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I haven’t had much luck with a hair dryer, it just doesn’t warm up the pole, the air in my pole room is too cold any heat just gets sucked up by the surrounding air. The pole is in the coldest room in the house. I already have a heater on in that room whenever I’m in it.

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I was thinking of holding the electric blanket on with over sized claw clips. Haven’t tried it yet, but it seems to work in my brain…but then again a lot of impossible pole moves work inside my brain, so I won’t bank on it.

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I have dry skin.
In cooler temperatures, my hands prefer brass but my legs/body prefer TG.
Can’t dance on stainless in cool to warm temps.

In hot temperatures, I can dance on anything including stainless.

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Does anyone know approximately when lin is performing? I want to be there for her performance but I dotn; want to stay for the whole time.

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Wow, that feels really cool when the pole rolls over my body as it gets into position…or rather my body rolls over the pole.

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I use the foam play mat for kids as well for my daily dancing. It also prevents the floor aroudn the pole from wearing down.

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I was wondering, is it possible to do 1 handed spins on the spinny? I can invert, I can climb, but I cna;t do one handed spins. It’s as if I need to be spinning in relation to the pole to get a good grip. When the pole spins with me, I can’t hold on with one hand.

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It’s not so much flexibility you needs to work on but strength through your range of motion. When you are in your splits you are stretching passively, the floor is goign the work by pushing your legs apart. In a high kick, you need to pull your own leg into position with your own strength. Also, when you kick to the front, it’s not just your legs doing the kicking, you need to engage your core, pretend you are trying to pull your belly button to your back. Strengthening your quads and your core will help you get a good high kick if your are already flexible on the ground.

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The period came today, complete with some of the worse cramping I’ve felt for years. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cry.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cry.gif So I think I’ve ruled out pregnancy.

Prncsopowr, I’m really hoping it’s just a seasonal thing. I have an existing appointment in the newyear wtih my doctor so I’m goign to ask him about my thyroid as well and check my blood sugar levels.

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Oops, sorry, I don’t mean I have problem with a flat jade. I meant that a flat split doesn’t mean a flat jade as a comparison that touching my toe to my head on the floor doesn’t translate to touching my toes to my head in the fang.

I’ll try the fang from TG again tonight and see if it’s a shoulder flexibilty thing. Thanks.

And to clarify, BOTH moves are called the fang?

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Is that 3rd move you are talking about just a very arched lunchbox?

I’ve been doing a lot of cobras and back bends. Being in the air for hte move, there is nothing to push against so there must be strength and control through the whole range of movement. Kinda like how being abou tto get a flat splits ont eh ground doesn’t mean a flat jade. To build ab strength, I get into a bridge from the ground and then lift myself up to standing…I can’t drop to the bridge from standing yet, it’s a mental block thing, arching backwards is scary.

As for the fang with legs on either side, I can’t seem to get into it with a TG grip. My hands are tiny and I find TG grip more secure as my hands wont; pop off the pole, but for this move, I can only do it with split grip. Are you sure it can be done with TG? My arm feels like it’s in my way.

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I’m at work right now so I can’t get youtube to work properly so Ican’t provide videos. But I know Karol does both very beautifully.

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Thanks for hte reply Mindy. Pregnancy has crossed my mind several times. I’m on the pill, but I heard that getting my period on the pill doesn’t mean I’m not pregnant. I’m not sure how true that is.

I never thought of my thyroid. Can thyroid problems start in my late 20s?

Another cause I’ve thought of is that my pill no longer is hte right dosage of hormones for me. I’ve felt this before when I was on depo, gained 20 lbs in two semesters back in university.

Either way, I need to make an appointment with my doctor. He’s so hard to get a hold of, unless you have a high fever and are really really sick, the wait is up to 2 months. I’ve been going to walk-ins for most sickness. I don;t think a walk in can help me with this though.

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Great work for such a short time. I agree with everything already mentioned. I think your main goal should be to smooth out your moves. Lift into things instead of jumping. Make sure your toes are pointed and your legs are straight. AND also, you seem to cut short your moves. Maybe you are getting excited about the next one, but be sure to finish one before going on to the next. You worked hard for those moves, so show them off from start to finish.

Good luck!

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I don’t have basic insert superstition but I do have SM superstition. I HAVE to bend my right knee before I invert. I think I used to use the momentum a bit, but now I can lift into it, but I still have to lift into it with one leg bent. I notice some other girls do this as well.

I think with any move, once a you train your body and mind to do it one way, it’s hard to change, It’s mostly in the head I think.