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Neat idea, I really like this one! Something to work on once I get over my happy new year flu lol
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What a spiteful, sniveling, bed-wetting shit stain.
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You guys rock so hard. There is a reason you guys are, in my opinion, the best maker out there and without question the first maker I suggest to anyone. P.S. please advertise the pole-away thingy a hell of a lot more. It’s so damn awesome.
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Chem that’s not totally true for everyone. If you have liver issues like lupus or digestive issues like UC or Chron’s or IBS even the dosage on the bottle can be an issue. But mostly I only posted based on some people’s mentions of taking more than the max dose every day on a continuous basis. I didn’t mean to get everyone whipped up scared about OTC NSAIDs, just wanted to remind everyone to check the dosage information on the labels and consult with your doctors if you feel the need to exceed it, just to be safe because some people out there can be sensitive to the side effects and not know it. The future lawyer in me can’t help but gently urge everyone not to undertake anything that qualifies as a drug regimen without going over that with their doctors.
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Just tossing it out there that NSAID’s like ibuprofen say right on the bottle not to use them so heavily for so long because they are very hard on your digestive system and can give you ulcers with long term use. Just something to be aware of, I’d definitely suggest having dr. supervision if you’re wanting to use ibuprofen or other NSAIDs daily to manage soreness.
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Are you poling seriously every day or most days during the week? If so the constant soreness is a huge challenge. Truth be told some of this is inevitable as chemmie said…however I have also come to learn that three factors hugely impact my body’s recovery:
1. Drinking enough WATER. I mean tons. GALLONS. As much as you can. Your body’s water consumption when you’re exercising a lot goes through the roof. And your body needs tons of water to build muscle and maintain the fluids that lubricate and protect your joints.
2. Diet. Protein. Fatty acids. Good fats. Research the nutrients your body uses to build muscles and make sure your diet gives you enough.
3. Adequate rest. Not just sleep, but also sleep. But rest in general. You have to take it. I personally am much more prone to post-workout soreness when I don’t get enough sleep.I also find using ibuprofen and hot baths really helps me get going when I wake up sore. These are just my observations based on realizing that the more we intend to train, the more important our self-care is.
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Sadly Chemmie is right. But if you want a good resource for all things pole in central IL, I suggest you contact the Illini Pole Fitness group at U of I via their fb page!
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Yes please share webby!! Plans for this would be the answer to a prayer because it would make it feasible to do the whole project in a weekend and know it will work.
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I also agree that it’s unjustified to be insistent about what is “your” music. Especially in this day and age where pole dancing has emerged from its early infancy and is now a growing and popular hobby and athletic pursuit. There are so many of us now…if I were to keep a list of songs other people have danced to that I couldn’t dance to, even if I counted ONLY a random list of 5 “pole stars” who have been around at least five years, I wouldn’t have any safe music left. Dance means many things to many people. A song can mean something different to you than it does to me, and we can both express those differences with our dancing. We’re all on our own journey. We can all take the opportunity to take something we need from the music. The only situation where I would defer on a music choice because someone else is using it is in a competition or showcase situation where it would mean two people in the same show using the same song, and the reasons are different there.
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If it’s any reassurance, I’ve lived in several old houses and in each of them when I put the pole up I heard cracking sounds and ultimately wound up with some small cracks in the ceiling that were not structural at all, just surface cracks as you mentioned. I think particularly if you live in an older building things can shift and settle when you put the pole under tension and it makes those little cracks but doesn’t damage the structure of the house at all as long as you aren’t over-tensioning.
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I would use a robust mobile web version more than I would use any all that couldn’t preserve the site’s function. But that’s just my personal preference. I’m usually the one on some random website trying to disable the mobile version because it doesn’t do half what the full site does-not a problem here I should add, which is much appreciated especially because I don’t have Internet access from my phone right now.
I could see there being some cool companion features, like being able to make a workout calendar, pinning certain lessons to a day or adding notes, and syncing that back to the sv website….something that was almost like a “mobile trainer,” an app generally meant to be used as more of a workout assistant/tracker/planner like myfitnesspal or fitocracy. That’s the kind of app I tend to use most. Apps that attempt to replace a web browsing experience I tend to use with less frequency.
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Daniele so true there are many ways to be a polefessional that don’t depend on competition titles ! I don’t think anyone would deny that Veena is a professional and I don’t think she’s ever competed or held titles though she has coached people who have won titles! Similar to Kelly Yvonne who has also been on the front lines of pole for years now coaching, promoting pole as art regardless of level AND pole as high level sport.
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And I’ll say that one more time so it sinks in…I have NEVER met a “professional” pole dancer who does not have to work around at least one permanent injury. Not because they are necessarily reckless but because that is the nature of the choice they have made to do this professionally…it means you can’t just quit to rest, and you also have to make it look good no matter how much that hurts.
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All that AND….factor in that underneath all of that struggle they are in constant, never-ending pain. Pain from overuse of the body in general, extreme physical fatigue…but also injuries. Every single pro I’ve met must constantly work around one or multiple permanent and painful injuries. Many of us pole for health and wellness…but the pros sacrifice that, and give up the general health and wellness benefits in order to make their bodies do those incredible things. Any professional athlete sacrifices the health and balance (what many amateurs seek by practicing) to make their bodies function a certain way. Most of us aren’t physically able or emotionally capable of making that sacrifice…that’s partly where the good genetics come in, many of these people are made of tough enough stuff to train through injuries that we would not and could not train through.
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Hopefully Joel Lessing won’t mind me quoting him, but he was an online round judge for the Florida comp a while back, and when I talked with him about that experience afterward he remarked that one of the things judging really did show him was that, while many performers of many body types are capable of delivering absolutely amazing PERFORMANCES, there is a “body type” for the really high level aerial acrobatic pole work and that’s the general aerialist body type- a relatively thin but muscled frame with a very strong upper body and good overall flexibility. I don’t have a problem with that. If you look at the US women’s olympic gymnastic team, there’s very little variation in those ladies on height and general build. (Same for weight lifters, or any sport really…) In the more performance-oriented pole world or competitive circuits that aren’t just about gynmastics and acrobatics there is much more body type variety in pole. As a cast member of Girl Next Door Chicago I can tell you there is a definite wide range in body types in GND, although they all have tricks that suit their body types because they have fantastic training.
Within the “high level” pole competitions, I really think there are some people out there who are bucking “traditional” beauty ideals in how they perform. Danielle Romano is a FANTASTIC example of this…her whole look and style bucks the norm. I also think in some senses people like Patti Zikmund and David Owen buck beauty norms in the pole world by telling their story with their bodies without obsessing over what conventional wisdom says the pole aesthetic “should be”…in other words they aren’t out there trying to look like ballet dancers or do things the “conventional pretty” way, they feel free to go out there and be creepy and stompy and interpret feeling and movement without trying to fit it into a particular dance technique.
In general I think in many ways many people are attracted to pole specifically because we enjoy rejecting some of those norms. Even those of us who are the trained dancers are certainly doing something that the traditional dance world tends to push against. And those of us who are the “sexy style dancers” on first appearance might have a “look” that reflects western beauty norms, yet the western beauty myth doesn’t allow for us to be respected for our looks if we “look like strippers…” we can’t just be “normal” and pretty, we’re whores! (so they say) And since we all had our own reasons to come to pole…I truly believe we are all fighting for something with our dance, and we all reject norms somehow…so I have learned not to judge a pole dancer from her outward appearance, and try to see each dancer for what she fights for.