solsticedark
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I cant find the actual clip but I found the print artical on their site! 🙂
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Not quite a double brass monkey, knees are close enough but the legs are in the wrong position, bottom knee would have to be pressing against the pole and instead of hanging down your straight out.
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Anything involving an armpit grip. I can't even bear the pain long enough to go into or try anything with it. Just my weight being held there and not even my full body weight is enough to make me want to scream. They are soo tender. I've actually almost wondered if maybe I need to try using a numbing agent on them to make them a bit less sensitive until my skin gets used to it.
Thankfully this is the only spot I have had a lot of issues with. Jade, superman, ect no issues. I think my legs are just tougher then most.
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It sounds like your cousin probably either A) accidntally did a split for the first time before she was ready, or B) was forced down into a split with help from someone/s else. The reason I say this, is I know of some people that have purposly torn their legs muscles all up by getting as close to a split as possible and then having one or sometimes up to three people bear down on their shoulders until the muscles tear and they are flat on the floor in a split. It sounds like torture and I think it is, but I have seen this done first hand. It was especailly popular with cheer leaders and is NOT the way to go about learning how to do the splits.
For me personally, when I started working on my flexibilty I could hardly touch my toes. It took me two years to be able to to my first perfect split on the floor. And all I did was stretch and pole. There was no pain involved except for that slight pull you feel when your getting a good deep stretch. Stretching and flexibilty training should NEVER be that painful. My very first split I could feel the stretch of being in a split but I was comfortable in it as well.
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*wishes there was a like button for this* Great idea!!!!!
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With your legs, really I have seen it done both ways, I personally pefer crossing my legs at the ankle. But to deal with your fear of pitching forword, try working on it lower to the ground so that way if you fall its on a couple inches. I rember my first superman was like 4 or 5 inches off the ground and I slowly worked my way up to the top of the pole as my confidence increased.
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Not an expert, but a thought I had reading this on top of the excercises, if she is really having a hard time beaking the habit, (and if she is willing to do it) having her wear elbow pads like you do for rollerblading, ect would really make her aware of how straight/not striaght her elbows are. Sense the pads like to keep your arms slightly bent just off the way they are shaped and it will be a bit uncomfortable for her to have her elbows heyperextended.
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I really don't have too much to add to this, but I did want to send one word of warning with oversplits…when you get good with them be very careful not to accidentally kick yourself in the back of the head if you have heels on. Im bad with this, and have had more heel tip shaped welts on the top back of my head because of this.
As for streching for oversplits (back leg mainly) Ive found using the exercise bands hooked around my foot tend to help me keep my leg in proper alignment for when I am feeling a bit tight. I will see if I can find my camera later on today so I can have the Mr take a few pics of me doing this so it will make more sense.
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And this is yet another reason I am thankfull I am a depo user. Otherwise I would probably be running to make sure I dont have these tampons sense they were for sale in my state.
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Awesome I cant wait to hear your reviews 😀
As for cleaning brass poles, the way the clubs would clean them was brasso, let sit for a few min, take a clean towel and start rubbing your pole like your waxing a car. Flip the towel over, and use the clean side to really buff it. If you still feel some residue use a bit of rubbing alchol to get rid of that, or in between cleanings.
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Thanks for posting those pictures! Please let me know what its like once you have it up. What hight did you get? And more pics would rock too. Ive been highly considering getting the ps 1 piece and Ive actually been looking for posts just like this. Oh and can you let me know if you feel any flex in the pole as well?
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Personally I hate makeup. I have to wear it for work, 4-5 nights a week and its a full face. (primer, concelear, foundation, blush, bronzer, powder, eyelid primer, two shades of eyeshadow, brow powder, eyeliner, and mascara) So on my nights off, its no makeup what-so-ever except for the occasional special occasion that I "treat" the Mr to a full face of makup and the hair, ect. Otherwise my hair is tossed into a pony tail and no makup.
To me…makup is…the differance from taking someone from beautiful to glamerous if that makes sense. I am happier when I dont have it on. Altho when I am honest with myself I would say that I am a bit insecure about my under eye circles, and do love that makeup covers them up.
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Mine go though a ton of abuse and I have to replace them every 3-4 months. Repairs help make them last longer (electrical tape and super glue are my best friends for repairs.) So try repairing them, clean them every other week with windex and a rag to help keep them smelling nice, and it also cleans off any sweat/residue on the tops of the heels so the grippines stays. I also use black permanent marker to fill in any nicks and dings they get so they stay looking good. I also paint in a line of super glue along all the seams of the heels when I first get them in. The caps can be glued back in as well. I have been known to make a single pair last 6+ months when I have had to doing all this. You cant do much about the streaching, but you can poke new holes in the straps to make the fit a bit tighter. But also I would make sure that you are not putting them on too tight. I have broken more straps that way then anything else.
But in the end they just are not built to withstand the abuse we put them through.
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I knew you probably didnt, and I aplogize for kinda exploding on that one. Its just a HUGE hot button with me sense its something I have to correct coustomers, and other people on, on nearly a daily basis. And its a compleatly unfair sterotype.
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I don't mean any disrespect here, but lets get one thing straight right here and now. "I don't drink, do drugs, party" That is a MASSIVE stereotype. I've been dancing for 5+ years and I'll tell you what I don't drink. I don't party, and I sure as heck have never touched any drugs. And there are many girls like that, that I have met over the years.