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Hi!
Welcome to the site! I agree with Veena about the X Pole – just take it down if your room mate is entertaining https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
Hope you enjoy browsing the site, it’s full of great advice and I’m sure you’ll love it! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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Hi Margie,
Welcome to the site! I’m sure you’ll find loads of help and advice here and loads of different ways to improve your dancing https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
Have fun!
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Try having a look in the Pics and Vids part or just the videos tab at the top. A lot of the girls on here do Veenas Monthly challenge and have some fab videos of routines that you could get some ideas from https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
We don’t tend to learn much choreography in our lessons either so I’m hoping when I get my pole at home that I will start looking for some inspiration too! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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Hi,
Welcome to the site! you’ve come to the right place for advice and help! Everyone here is so friendly https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
Well done on sitting on your pole – it took me about 5 lessons to finally get that as I found it sooooo painful! So thats a fab start! Have you thought about taking Veenas lessons? A private lesson would also be a good idea, I started taking classes but have had a private lesson and practise with just the instructor and my friend and it really helps to get the more one-to-one advice.
Have fun! And keep us updated on how you’re doing https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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Thanks hun,
Just goes to show that we are all different – pole really brings that out I think! Some things you get straight away with no pain but others are going to be killers! I am just glad that I can finally sit on the pole – even if it’s not for long! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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I agree with the ladies above! I have got a stress ball that I used to strengthen my fingers, just a few squeeze here or there seems to help a bit! (Not just when I’m stressed haha!)
In lesson we also warm up and cool down our fingers so it just shows that it is important https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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Thanks hun,
I went shopping today and bought these:
http://www.sportsdirect.com/usa-pro-body-bands-ladies-760045
I think they look pretty much the same as yours – I got 3 different ones in 3 colours. Not really sure which one to use first so might just give them a go and see which I prefer! I’m going to have to find some other exercises and positions etc to do with them https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif I’m excited! Lol. Do you know any good webistes for this kind of thing? Don’t really know where to start!
(Won’t be trying them tonight though as already started on the wine and cooking a curry soon!)
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Lol oh god don’t say that!! Don’t tell me the pain gets worse than this! Haha!!
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That is really good advice on the pole sit conditioning! I am finding it a bit easier now but really couldn’t do it at first – the pain was sooooo bad I really thought I would NEVER do it!
It’s only been 3 weeks since I did it the first time and this weeks lesson I felt a bit easier than normal. So it does get better – I don’t think I’ll ever like it! Haha.
Can’t wait to get my pole so I can do these conditioning exercises https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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In our lessons we do practise all our spins both ways and I do find that sometimes my spins are better on my wrong side but I’ve always been a bit ambidextrous! So I don’t really mind the spins on both sides but inverting on my left side – it aint happening! I just end up bruising my left side near my hip and can only get one leg hooked before I don’t know what to do with my other leg!
Our instructor says that we do need to practise this as one day we might need to invert on our wrong sides but we don’t practise it much. I’m guessing I will practise it more when I have a pole at home!
I do feel a lot more balanced from practising my spins on both sides though https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif I’m a leftie when I write but a righty in most other things – I am a strange one! Lol.
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Hey,
Welcome to the site! And to pole dancing! Glad that you are enjoying it https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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I’m deffinately going to get an exercise band – where could I get one of these from in the UK? (quite a cheap one! Lol)
Has anybody tried resistance stretching using another person? My instructor showed me some stretches last night using her as resistance and it was amazing what a difference it made in how far I could get my leg! I’m going to try these with my OH (he doesn’t know this yet though!) and see if they help alongside my usual stretches!
Anyone else tried these?
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That is a really good idea stretching with the exercise band! I will have to get one! Thanks for the tip https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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Hey,
Welcome to the site! I’m sure you will love it here and get loads of helpful advice https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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Hey hun,
Welcome to the site! It realy is fab here https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
As for the crazy husband – my OH was a bit similar, he wasn’t too sure about it (well I think he actually thought I might get some crazy idea about getting a job in a strip club lol) but when I showed him a few videos on Youtube and the picture directory on Wikipole he saw what I meant about it being more gymnastic than seedy.
Maybe have a look for some clips of Youtube of really good gymnastic pole workouts and show him the moves on Wikipole – hopefully he will soon see that it is more of an art than anything he should feel uneasy about https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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