polergirl
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YAYYYYY!!
Sorry the link doesn' t work. Here's another try. 🙂
https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ASP/home.asp?studioid=15606
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You say inside leg hang — you can spin it into an inverted thigh hold then handstand out. It's a pretty move and not tooooooo hard. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cool.gif
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I have one, not a prolific writer but it is about pole. 🙂
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EG is about balance/counterbalance–you need to have your hips dropped away from the pole, pelvis tilted under so your lower back is slightly rounded (not a roached back though!). Legs come forward and into a straddle so they counterbalance your hips. You'll have a nice stable triangle formed between low hand and hip and elbow.
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That's the one, Brandi HouseofCherry! (BTW, I love your goods, need to place an order soooooon!).
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Squats on the pole. Get into standing crucifix position on the pole, squat back, use hams/quads/glutes to pull yourself back to standing position. Strengthens grip because you need to be able to keep yourself up on the pole without hands, strengthen legs in a biggggg way.
I got this one from Pole Xperts (I think) on their FB page.
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My most expensive private ever was with Jamilla last year — $150 and worth every penny. She's an amazing teacher.
Beyond that I have paid anywhere from $50-100 for a private.
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Choose music that won't make you want to gouge your eyes out after you've heard it for the 2,348th time.
Be prepared with a few favorite combos in case, as chemgoddess said, you miss a mark. If you're forced to freestyle it doesn't hurt to have some "I can do these in my sleep" combos in the hopper.
Avoid carbonated beverages or breads/starchy foods a day or two before your performance. They'll bloat you and dancing like that is NO fun.
Practice in your makeup. I once danced in crazy feather false eyelashes. They looked great but I was seriously distracted by them.
Don't dance in anything new: shoes, bra, etc…. make sure you take them out for more than one trial run, even if you're used to dancing in shoes or if the bra is similar to others you own. You never know, this one might be the one with a scratchy underwire!
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Push through your heel and clench your butt as you go up. Weight should always be in heels on squats. I feel them in my quads but MUCH more in my hamstrings and glutes.
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I rarely worked on spinning pole and for some reason got a bee in my bonnet about doing an entire routine on spinny (I posted it here on SV if you want to see it https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif) a few months ago. I was in a weird place as a dancer and it provided some BIG change that was helpful for me.
At first it was a hurl-extravaganza. OMG. But it got better. I actually took small doses of non-drowsy Dramamine and that helped–though different people react very very very differently to it so use caution!
You will learn to control momentum–others here have posted great tips. Pay special attention to going into moves slowly, don't use your body momentum the way you would on static or you're fighting a losing battle. Also, remember that any time you need to slow down, you'll want to extend something, whether it's an arm or a leg or both legs or both arms. It's amazing how quickly you can slow yourself down by doing this!
Good luck! I have a newfound appreciation for spinny work these days and have been keeping at it for fear of losing the resistance I got.
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Make sure you're engaging the right muscles, too. For me the inside leg hang hurt a lot less once I stopped relying on skin and figured out that I had muscles I could put to use lol. Oh, and when I fully got into position and allowed my free leg to extend, it arched my back, which put me in a much better and much less painful position.
My placement is extended as others have described, so I'm engaging inner thigh and hip flexor to help take some of the pressure off my inner thigh skin, and I'm actively trying to prrrrrress the outside of my calf/ankle/knee into the pole.
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Bridges: lie on your back, bring heels close to butt. Tuck pelvis under and squeeze butt to raise it off the floor. Shoulders stay on floor.
Hamstring curls can be done in all sorts of ways but basically you're bringing your heel to your butt while applying resistance in the other direction. Machines at gym, resistance bands, swiss balls…. all can provide some variation of a hamstring curl.
Oh, another one–donkey kicks, at least that's what I call them. On all fours, keep foot flexed and push heel toward sky. Do set, then pulse, then another set, etc.
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Hooray, welcome to the (healthy!) addiction!
Squats. Hundreds of squats. Plie squats, regular squats, squats on tiptoe.
Lunges are also great but I hate them so I avoid them.
Bridges and hamstring curls.
And I bet your tush is more thrilling than you think. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif
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I come back to this thread every couple of days and marvel at our AWESOMENESS. Holy wow!!! I love this thread. Thank you thank you thank you to the OP for starting it! 🙂
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How many competitors in each category?
I'm excited to see the lineup… hoping to make it to Chicago this year to watch!!!
