[tigerlillies]

I have the same problem I saved and saved till I could get a x pole stage now find myself not practicing.
Long term goal
Splits
Handstands
Pole at least five days a week
Short term goal
Practice at least twice a week
Get the basics down and executed smoothly
Work on flexibility
Freestyle ( I never dance when I pole just worry about the moves since so self conscious and feel awkward )
I want to start working on the pole and off more I have almost every pole dvd there is and have this site for lessons but by the end of the day just don’t want to pole even though I still love it. I live an hour or more from any studios and homeschool my three kids so have to learn at home. Don’t know anyone at all in the state I live so of course no one to pole with or help motivate me and sometimes have knee issues. But would love to join your group and hopefully kick myself in the butt and start to pole again.

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I’m in for both 30 day programs. Have a stage and need to go back to basics myself have you guys decided how we are going to do it as a group ex Skype or are we just going to post that we did it each day?

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I was a passenger in a really bad car accident at 17 and got what the call soft tissue dame ga from it. If it rains or cold my back and neck pain flares up. On top of that I found out last summer that the cartledge in my right knee is detoriating and need surgery to shave the inside of my knee cap. So I feel you with it being hard that something you love like pole is going to be affected by these things. But don’t give up if you love it stick with it even if you can only practice once a week do it. I may not ever do the super flexy moves or get good enough to seriously compete if I wanted to but it brings me joy so going to give it my all. I too just started back up and have to take it slow and really build my strength back up but hang in there you can do it and you have all of us here on veena behind you.

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I didn’t know that could happen to nip piercings good to know lol has thought about it was always the quiet shy kid who always followed the rules type now that I am grown and have kids coming out of my shell and doing the things I’ve always wanted like the tatts and stuff. I was amazed by your back piece and kinda jealous lol like man I wish I would of got something like that haha my back piece that I want is of a phonex will take up half my left side upper back. Then want one mid theigh that travels around to end on my lower butt check with butterflies just not sure what to put to have the butterflies trailing from it to stop at my butt still working on that. Wish I knew someone who could draw so could design my own so since I don’t teaching myself to draw but haven’t made to the stage where can draw a good tatt idea yet

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Club dynasty I love your tatt it’s so pretty! I have a tiger on my lower back but want to add to it got it when I was 17 and also a black cat on my inner theigh. Don’t have pics since want to add to each but I never had any problems with pain when I got mine. I sat and played games on my phone the whole time. But I have a good pain tolerance I am the chick who got bored so pierced my own belly button without numbing it just for my baby nephew to yank it out a few weeks later and once it healed repierced it lol. I have numerous tattoos I want to get but don’t want to take time from pole hard enough as it is to find time and energy to do it don’t want to add having to recouperate in top of it. Plus don’t know of any really good artists here in GA and I don’t want to end up one of those tattoo horror stories

[tigerlillies]

Thanks Pavoly yeah that’s the problem I have now trying to find the time and energy to pole lol plus just sprained my ankle so benched for a little.

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Thanks Pavoly it’s my youngest daughter actually lol yeah that’s the problem I have right now finding time and energy to practice. Might start a thread for home polers who want to do Skype lessons a couple days a week.

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I home pole too my mom got really sick at the start of summer and was in the hospital all summer and still not doing well so I take care of her. Plus out of nowhere my youngest started having seizures at Xmas so don’t want to leave them for too long and all of the studios are an hour away from me and that’s if there is no traffic.

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Right now I am just a student but it is my goal to one day teach pole and open my own studio so I would love to read any and everything that might help me to do this successfully

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I used to live there and in lansdale trying to move back there now lol. Do they have any studios there or do you have to go to King of Presia

[tigerlillies]

I have the same problem have three kids and all the studios are an hour away with crazy traffic to get through. Love pole have a x stage lit stage but lose the motivation some time because have no one to pole or even work out with lol. If you want to skype I’m in I live in Georgia just have to figure out how to use skype lol might have to ask one of my kids to help me with that.

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Poledanceromance the reason ppl say buy American made isn’t because we think America is superior to any other country. It’s because as you said pl need jobs and an income the jobs you said we would be taken from other countries were taken from us why because it is cheaper to have other countries make the products not because America makes crappy products. American government saw a way to ace money by out sourcing why pay some company here 500 to make something when you can pay another country 100. That’s what it boiled down to cheap labor. There are thousands of unemployed ppl in America why because companies shut down and went over seas companies that have been around for decades even. So when ppl say but American they say it because they want to put money back into their country and start lowering the unemployment rate. So everything you said could happen to the low paid workers of other countries who now do all the manufacturing and production of products sold here has already happened to us. We are in debt up to our ears because of out sourcing and helping other countries we are just trying to rebuild as a country and want to see families with nothing from losing their jobs be able to care for themselves and their children. I love other countries everyone their customs and languages and history so no I don’t see America as the greatest place I see it as the same as any country with its good and bad and I see that like other places it’s ppl are just trying to survive too.

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Yeah I would love to see what the new thing is any idea how long it will be before the put it out on the market?

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I hope you come to Atlanta ga I would take any and all of your workshops and if you want can even get a list of all the studios here if that will help. Or facilities u can rent to hold them.

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Hi my question then is is the AFAA cert any good then they have the personal training cert and then the group fitness one. I know someone who is going to be taking the group fitness test in August and I had thought of getting that program myself. I want to be able to get a job at a gym or studio teaching on a full time thing and then get my pole cert so can teach pole too. I know that vertical joes offers the pole cert and that you get credits with AFAA with it but wanted to know if other gyms and studios would accept it. Also has anyone taken or know someone who has taken vertical joes pole cert and if it’s worth spending my money on to get or if I should go through a different company. I am a single mom so can’t waste money for something that will not make me more marketable job wise. Last question is if I get the group and pole cert is it worth also doing the personal training cert as well? Thanks for any help or info and sorry for asking questions on someone’s else’s thread.