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Aerial silk in only 9′? Wow, that’s harder than pole with 7′.
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Can we touch our hands to the ground for handstands? Or it is completely aerial?
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Owwie on the toe, honey rose. be careful!
I guess I should be grateful that my pole at least is not in a cold garage. Canadian winter will render the pole useless!
Does anyone have any tips on how to practice a reverse grab in cramped quarters? I can’t seem to do the move properly unless my body is flung pretty far out or else my hands slip and I’m on the ground in half a rotation. I’ve been trying to practice it wih my knees bent, but it just doesn’t give me enough momentum.
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Let’s see… https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_scratch.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_scratch.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_scratch.gif .
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Ditto to everything already said. But I want to add that if you are determined to keep trying at those 3 moves, here are some hints.
The knee hold is one of my personal favorites! The knee hold is easier once you let your body go horizontal, and push those hips forward, The hips being forward and leaning away from the pole will give you the counter weight needed to pull against the top knee creating a lock. But be sure that the grip under your top knee is secure and the bottom leg is properly positioned. For me, I know when bottom leg is in a bad position because it hurts like a bitch when it’s wrong…but that might be because I’ve desensitized the correct area.
With the shoulder mount, try out difference grips. I find the princess grip much easier than the double cup. Try it from sitting on the floor first and remember the mats. This one is scary at first. MAKE SURE YOUR POLE IS WARM!!! And wear a tank top. Try learning this on a good grip day. On bad grip days just do the prep (prances?).
The teddy, I can only do from standing but not from a climb, not sure how much I can help. Wear a bra or pull up your shirt. I find if you move your hips to the front of the pole as much as possible it’s easier to stick and some of your weight is held up by her side instead of just your underarm. This is the reason I think I can’t stick it from a climb, I can;t get my hips in front.
I hope this helps.
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Here’s my first ever studio veena challenge submission. The quality isn’t great but all I have is a crappy webcam that came with my net book. Still, I hope you like it.
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Your doorknob should apologize to you for being in the way!
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She is great! The "money" floating down, not so much.
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Jill, I still occasionally get this pain and I’ve been dancing for a while. I think it usually happens when I get lazy and flip (for a lack of better word) out of an invert instead of lowering myself down with proper control. I usually invert with my left side next to the pole, but I’ve been practicing the other side lately to balance my body out and I’m getting the same pains. I know I’m strong enough so I think for me, right now, the problem is body positioning since i"m so used to inverting on the other side. I wish I had practiced inverting on the weak side earlier, I feel so lopsided.
I hope you feel better soon. And make sure you are positioning yourself correctly and don’t drop or flip out of it.
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Okay, I know this thread is old, but I can’t help but add my two cent. Maybe with a little luck, it’ll even revive the thread.
(1) How long do you practice?
1-1.5hrs, depends on whether I’m having a a good pole day or not. On a good day, I have to force myself to get off the pole. On a really bad day, I spend the last 15 mins cursing at the pole.(2) How often do you practice?
4-5 days a week. I would love to pole everyday, though.(3) Do you just freestyle or do you have a plan of action?
I keep a pole journal (pole log, whatever you want to call it) and I take notes on how things are progressing and what i want to work on next practice. My practices are still pretty unstructured though. The only constants are the warm up and stretching.(4) Do you stretch before, after or before & after practicing?
I do a few simple dynamic stretches durign my warmup, but I do the bulk of my stretching AFTER my pole work when my muscles are nice and warm. During my stretches, I let my chinchilla and pet rat (yes, I only have one rattie left, sniff) out to play. They like to climb on me like a jungle gym and it forces me to hold my stretches longer to prevent throwing them off. But it tickles.(5) Do you incorporate any strength training & conditioning exercises into your practices?
Just squats. I don’t have much of an ass, so I’m trying to build some glutes. Anyone willing to spare some?(6) Do you self-teach, take classes, or both?
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I love the ones with the chair. Real sexy!
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My solution to dancers block is to turn on some music and swear not to do a single "move" for the entire song. No spinning, no inverts, no climbs. Just dance aroudn the pole as if I’m a complete noob facign a pole for the first time. At first, my movements are choppy and out of time, but usually by the end of the song, I have found my groove.
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Veena, thank you for realizing and making this change. I find many spins are harder to execute gracefully than most climbs, sits and even some inverts. Also, I can’t seem to spin much without getting sick, while I can spend quite a bit of time upside down or on the pole. The studio I used to go to didn’t teach climbs until intermediate, the entire first 3 months were spins, limited floor work and a handful of dance moves. Also, to move onto intermediate, you had to be able ot invert…but they hadn’t even taught how to climb yet!!!
verucablue, don’t worry, it will come. My body picked up moves in the "wrong" order sometimes. I’m comfortable with the knee hold, but i still think I’m going to fall everytime I do a butterfly. I love doing the superman, but my spinning chopper still suck. Things just happens.
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There are quite a few studios in the GTA: felinity, flirty girls, and 3 separately owned aradia ones to name a few of the big ones. Are you taking classes at a studio now?
