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Extremely helpful thread topic, thanks Empy! It might be like a year before I'm able to afford to get a teacher training/cert, but I'm devouring any info I can find on them. Thanks everyone who shared info!
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Yay, I'm glad it caters to beginners. That takes some serious booty control! The first time I tried any kind of booty pop was at Fawnia's studio in vegas. I could barely do an alternating cheek flex (don't even know what that's called!) Booty moves are not even my personality at all, but I feel like I should still pay homage and have it in my repetoire. I think it's totally cute and cheeky(!) when Veena busts out a playful booty wiggle in her vids.
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Ah, that's so cool! Was probably even more fun to be part of than it is for us to watch, I'm jealous 😀
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If anyone has a spare invite, I'd love one please. analynnb@gmail.com
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I started with pole DVD's and youtube, then used Veena's lessons. Eventually I started driving two hours to las vegas to take studio classes. I think it's always good to experience different (good) instructors. I love veena's lessons, and I also loved the studio experience.
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That's sad, I hope she recovers quickly and fully. It's also sad to hear about the nasty comments directed at her elsewhere on the net. I feel similar to upandover. I'm not a fan of Tip Drill's performance style, I don't find it sexy, but I can appreciate her athleticism and I think it's a shame that clubs don't treat their dancers better.
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Ah, yeah I agree that concept is pushed to the extreme sometimes. Strength training is also awesome for calorie burn but it seems like cardio gets all the credit. I wonder why the author didn't give a healthier alternative, or say what type and amount of cardio is healthy, and I wonder if snacking during endurance runs changes the equation at all.
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The article is talking about excessive running (20+ hours a week) without cross training. A couch to 5k program seems like a good moderate amount to supplement pole training. It is an interesting read though.
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That sucks, I'm sorry! It sounds like you're being very smart about it by going to the dr. and following his orders. I've never had runner's knee but it sounds awful 🙁 Good job finding alternatives like walking on an incline, you sound determined. My mom has knee issues and she loves walking stairs at the stadium because it's high intensity but low impact. Take care and heal up fast!
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Haha, nice! That pic looks so cool 😀
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That's a good way to put it, I hadn't thought of relationships in a transactional context before. I think it may just be that I don't find the stripper/client relationship sexy.
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Dang! It would be cool to see pole dance on the TV broadcast of the superbowl, but yeah, still pretty cool that it'll be at the pre and post parties. I love seeing pole dance grow and branch out to different venues. I was really excited to see that Zoraya Judd recently performed at a Skrillex concert.
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Yay! I love this challenge idea. I've become increasingly comfortable why my true self over the last several years so I kind of see this as symbolizing that 🙂
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Yeah, I can imagine that customer/client relationship. I'm still not sure I really want to get comfortable in that setting though. It just seems like there's still a high tendency of disrespect between dancer and customer, whether it's the dancer who is in control thinking "he's sucha putz for giving me so much money for this" or the customer feeling in control having the mindset of "she's such a slut to do this for $". Granted I've never actually been to a strip club, I've only read comments here and elsewhere from people who have worked them or been to them, and those types of mindsets seem fairly prevalent. It seems logical that it would be possible to have a mutually respectful dancer/client relationship though, so maybe that's what I need to focus on to understand the draw. It could also be my conservative upbringing making it difficult for me to understand sexual experiences as a commodity because for me they lose their value outside of a loving relationship. I can understand that that's not the case for everyone though.
And thanks for engaging with me, because I don't think I'd sort out my thoughts as well if you didn't.
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This is all really interesting for me to read because even though I feel it's wrong to judge, I'm still sorting out feelings of being averse to the whole stripper persona. They say to really get into a performance you should try to put yourself into the charachter that you're dancing as, and I find I feel gross and uncomfortable putting myself into a stripper charachter, but if I pretend I'm dancing for my husband (or actually am dancing for my husband) I find I can really let loose. I wonder if the judgement or viewing stripping as a negative is really based on just not being able to relate?