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Hey hun,
I’ve just got this move last week so hopefully I will be able to help!
In your vid the leg off the pole needs extending and really pushing down towards the ground, and the leg on the pole needs to have a really tight grip on it (our instructor demonstrated this on us before we learnt it and it’s meant to hurt!!) bend it like you’ve never bent it before! Lol
With the arms just bring them a bit lower down and try holding with just your inside hand on the pole first, and having some belly out will really help to get the grip near your hip – thrust it into the pole as it is this position that helps you hold the pose.
I struggled with this at the beginning but once I’d had a few goes and put all of the above together I just did it! I was so excited I had to facebook message my instructor to tell her lol.
Keep trying hun and you’ll be doing it before you know it! Now I’ve just got to master it with no belly out (hate getting my belly out at class lol).
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Thanks for that hun,
I’ll try all of those in my stretching session tomorrow night! It’s such a slow process after an injury – even though it was only a mild one! – I feel like I’ll never be flexible https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_sad.gif I really noticed it in last weeks lesson too when we learnt a new trick – Side V I think Wiki calls it, could hardly make a V shape at all!!
I’ll let you know how it goes! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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Hey everyone,
I bought this book when this post first came along but haven’t used it much as I’ve had some injuries and not been very motivated through winter!
Anyways – my problem areas are my adductors and hamstrings – which stretches out of the book would you all recommend for these areas? I don’t like that it doesn’t tell you in the book – you kind of have to guess lol. I had an adductor injury in late Dec so it’s just getting back to stretching it again as I’ve lost a lot of flexibility that I used to have https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_sad.gif
Any ideas?
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I’m glad I’ve come across this thread as it’s something we haven’t focussed on much in lesson. We "learnt" it in Level 5 but no-one could do it on their own (we only had a lesson or 2 on it!) so we kind of ignored it!!
Now we’re nearly Level 7 and doing Gemini’s and Scorpios but still no CAR or CKR’s!! So now I’ve read everyone’s tips I’m going to practise at home this week! Thanks ladies!! I think I’m just a wimp when it comes to this move as I don’t really like the feeling of sitting!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_sad.gif
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Thanks for those ideas too hun! I have heard about the one on your back against the wall before but never tried it. Hoping for some pole practise tonight so will try and add those to my stretching. I can’t believe how my flexibility has got worse in the past 2 weeks or so https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_sad.gif
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Thanks so much for your reply, I actually bought some exercise bands a couple of months ago but haven’t used them yet! I had all the best intentions of using them but never got round to it!
I will deffinately give those stretches a go though! Thank you https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_surprised.gif)
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That doesn’t sound very good hun! At our pole studio you have to have a minimum of 1 years experience AND atleast gym instructor qualifaction level 2 before you can even take the "test lesson" to see if you are offered a job. They also have an intense training corse for people planning on becoming an instructor.
I’m not sure what you should do really, like the others have said it might be best so just let her get on with it and hope that no-one gets hurt. Is she still taking lessons herself? And improving every week etc? Some pole studios are ok with them learning as they go along and teach what they know etc.
Hope that someone else a bit more qualified comes forward in the meantime!
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Hiya,
Welcome to the site! Don’t worry about not having a pole yet – I’ve been going to 1 lesson a week since June and only just got my pole up at home this week! It means I have loads to practise though! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif And it was well worth the wait!
Hope you have as much fun here as I do!
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Hey!
Welcome to the site! You will love it here! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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Hiya,
Welcome to the site! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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Yey well done hun! Can’t wait to get home and see your vid! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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Lol that is so funny!
I keep telling my mum that I’ll have her on my pole by Xmas! She is adamant that she will not be trying it out! But I think once she sees that it’s not seedy like she imagines – and after she’s had a glass of wine or two – she will be swinging around it like a trooper!
I know she doesn’t approve of it but what can she do?! It’s my house and my hobby! The most I can hope for is that she will come to accept it! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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Oooh thanks for this! Just been on Amazon and ordered it – hope it helps with my stretching! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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We have been doing a lot of focus on gaining momentum in our classes just recently and it is hard isn’t it! I long for a good take off and to get round the pole more than once! Lol. Our instructor teaches us to step away from the pole as we go in to a spin, she says the more distance away from the pole you have the more momentum it creates – it certainly does for her!!
I guess that all we can do is practise and follow the tips given above! Maybe the more confidence we get on the pole the easier it will be to create the momentum?
Good luck hun, sounds like you’re already improving!
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Thanks for that hun https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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