moonflower
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Wow those girl's got moves. Does anybody recognize any of the girls from the community. One of hte girls reminded me of Hsiang, but I'm not sure if it is.
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Planche?
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I agree with LopsiJulie. Basic is different for everyone depending on your strength and weakness. I can't spin very well at all (tennis elbow+weak stomach), but I found things like leg hangs really easy. I spent my childhood hanging upside down on monkey bars and avoiding the merry go round, figures. I can jade and kneehold, but let me in on a littel secret, the reverse grab scare the living daylights out of me.
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This happened to me when I first started inverting. I think I was just a case of using muscles I have ignored in the past as it went away after a my body got used to the movement. Just be sure you are using good form.
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I'm going to take teh advice about wearing something that provides more coverage. But I can;t dance on chrome well and stainless steel is impossible for me since my skin is very dry. The pole isn;t too grippy for the rest of my body, just there.
I've had skin tears on my shoulder from shoulder mounts as well so maybe I just have delicate skin.
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This really depends on your background. If you have been athletic your entire life with back ground in dance, gymnastic, or martial arts for example, you may find doing spins and trnasitions for 3 months straight without inverting to be extremely boring and not challenging at all. I would say to listen to your body and don;t jump to the difficult stuff if you can't do the easy stuff. Now, if you can do all the basics already, then by all means move ahead. I personally do not believe in staying at a low level for x number of months just because most people need to. There is nothing more de-motivating than the lack of challenge.Just be safe, listen to your body and make sure you've got the basics down.
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What more fun than a barrel of monkey? A stageful of pole dancers! That was great!
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What more fun than a barrel of monkey? A stageful of pole dancers! That was great!
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How do you get into that?
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Wow! Roz the diva has so much energy! She's a joy to watch. I wish I had her confidence.
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Brass brass brass. I have trouble with all other finishes. I suffer from eczema (the dry scaly type, not the wet oozy type) and my skin is dry all the time. SS is impossible. Chrome is only good in hot humid climates. TG is okay in the summer but winter is no different from chrome. But brass I LOVE.
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I go through months when I can't wait to get home to my pole to practice. Then , I go through months when I have to drag my butt to the pole and force myself to do SOMETHING on it. It happens. I find i lose motivation most when it is cold/dry and the pole is slippy, or when my skills have plateau and I feel as though I'm not getting any better.
I try to tell me myself that even if I'm not learning any new tricks or practicing the ones I want to due to slippy pole, any time on the pole is improvement. It might not be visually noticeable now, but over the course of weeks or months, the time on the pole even just dancing around with tricks I already know will make a difference becuase it becomes second nature and fluid. It's the difference between someone who just knows the tricks and someone who can string the moves togetehr seamlessly..
Also, I found that there are many new tricks to learn, even when you have plateaued in strength and flexibilty. Pole is not a linear sport. Only a silly instuctor will tell you that everyone MUST learn al the tricks and progress in a particular order. Some moves that may seem more advanced may actually be easy for you, while some moves that are considered "easy" may not come for months. For example, I got my crossed ankle release, butterfly, gemini and scorpio LONG before I got my inverted V (chopper). So don't get discouraged.
Lastly, there is something called the "10000 hr theory" which claims that it takes 10000 hours of practice to be an expert at something. I figure that for pole this includes: actual pole time just dancing or practicing tricks, watching videos (reserach), stretching for flexibilty, cardio for indurance, strength training, all the little moments where you are stringing together moves in your head for later use. When I feel discourage I just remember the 10000 hr theory and try to do something, anything pole related.
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Wait one sec, I need to recover my jaw from the floor. Wow, she is so strong. She`s a better Lara Croft than Angelina.
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Aww, I was hoping for more than a simple spin and bodywave. I can;t stop thinking of the hairography episode of glee when she started whipping her hair about.
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Luvlee, that's a great idea! Or maybe we can choose to line up lessons of choice to play back to back. It'll be like putting on a pole dvd.