katie8770
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Thank you 🙂
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After selling my first and buying this one a 3rd one just isn’t possible. I think maybe the sticky clothes might be an option. Its been so long now since the studio was open I know I’m just forgetting how bad my skin was on brass but I’ve always had issues. I guess I just wasn’t “meant” to pole. Ugh. I was always told it would get better but after 2 years it doesn’t look like it! 🙁
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Yeah 🙁 I’ve always bruised easily, even on the brass poles in class. And PAINFUL bruises. My teacher told me my pole at home is very painful. When she shows me stuff here she tells me it hurts her too. It’s very frustrating because I can only practice my routine 3 times and then I need to stop because of the skin damage.
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It’s smooth! I hadn’t done any inside leg hangs on my left leg in over 6 months I think. It was really irritating my leg, lots of bruising and pole burn. One too many practices and it started bleeding.
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I sold my chrome pole because of slipping problems, and powder coated was recommended to me. Brass was too expensive. No one had told me powder coated was meant to be used with clothes? I have private at-home classes once a week with my pole teacher right now because of the pandemic and she has never said to wear clothes with it. It’s an x-pole BTW.
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Mine are popcorn to the extreme, they’re absolutely hideous haha. But thankfully I haven’t had any issues since that one time. I probably over-tighten it now!
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Can you use a mount if you have a popcorn ceiling? I assume no? I’ve never had problems with my pole thankfully, just one minor slip one time, so I always check it before using it now. I wish my apartment had “normal” ceilings.
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Thank you 🙂
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And sorry, can you please link me to which ones I could work on while I’m still off the pole? Cheers
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Great, thanks!
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For the monthly option, can you cancel at any time? How much notice do you need to give before the following month? Is it in US dollars? Thanks 🙂
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Thanks for your reply! Yes right now I need to wait until the pain in my back goes away before I can even attempt getting back on the pole 🙁 I will definitely start with conditioning exercises and try to get that muscle built up for sure. I don’t even want to attempt shoulder mount training for a LONG time.
I actually have another physio appointment in January at a college (cheaper, my insurance is awful) so my 2nd opinion is not too far away!
Do you have an email I can write you about the class prices/packages?
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Just re-read my (terrible) answer about conditioning. I guess we really don’t do any proper conditioning. The warm-up, while 15 min (in class, and at home when I do it) is off the pole, mostly stretching. The “conditioning” part is climb the pole, do a few inverts, maybe a few tucks/pikes.
Had to go waaaay back in my videos to when I first started!
36 second mark, you mean this for fan legs?
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Just the usual warm-ups like always. Conditioning would be doing pencils, tucks/pikes but not too often to be honest. A couple V inverts each side. A warm up off the pole would be about 15 min following along a YouTube video (when poling at home). Otherwise at the studio we do a full warm-up of course, but everything has been shut down since September (we’re in our 2nd wave)
I do spinning classes outside of pole (also shut down since Sept) but that doesn’t do much for my back.
Not sure what you mean by the side pole hold method? Or different grips for SM?
Yes for inverted crucifix, not sure what a shoulder slide is or reverse elbow means.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G7pY2ioYBc Around the 40 second mark is that what you mean for the handstand?
I guess every studio has different names for things! Haven’t heard of a caterpillar before either…fan legs you mean from standing? I think we did that in basic.
At my studio we have basic, level 1, level 2, level 3. I just graduated level 1 before the 2nd lockdown. I’m attaching my cards so you can see the moves I’ve completed.
Thanks so much for the reply!
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PS: I can’t actually do a shoulder mount, it’s literally just the training where you just try a couple times to lift for a second each time. But just doing it a few times sets off this injury every time.
