[jkpolegirl]

I am a “trigger finger” drill sargent!! You should definately continue use it

The possibility of injury to the tendons of the finger are kind of true.

Anytime you have a split grip, the bottom hand should always be the “pusher”. You should not have a death grip or be taking all of your weight in the lower hand. When you do, that’s when you increase the chance of injury. And usually people who are doing that aren’t strong enough to do the grip properly.

Your little index finger is not ment to take all the weight of your body!!

Anytime your not strong enough to do a move properly, u increase ur chance of injury

[jkpolegirl]

I have the 1 dvd…. I think its fun…… it explains the different ways to do things with your bum… haha

I’m definitely not an expert at booty clapping but a couple things that I’ve learned that helps is 1. Relax your butt checks! 2. A little back flexibility really helps and 3. Strong core with help to isolate the muscles needed

Now all of these are definitely easier said than done…. but I hope it helps

And if anything your have a blast doing the dvds especially with friends!!

[jkpolegirl]

One of the major problems I’ve found with the inverted v is where your hands are when u start your invert

Your hands should be no higher than eye level…. you have to get your legs and butt about your hands so the higher they are the higher you have to get

Also… I think some over this may have been said already………… make sure you are letting your head drop backwards and you want to get your crotch as close to the pole as you can… the further your butt is away the move gravity will be pulling you down

Hope that helps!!

[jkpolegirl]

If you have a partner…… you can grab their ankles in your backbend

I could never do a back bend for more than a couple seconds cause of the wrist pain but one day in yoga we did partner bridges and it was fantastic!!

I agree with veena about the placement and flexibility in other areas… that was part of my problem… I’m just inflexible everwhere!!!

Also when you have a partner they can help with your form and get deeper in the stretch

[jkpolegirl]

Why do you have to be so far away!! That would be a fantastic bday present!

[jkpolegirl]

I’m sorry I think I asked awhile ago but I couldn’t get the money together. Are the stages still available?
Thanks!

[jkpolegirl]

I was going to say the say this as u cali about the video!

A lot of the time its just a tiny differnce in pole placement that can make everything better!

I hate my inside leg hang…. so I can never get into my allegra gracefully!! Haha… I feel like I’m always wiggling around to get it to feel right!

[jkpolegirl]

I just think that the person you were talking to just doesn’t really know what they are talking about

Being an athlete has nothing to do with what protien and supplements you are looking into…. is a marathon runner as athlete?? Yes….. is the worlds strongest man an athlete?? Yes……. do they have the same nutrition requirements?? I should hope not

Protien and supplements depend on what your exercise regimes are…… that jacked guy/girl in the gym may not be an athlete but they could sure benefit from some nutrition supplements to aid in recovery and what not

[jkpolegirl]

Stalk craig’s list! I bought a stationary pole from xpole and decided a couple years later I really wanted to be able to spin…… I was able to to find a pole on craigs list for 250……. xpert is like 350 and then u have to pay shipping so I think I got a pretty good deal

Just make sure u take a friend with u to pick it up…. check it out when u get there….. even ask to have it set up….. and don’t pay until uve seen it all…. make sure u know what u are supposed to be getting also…… like an xpert comes with 2 carrying cases.. the pole pieces.. and the tools

Also search on here…. there’s always people looking to sell on this website!!

Good luck!!

[jkpolegirl]

I was just going to post the same thing! I’m going to be out there for a conference june 23-27…. I’m arranging my conference time around my pole time!! Haha

[jkpolegirl]

I’m so sad I can’t go this year….. but one of my good friends is getting married, so there’s the occasional thing that trumps my pole life!! Haha

Anyways….. I am sending my cousin to represent me as a vendor sooooo everyone should come check out the PASSION 4 POLE table and check out all my pole goodies and accessories!!!

[jkpolegirl]

Just a little advice also……. don’t practice gthis move too many times in one session…. its very hard on your lower forearms and shoulder especially when ur just learning and trying to figure it out

I’ve seen so many girls that injure their shoulder or develop terrible tendonitis in their elbow from overdoing it on cartwheels and other split grip moves/holds

Good luck!!!

[jkpolegirl]

Ooh awesome!! Thanks for the clarification!!

[jkpolegirl]

So as I’m reading this the pole comp will be in brasil?? Not ohio??

This makes me happy and sad… I would love to go and support but I can’t get to brasil 🙁

[jkpolegirl]

Just putting in my 2 sense……..

I believe in the pole industry there is no such thing as a true certification course… actually except maybe 1.

Pole “certifications” are considered continueing education for other nationally recognized fitness associations. To be a nationally recognized fitness certification you have to pay 1000s of $ to a third party entity for grading and such…. you have to show proof of cpr/aed and first aid… and you have to completely continueing education every so many years

With that said…. I do believe that if you want to be the best instructor possible you should want to take a instructor course just as you would jump on the chance to take a workshop or private with a pro

And also just because someone is a pro and started pole dancing before the rest of us and are awesome dancers. Doesn’t actually mean they are a great instructors. As an example there are pros teaching ballistic stretching for flexibility training when the research shows that ballistic stretching is actually detrimental. This research has been out for 20+ years. the pro pioneers had to learn things by trial and error.. they hurt themselves figuring out what did and didn’t work……….. its the same idea when you don’t want your kids to make the same mistakes you did… this is why they are now taking pole courses and working to develop courses

And good legitimate “certifications” do not come out of thin air. There are developed over long periods of timeand lots of research and then submitted to agencies like ace and afaa who then study it to make sure it is teaching proper fitness procedures.

With all that said I do not believe certifications are a be all and end all. Experience is obviously important. Whether that’s years of pole dancing.. personal training.. or college degrees

I think it comes down to what’s been said… research!! Research your instructors and studios…………… however most people starting out do not know anything about pole let alone what makes a good or bad instructor and studio