polergirl
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I love you. Srsly.
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Listening to my music on ipod today loads came to me, music is often inspirational, I can visualise myslf doing amazing moves aha some that I haven’t even mastered yet lol!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cat.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cat.gif
I totally see moves when I listen to music…and I make sure to write down combos that I think go well with a particular song/place in a song. Then I’m halfway to having something choreographed (well, as much as I ever choreograph anything, lol)!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_bounce.gif
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I was lucky and found my "sweet spot" early on, so no pole burn from pole sit, ever! My first pole burn was from inverted crucifix, and that was just the first time until I sorted out my contact points a little better.
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Part of it is learning how to lock in a leg grip. This takes some playing around for most folks, I think. Do a handstand with your belly against the pole (you can walk your legs up to it), and grip. Try different leg positions until you find one that feels secure. You’ll know if your legs are taking weight–at that point you can try to raise your hands a wee bit to check just how much weight they’re taking.
For some people the grip is in the shins, for others it’s more in the thighs, and some people feel more secure with shins + thighs. It’s all about finding what parts of YOUR legs grip best for you and give you the most secure lock on the pole.
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Yayyyyy, so many fellow lovers of this move! Now I need to perfect it….and I think it’d be fun to do a SM "bump" climb down from this, too. Oh, the possibilities!
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Well, Ms. Dangerous, you have some of the hottest stripper twirls around!! From your description, I’m doing them right…but boy oh boy they aren’t as sweet as yours. I wouldn’t be averse to a new floorwork video from you, featuring your famous stripper twirls!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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That’s the move, I think, and I feel like I have the mechanics of it but get no range of motion…maybe I just need to do it more. While we’re at it, does this move have an actual name? Or 10 names, being as how it’s pole/floor work? https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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Not the clock legs….those are fine. I’m talking about back on floor, legs together, circle from knees in opposite directions, usually followed by a v with legs. Dangerous does them in her stripper claps video, and she is *awesome* at them.
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I started in my late 30s, and one big advantage I’ve noticed over a lot of the younger girls at the studio is that I know my own body better, and I am more fearless because of that body awareness. I trust my body and my physical strength because I have tested it in other ways over many (many, yikes) years!! There are some moves that seem easier for them, but there are a lot of moves they struggle with or don’t want to try at all because they haven’t the body trust that I do. Not all of the younger girls fit into that mold, obviously, but it is something I have noticed.
I say go you, and just be the best, most confident poler you can be! It’ll help you gain strength and flexibility…and it’s way more fun than a lot of forms of exercise, right?
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I have an X-pole and love it. It feels super secure to me, even when I’m doing all sorts of crazy "hmmm, wonder if I could do THIS?" kind of stuff.
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The first one that WOWed me (still does) — caterpillar up the pole.
What WOWs me now that I’ve tried it and can. not. get. it. — the frickin’ frackin’ FLAG. Yarrrrr. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_pirat.gif -
Continue to hold the ball up with hands, and hold your body in V position by engaging the heck out of your core. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif You will have to engage because the ball is in your way, so you can’t just curl up to the point where the weight of your legs holds you, KWIM?
There is a good exercise that involves holding the ball between your ankles and curling your body upward until the ball is over your head, but unless you already have a strong-ish core it’s tough to keep your lower back on the ground until you curl it up, so I don’t recommend that one until you’ve been working your core for a little while.
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I have a journal that is nearly filled with things I know, things I’d like to try, things that go well/flow well with other things, etc. The transitions into/out of pages really are helpful, and I am constantly adding to them as new thoughts pop into my head, or I see things and think "oh heck yeah, that’s cool." I also write down strength-building exercises and variations of such because I find they are great reminders, too.
Last night I couldn’t sleep–when that happens I’ve found that, for whatever reason, I start to come up with pole moves or combos I’d like to try. So I take my pole journal to bed with me every night.
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Here’s a great exercise to work the part of your core that helps hold you up once you’re in the boomerang or inverted V position: lay on the ground and hold one of those big exercise balls directly overhead. Slowly lift your legs toward you in a tucked position, then spread them to a V, tilt your hips, and continue to lift your hips until your feet are by your shoulders (or ears, if you are a lucky long-legged soul, lol).
With your arms up holding the ball, you can’t use your body to swing or use momentum so it has to be your abs, and if you roll up at first in a tuck position your lower back will always retain contact with the floor….until you lift it off. So it’s also a "soft" and safe move to do for your body.
I hope my description makes sense. Can video it if it’d be helpful. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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As you are going into a corkscrew, imagine you’re going into some other spin (maybe your RG since you don’t have trouble with it, and it also involves swinging around so your back is to the pole/wrapped around it)–it might help keep you from kicking forward and get that outside leg swinging around instead.
