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But this is after three years of carpet and low ceilings so I earned it damnit! LOL (I used to complain so seriously constantly. Seriously. Carpet hate.)

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I can honestly say after years of griping about it that I have a really beautiful pole space now. I do wish it were just a foot or two wider but that's being awfully picky. The room is the second bedroom in my home. It used to be the garage but was professionally finished out and has nice slick soft laminate floors that I can slide on, tall vaulted ceilings, nice soothing color, and it has a door that walks out to the nice patio in the backyard. 

For a while I was using the space as an office and had some other odds and ends in there, but I recently got the chance to clear it all out and having a room that is just for dance has been absolutely amazing. I feel very grateful to be able to have a house to myself and a space dedicated just to dance.

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My fingers don't touch on a 50 and I don't have tiny hands by any stretch. I think the value in workng with a 50 is that it forces you to actually use your body mechanics with some things. For example with the static V, on a 50 if your hands are small you can hold it just fine if you're really using that push/pull because that's what holds you up and takes the pressure off your hands so it's not squeezing with your fingers and levering your joints that's holding you there. I notice a lot of the "famous" polers are really tiny and if you watch them on a 50mm sometimes it looks like they aren't even gripping with their fingers. If you look closely you'll see a lot of extended fingers, pushing with the palms and engaged but relaxed fingers, even when changing grips, and relying instead on engaged core muscles that hold opposing tension on the palm grips…the push/pull. 

I think learning to work away from the death grip and with relaxed fingers on the larger diameter pole highlights what conditioning is needed and contributes to that "easy" look particularly with split bracket transitions.

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I also don’t love his blanket negative about seated/chair workouts. It proves a serious lack of basic knowledge on his part. Seated exercises are entirely appropriate to many people for many reasons.

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I also want to add if you're worried about noise of the xstage base, my experience has been that you can compensate for it somewhat just by stepping lightly and coming down out of tricks with control. Moreover, if you're in any kind of large performance venue the music is probably going to be loud enough that any minor noise isn't going to be any more distracting than the inevitable skin screech or what have you. 

Thanks again V and Webs for always providing a safe and civil environment for discussion and for continually protecting the safety of that environment.

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Thanks for the suggestions thus far! As examples of what I’ve found and liked, the bassnectar remix of Ellie Goulding’s “Lights” is a dubstep mix I enjoy, and Justin Bieber’s “As Long as You Love Me” is one pop song with the dub influence that I really like.

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I actually am adding your vid to my faves because I love it so much. That's your level one graduation? Seriously? You are so awesome for someone at a beginner level; you have a keen sense for dance and timing and lines and style that is more consistent with someone who has been dancing for a few years at least. I'm really impressed with what you put together. That video is absolutely great.

And you know what? It's sexy as hell. No, it's not stripperish. It's sexy pole style, clean simple and strong. Which is awesome, completely acceptable, totally within your right, and not in any way threatening or disrespectful to your husband who needs to control his jealousy and put down the crazy pants crack pipe. 

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Provided that you properly tighten the adjustor screws to keep the pole securely tightened, it will not be able to unscrew just from doing left handed spins.

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“Wicked Games” performed by Marlo Fisken:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYx_D2fai3g&feature=youtube_gdata_player

“Madness” by Muse performed by Flying Laura:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmZfT9zNShc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

And performed by Lou Landers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e9iL34ZPsw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I also danced to madness a while ago and posted it here. But I’m lying through my teeth if I tell you my rendition is worth watching next to the two above lol. 🙂

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And since you like bubbles you could get one of those one liter bottles that has the soda carbonator in the top, so you put in your water with a few slices of fruit maybe, pop in the cartridge and voila, flavored sparkling water.

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I just want to remind everyone since I know a lot of us use or have used myfitnesspal as a food journal or exercise log…it also does have a separate section to log how much water you drink as well! It measures in cups, ounces or liters so you can easily put it in depending on what container you use and how it measures.

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I have a few others but because this JUST came up, I can fold a fitted sheet in a neat square in seconds flat. Poke, tuck, flip, fold fold fold! :o)

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I say put it on there! I think as a pole dance instructor you could be a great representative to the community at large of what the "professional pole dancer" often looks like, exactly the kind of representation we need!

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I've used side climb a lot for this. I'd have students do the catch spin, where the knee is hooked and one hand is above the knee and one hand below with the back leg extended, until they could hold that knee swing grip at the end of the spin. When they had good hand/wrist/arm strength, we'd try apprentice from the knee swing position. And then side climb going into knee swing, knee hang, and apprentice. Some students who had really solid knee grips and a strong enough core to sit up from the hang, I would show them how to ease down into a gemini/outside leg hang from the knee swing, using the hands to place the pole in the proper grip spot for the leg hang and easing down, then grabbing around the knee to come back up to knee swing.

Also as mentioned, going up into a caterpillar handstand position from a touching-toes position in front of the pole, sliding one foot up along the pole to guide the body up. The other advantage there is that once you are solid in getting into crucifix from the reverse handstand, and you're ready for invert drills, you can get into position to reverse tuck invert, building strength by tucking down into a controlled descent. 

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I don't have a ton of experience on poledanzers, but I have been on them and read up on them quite a bit. From my dancing experience with the poledanzer permanent poles I have used, when they are installed correctly they are very solid and well constructed poles that feel and function beautifully. The brass finish is a good classic brass, which is personally not my preference but poledanzer uses the perfect brass for dance poles, whatever kind they're using. 

 

I suggest you try one before buying if possible…and I don't suggest you buy off my reccomendation alone. But my personal experience indicates that poledanzer permanent poles are a good product when installed correctly and the experiences of others that I've read about seem to generally confirm that sentiment.