[phil]

girl are you in ny? sounds a lot like my story. when i first got my pole, i was on it everyday and i never warmed up or stretched afterward. my body started hurting but it wasn’t that ‘good workout’ kind of hurt, it was one which made it clear to me that i was overexerting myself and injuring certain parts of my body. it’s especially hard because i dance to the radio, so once i hear a good song i just start swinging on it. it was hard to get used to taking my time with stretching and stuff AND not trying to conquer every move i see myself doing in my head.

i’d like to consider myself a natural at poling. i actually achieved my first cross- knee release today https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif. i’ve been poling for almost 2 months, but avidly practiced exotic dance (everything minus the pole) for 2 years. as i started getting more into pole dance, i read a lot more about it and there were so many safety tips that i’m happy i found out about. for instance, kicking up into an invert is a no-no – and that’s exactly what i was doing! now i start off with pilates- style crunches as a part of the warmup to prep my core muscles, and my inverts are smooth and controlled. i also found out that i had the ‘death grip’ in the beginning (my inverts NEVER budged, and i couldn’t slide down). at one point i was strong enough for a shoulder mount, but i decided against it LIKE A WUSS lol, j/k; i wanted to make sure i was doing it properly and i STILL don’t know what i should expect so i’m not gonna mess with it.

lol, the point is: SLOW DOWN. i’ve had a few pole- related job opportunities present itself even BEFORE the pole arrived in the mail. no matter how good i thought i was, no matter how sure i was about knowing the dynamics of every move, or how passionate i was about this- i just wasn’t ready yet. and i was ready to settle for bullshit too. but now i’m just gonna chill… that CKR has me pretty excited https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif

[phil]

Thank you guys for your responses. I suppose i felt like i could overlook the bs and work around it because i don’t have certification to teach. Whenever we discuss the classes, the entire time I’m thinking about how surreal the situation is, and how close i’m becoming to doing something i’ve dreampt about. So i was holding on to this with a death grip! I really wasn’t looking at it from the right perspective, though.

[phil]

thank you guys for your help, i think i will make a video tomorrow and show you too https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif i will try that out tomorrow (loosen screws more) <3

hey, mine does the same thing… was it the hex screws??? i’ve even limited my activity on it because i don’t want to further damage the pole just in case it’s set up wrong or something like that.