms! It might work with the other one. Good luck you’ll get it for sure!!
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Funny, when I first learnt the invert, my instructor called it ‘the kick-up’… Bad habit! Now almost one year in understand how much more difficult inverts are when not kicking into them. Trying to learn aerial inverts seems nearly impossible!
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Hi Fubaloo! Welcome to SV, it’s a great site and has got a wonderful community!
(ps yay another London girl https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif )
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I’d be up for it!
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Mine’s mailto:lena_k_lindstrom@yahoo.co.uk (mention SV if you want to add!) https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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Great for your arms – someone said last week I’ve got ‘guns’! Yeah, proud of them!!
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No way https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif PoleKitten are you sure it’d be OK? Would be so much fun! I’m away end of April / early May but other than that I’ll be in London all spring.
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Hej vad kul o se en till svensk har ! Grattis med studiosucceen!
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Welcome! Yay another UK’er https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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So sorry to hear https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_sad.gif
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Hi fellow UK’er Halfjack https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
I asked my pole instructor at the London gym I go to what’s needed to become a pole instructor… She said any instructor at this particular gym and probably most of them needs to have an Exercise To Music (studio instructor) certificate. Pole certificates are optional, but for a gym to hire you, you basically need the ETM class. So this would be your first step.
YMCA do this for around £500, which is apparently the best option.
There are other ways of getting the ETM certificate but they cost around £700 and are apparently based on the YMCA one anyway. It might seem odd, as ETM isn’t related to pole per se, but it shows that you can lead a class (to music) and some muscle / body theory.As a side note, my teacher’s got plenty of pole certificates but she didn’t rate them highly at all. If you come across any ones with good reputation, let me know!
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Hi
Yeah hiring a studio would be really cool! Also a little less intimidating than having strangers – no matter how lovely – around your house https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif I think there’s a drop in one around Old street / Shoreditch? -
Ah yeah ETM is a studio instructor fitness course. Am thinking of becoming an instructor myself (in a year or two, when I’ll hopefully be better https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif ) and my instructor recommended getting an ETM certificate first of all, then build with pole specific courses. All the best of luck to you!! Go girl! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_basketball.gif
