polergirl
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The issue is that you could seriously damage your rotator cuff. If you think about it, your back has way, way, way more muscles than your poor shoulder. We have so much flexibility in the shoulder, and it’s because there are very few muscles and a bunch of tendons–not a lot when you consider that you’re asking it to hold your entire body weight WHILE you’re spinning, etc.
If you keep shoulders back and down, shoulders engaged, you are using your back and core to hold your weight, and the shoulder is freed from that job.
That’s the Cliff’s Notes version, and Veena or Fleur can, no doubt, explain it much better than I can. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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I do some sort of pole work 6 days/week….BUT, as chemgoddess said, I rest muscle groups in between. Of those 6 days, only 2 or 3 are devoted to hard-core poling and working on new tricks. The others are devoted to transitions and trying to get my flow down and fine-tuning my style (which needs a lot of work, but that’s why I’m working on it, lol).
Three days/week I am also working with a personal trainer, so those days are my "transition/dance" days on pole.
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I swear by Foot Undeez. Capezio makes them, as do several other dancewear companies. They look like little tighty-whities when they’re just sitting there, but they do a great job of protecting the balls of your feet while still allowing you plenty of skin in case you want to climb, etc., and you can pirouette like nobody’s business in them.
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That is one of the tastiest routines ever. I came across it a few months back and played it at least once a day for probably a week. They are phenomenal…..and cute, which doesn’t hurt. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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Here’s what my friend said…
i tell ppl that nia is a barefoot cardiovascular dance class that uses elements of the martial arts, dance arts and healing arts. we use many different types of music and although each routine is unique, there are certain moves that we incorporate into each.
a 60 minute class follows the traditional aerobic format: warm up, get moving, cool down. the teacher introduces a focus at the beginning of class and then weaves that into each song so that there is a sense of continuity from one song to the next. the focus is even taken to the part of the class we refer to as floorplay, when we go to the floor and stretch. the focus might be a particular body part, exploring form and freedom, the 5 sensations (strength, agility, mobility, agility, flexibility), the breath, the joints, etc.
nia adresses the whole body, the whole you: mind, body, spirit and emotions. this is just one of the many reasons why it isn’t dance aerobics. it’s not a fad either. i’ve been doing nia since 2000 and the technique itself was created in the early 80s. the co-creators were the first to introduce the idea of fusion fitness that is so popular now. they were asking ppl to take their shoes off and incorporating elements of yoga into their classes long before yoga was even available in gyms.
one of my favorite things about nia is that it feels GOOD. yes it keeps me healthy and strong but i feel so damn good doing it. it’s no wonder the basis of nia is the joy of movement. it’s pleasure driven and that’s what keeps so many coming back for more. i have ppl in my classes that have been doing nia even longer than i have!
what else can i say? i’m addicted. i teach 7-8 classes a week and i try to be a student at least twice a month. if i had time to do more, i would!
i will add that each teacher is unique and brings their style to class. my classes are high energy and focused on working out and having a fun time doing it. some focus more on the spiritual aspect of the practice. if you decide to give nia a try, i suggest trying out a couple of teachers if you can.
lmk if you have any specific questions and certainly lmk if you go to a class!
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I have a friend who is a Nia instructor–I will ask her about it. I can tell you one thing: she is in WICKED good shape!!!
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Check your wrist position on spins and inverted work. Do you have a straight line from hand to shoulder, or is your wrist bent? You want a straight line–torquing the wrist can lead to soreness, tenderness, and even tendon problems.
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Get her into dancing and rock out some mad doubles routines! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
I do think you should talk to her about it, and explain the logistics, etc., simply because it’s her house and you’re going to be staying there.
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Mindy, that’s a great analogy. I notice it with singers. There are folks who are magnificent technicians, but they lack a certain "soul" to their music, and that soul comes with phrasing and inflection and all the things that are ancillary to having the pipes to hit the notes.
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I have never seen socks like that, not even at Sock Dreams….though I do echo the Sock Dreams love. Page after page after page after page of glorious SOCK PORN. Hooboy.
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one thing that i try to keep in mind when i dance is that it’s not about stringing moves together, or linking moves with transitions. everything you do is a dance. even when you are standing up, it is a part of your dance, and every muscle that propels you should be expressing your style or an intention that is carried into your movement. even the moves inbetween a "transition" move can be part of a dance if they are expressed with fluidity– going from a climb into a sit is also about what happens as you move your legs off the pole. if you think of dance like that, then it’s less about "finishing" a move than it is about experiencing EVERYTHING as a "move".
This is actually how I look at it, Amy….I just wasn’t very eloquent in my OP. How to DANCE every.single.thing. Every.single.thing. And part of that is not rushing into one thing from another. It’s experiencing it, like you said.
Thanks for putting it waaaaaaay better than I could!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cheers.gif
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I’ve tried them–they’re pretty good, though if they’re the ones I’m thinking, they’re made of a nylon-y material that gets a little slick. Good for slinky floor work, haha, but I prefer other materials….or I should say my skin does.
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I’m a semi-regular at some of the clubs around here and have found the dancers to be intelligent, fun women. They’re not junkies or drunks–most of them are just regular women who are making a living, the same as me. If I were younger (and hotter, lol), I’d be in for it, though I’m not sure I have the personality for it–you have to be part psychoanalyst!! It’s amazing.
Dancer, stripper, whatever…all I care is that you probably have all sorts of great experience to share with us, and that’s an EPIC WIN. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cheers.gif
Welcome!! And yes, vids are most welcome. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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Ditto to both Collette and Amcut, and here’s my story: I had an abnormal PAP two years ago, retest still showed "abnormal" stuff, had to have a biopsy done in a few places….and they came back as something to watch but not anything imminently dangerous. The biopsy made me feel a little squinchy, but it was over in a jiffy.
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Amcut, I LIKE IT!!! Count me in.
