Rachel Osborne
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My goodness, that is horrifying. I will share your message too. Stay strong.
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Outraged reporter asking Marilyn Monroe about her nude photo shoot past
‘Were you not wearing anything?’
Marilyn: ‘I was wearing Chanel No. 5’
Reporter: ‘But didn’t you have ANYTHING on?’
Marilyn: ‘Why yes sir. I had the radio on’
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Ooooooh! Excited! Love a good armpit hold trick!
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Phoenix your training sounds really organised and effective. I need more structure in my home practice, think I will be stealing your ideas!
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At home, I warm up fast and hard (mountain climbers or similar to get body warm then roll head shoulders wrists waist hips do plies and kicks) then start freestyling. Sometimes this turns into me playing with a single move over and over, videoing its variations and entry/exit, and watching clips back while I stretch a bit, then dancing it into a freestyle, then dancing some other moves I have down into another freestyle, then stretch (not as much as I want/need) then I rush off. I have to cram my workouts in to under an hour because I have to collect my son from morning preschool. I shower and eat later once he’s home and had lunch. I try to grab a bit of foam rolling when I can, I keep the roller close at home!
I also do 4 morning pole classes which are more structured. I try to fit in yoga and stretch time in evenings but there’s not much time as I have to make dinner and after dinner I am not up for it. If husband works late I eat dinner early with son and then I have free time once son in bed to do yoga etc
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Tashpooh is your pole a new xpole chrome?
I got my new chrome xpole this summer and got the factory finish off byCleaning with boiling hot water and dawn dish soap (avoiding the x joint holes) then rubbing dry with handfuls of kitchen paper towels.
A hard rub down with a clean cloth soaked in white wine vinegar (the pole room then smelled of vinegar!)
Letting the vinegar dry on pole (open windows) then
Using a new microfibre cloth (that was never washed with fabric conditioner or machine dried as fabric conditioners make poles slippy) and isopropyl alcohol 70% in a plant mister to soak the cloth and rubbing HARD. I still do this every practice, several times.
Pole now squeaky clean.
I still don’t stick unless I warm up myself and the pole: Veena has several warm ups or I just prance about a bit in both directions, climb a bit, slide a bit, rub my hands and body on pole, do some pole pull ups and tucks.
Cold pole = dancer hits floor.
Or a cheating way to stick like glue is to pole after a long hot shower or bath.
Enjoy your pole!
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In UK brass poles in strip clubs traditionally cleaned with gin or vodka, the cheaper the better!
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http://instagram.com/p/rtFww_nWaT/
http://instagram.com/p/n8y0fBwK3a/
Those were the nicest I found on IG..
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I’ve been writing the sets from the 30 day take off on post it notes and sticking to the wall! Can’t always get wifi in pole room. You could even make a set of cards and out them in a case in your gym bag and just pull them out?
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Here you go – Polergirl made these great demo vids https://www.studioveena.com/videos/view/538a7960-dedc-43f7-9cf9-2d390a9aa0eb
https://www.studioveena.com/videos/view/538a7993-cc08-431a-98e9-2d470a9aa0eb
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That’s how I get in – from CAR – and my back is NOT flexible. The trick is to twist upper body out to side snd catch pole firmly in arm pit and clamp down then slide other hand with pointy trigger finger down. There are some good vids here showing CAR – flag – brass monkey hang on will find – you just skip the brass monkey bit and cartwheel off.
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Can you bow and arrow using flag grip instead and cartwheel off? I have only ever done it that way and it’s easier than the (very impressive) pic you’ve attached.
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Thanks to the awesome tips on this thread I got it: thanks SO much, especially re vid demo.
Feedback from my multiple attempts in case anyone searches site as I did looking for meathook tips: can’t do it on a cold pole at all. Both me and the pole have to be very warm to stick. So if you’re having an issue maybe check that.Also the tip about butt up head down lower than hips and fold hard at waist is very very true. If I fold hard enough in half and grab one ankle I can let go both hands. Managed to spin over 30 seconds meathook to hands free meathook, taking second hand off meant a small drop down pole but the waist lock kept me on. It is as much balance as strength.
It is very hard to breathe normally doing it.
I have to do it straight away at start of routine because it’s exhausting. -
Ha climbing! I can side climb both sides no prob but basic climb, x ankle climb, performance climb etc etc I can only do right leg front. If I need the other leg in front I just climb up right leg then switch front legs once I am up there!
I just cannot climb left leg first, I mount the pole and freeze, my body won’t cooperate.