Rachel Osborne
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I wear underarmor shorts, they are so comfortable and you can roll them down and pull them up for moves where you need skin like hip holds.
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I think everyone should be v proud of themselves. 👌ðŸ‘ðŸ‘🙌 whether you’re still working through, just starting or restarting or completed. Woo! Go everyone!
And 💜💜💜 Veena for making the fantastic Take Off and Abs programmes. -
Fabulous well done!
So many great bits in the 30 days, it’s hard to know what to continue to use. I will keep going back in for inspo. -
I can so relate to this thread because I wouldn’t do any invert AT ALL apart from cross knee release whilst holding ankle for 6 months after restarting pole.
And this was because years ago as a badly-trained beginner I fell from an invert – trying to do a sort of extended butterfly in heels from a wobbly caterpillar but without any real idea of what I was doing – and only just avoided serious neck injury and that was it, no more pole for me for years. I still remember the floor rushing up to meet me…I still dream about it.
I came back to pole and was happy enough nailing complex spins, dancing and doing heavy conditioning but a basic invert, inverted crucifix, bat, caterpillar, handstand, any kind of nose to ground/pole move made me flashback and sweat with fear. I still do not like them even now; I always gemini into butterfly, not caterpillar, I’m almost always looking at the ceiling when I invert…meanwhile everyone else was dying to go upside down.
What helped me was taking the time – taking months and months – to get really strong and to really understand the mechanics of a trick before trying it. Could write an essay here about the brass monkey journey I went through but this is long enough. I have no magic trick to help you, we are all different – I’d just say that for me, I decided not to do tricks until I was certain that I was strong enough and to trust my body – and instincts – and to go super slow. I did want to do those beginner and intermediate inverts, despite the fear, but no way in hell would I try before I was ready. I had to get to a point where the frustration at not having it was stronger than the fear. Then I was ready.
And I would tell myself;
‘that was then, this is now. It’s different – you’re different, different place, differently trained muscles, you’re not going to roll the dice and get the same number every time, and you have no control over dice. You have total control of your body’ (if I didn’t have total control I shouldn’t be trying!)Pole is not easy; it’s genuinely dangerous and frequently frightening and exhausting and we push ourselves to the limits of our mental as well as physical strength: we lift ourselves mentally as well as physically, learning to fly is exhausting and it hurts.
You will break through and break your barriers down but it can only be done when it’s the right time for you. Trust yourself and know that there is no better feeling than working gently just inside your limits and getting your goals slowly and sweetly your own way, in your own time.
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You start the pole stuff after 2 weeks of conditioning BUT all the stuff you do first is actually building muscle memory and body awareness and strength so when you do actually start climbing, spinning on your pole you have a much higher safety/success rate because your body has internalised how far away to stand to mount the pole, how to grip and release so your hand slides and you can spin, how to use your shoulders right to help you stabilise yourself and so on.
It’s very clever indeed!
Don’t short change yourself by jumping ahead is my advice. Set yourself up for success by doing the Veena lessons in order. I wish I’d been taught like this when I started, would have saved me years of injury and struggle and bad habits I’m now trying to unlearn. -
Finished both!
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Ooh! Do you rub the pole with unlit tea light or your hands, or do you light it and use hot melted wax on hands?
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Endorsing what Veena and Chem said; brilliant tips. Another little tip – when using split grip or brackets upright and aerial, (for example when doing air walks ) I was taught to grip pole with knees, place top hand and then bottom and lower gently into position rather than dropping into the hold which is a huge stress on low forearm and wrist. Same applies when exiting move – catch pole with knees and clamp, then lift up gently and release bottom arm to avoid straining.
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Yay Cazzz!
Day 25 both here. -
Wow Dakota Fox trains you?
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Sad girl drop, drama queen drop or hip lock drop. Not got time to search youtube/here as making breakfast for my little boy but hope that helps 🙂
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Lol quite a few vids here of me poling in my husband’s black M&S cotton trunks – rolled down at waist they’re SO comfy.
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Drops yesssssss! Jade drop is especially impressive.
Also no arm leg switches into flower spin (on spin) seem to get the ooh aah wows going.
And drama drama movement – musicality, pausing, tension building, changing tempo, little touches like a shoulder shrug and head toss finishing off a body roll – rather than just bashing through a series of technical tricks flawlessly and gymnastically.Everyone has their preferences though, I am a sucker for the dancing but others are agog at power moves and high speed spinning..
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I noticed you have the wrong hand high in your video so I left a comment about that. Pole on your right = right hand on top, pole in right armpit, squeeze right bicep…
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Hope you’re feeling better soon.
You might like this acoustic version of Sia’s Titanium https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PGoCtJzPHkUTake care