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I'm renting, so can't screw anything into the roof 🙁

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ahhh so now i keep having this problem! my pole is slipping, and then when i tighten it, it's too tight and won't spin, and it creaks like a mother (but only in one spot..so if i spin the pole, as the x joint holes are coming back to face me, it will always creak loudly in that spot)

My ceilings are insanely high and i don't have a ladder so i can't actually see if the dome is lying flat, but i'm pretty certain it is. is there any way to test for this? when i do the initial gorilla test and spins with feet on the floor the pole doesnt move, but as soon as i spin with my legs off the floor it slips a little.

the ceiling is just a normal ceiling, but the house is quite old.

tbh i'm struggling to tighten it enough so it's safe, but not too much that it's squeaking. (squeaking is coming from the top dome)

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so the flexibility is coming from the back, not the leg? i have decent flexibility in my lower back. maybe ill try it next practice. our teacher did keep emphasising last night how important it is to sit up in that scorpio, so i'm sure that's a key point to getting the move.

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ariferrari, that is such a nice transition! We did the allegra for the first time last night in class. How flexible do you have to be for it?

For instance, when lying on my back, if I'm pulling my right leg (the more flexible one) towards my head, I can get it just past 90 degrees. My left leg is only just before 90 degrees. So not flexible at all. I couldn't get this move on the floor and was generally feeling a bit disheartened so didn't do it on the pole, but do you need to be flexible for this one?

 

I'm sorry thunderkat, I don't have any advice for you 🙁 I hate roadblocks with moves though! good luck!

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thanks so much for that guys, that's really helpful.

i read through my entire manual multiple times and couldn't find the adjuster thread limit anywhere! can you point out to me where it is so i can highlight it for next time?

do you know if i will be able to exchange my extension pole that i bought for the 1000? i emailed x pole australia before i bought and they never got back to me. as i have said also, they have ignored me since buying it as well (probably not intentionally, but nonetheless very frustrating!)

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I’ve run out of x joints 🙁 thanks so much guys for your help.
You have all reassured me for the meantime but I think I definitely want to get the 1000 piece. If anything i think it will be good to minimise the number of extensions im using as well. Will keep trying xpole and see if i can do an exchange otherwise i guess I’ll just buy it.

Thank you both so much for your help!

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So it’s a pole, b pole, 750 and 250 currently.
If I were to get the 1000 that would replace the 750 and 250 and then I would add the 125 (is that the right size, can’t remember off the top of my head?)

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I just don’t want to spend over another $100 because they didnt reply to my initial emails and calls asking for help either. Sigh. Maybe ill try it out for 2 weeks until i next get paid and see what I’ll do then.
Good to know that it’s okay for that rubber bit to be exposed though. Thanks 🙂

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Well I have no idea if its supposed to be there? The manual doesn’t say anything, the manual doesn’t even say how high the adjuster thread can be unscrewed. It feels okay,I am just knowing ill have to tighten it over the next day or two as the carpet depresses. I would feel safer if I could swap the 750mm for a 1000 and then add the 150mm extension as well, if that makes sense.

🙁 thanks for all your help guys. I’m just really upset over x pole being so frustrating…and I’ve already waited a month to put it up…I’m just impatient haha.

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I have called them, no one ever picks up. I have sent emails that don’t get replies. I have even tweeted them, and tbh I’m getting quite a bit fed up. Especially after spending so much money and not even knowing if this is safe to use!!

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bumping this thread up, really hoping someone can help me out? 🙁

[michaelaarghh]

callouses are your skin's way of trying to protect itself. so it's good that they're there, but rips effing hurt.

rips happen when the callous has built up too much, and when it tries to shed, it takes all the uncalloused skin around it too, leaving you with a little hole in your hand. i use a callous shaver when my callouses get too big, or a pumice stone in the shower is also excellent. another really important tip is keeping your hands moisturised… a lot of grip aids can cause rips because they dry the skin out and create more friction, which leads to rips.

DO NOT try to build the callous up more. so you want to "file down" the callous, so there's still a little protection there,  but the soft pink skin underneath isn't exposed.

once you have a rip, it's basically a wound so look after it like one. keep it clean, and keep a bandaid on it. (can be tricky with palms, i usually use a piece of gauze and wrap it around my hand with medical tape so it sticks) this way you can continue poling too 🙂

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you should ask your chiro for some gentle exercises you can do to strengthen your back up (if it is at that point in recovery yet)…in my experience with physios i've always had them give me exercises to do at home in between our sessions.

i would also ask your chiro for advice on pole… i hurt my shoulder a while ago (i have a long-standing injury issue with my rotator cuff) at pole and my physio was pretty good at letting me know what types of things i should avoid, and what types of lifts i should be able to do. the most important thing is to listen…to the chiro because they're the professional, and to your body because pain usually means something bad is going on and don't keep doing it 🙂

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with a cement roof, you don't have to worry about the ceiling cracking. so i would tighten it up further. I've always had my x pole tight enough so that it is not able to spin "smoothly" when i spin it by hand, but once i'm actually on the pole it spins fine 🙂

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http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/michaelaarghh/IMAG1322_zps5f704617.jpg

 

okay so i have attached photos…as you can see in one of them, i have about 13cm exposed currently… i am wondering if i should just send back the 750mm pole piece i just bought (do x pole even do exchanges? because i cannot get through to their customer service team!!! they have a lot to answer for as far as customer service goes in australia!) and get the 1000mm instead, and use the A +B + 1000 + 125mm pieces?http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/michaelaarghh/IMAG1319_zps939303d7.jpg

 

the other photo shows what it looks like with the thread closed, with that rubber ring and two holes…i've just never seen this before so not sure how safe it is?