Rachel Osborne
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Those lessons are awesome Veena!
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I practice doing them really slowly (see 2:02 min in vid https://www.studioveena.com/videos/view/53b75b60-2904-4591-ab52-310d0a9aa0eb) and I use my dominant hand highest whichever direction I’m going, plus use my lower core/abs a lot. Slow straddle elbow stands up against pole helps with ab training and hip flexor strength for this and many other moves. Also doing ballet developee.
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Thanks Polergirl. I call the top right straddle hip hold or hands free chopper, would you call top left straddle hip hold as well? The one with knee drawn up back leg extended, not inverted? It’s a bit like a half jade but not upside down
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Hmmm hang on, having consulted Veena lesson that is not an Eros. Wrong leg. So I don’t know what that is either. Can anyone help???
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Here’s a lady doing a nice combo with stargazer in https://www.studioveena.com/videos/view/b76f4890-bce4-11df-856f-001b214581be
Ok splits up pole might be bit ambitious but you could pole sit or just pole hold and extend a leg, then slide down. -
Enjoy your new pole! 🙂
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My 2014 xpert spins like mad when I mount and throw shapes etc but if I just spin in with my hands it moves then stops. It is my weight and pushing off that makes it spin and I control the ride by tucking in close (to go faster) or throwing out an arm or leg to slow the spin
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Had a great class with her Tues and she was talking about how important it is to use all the move, all the space, even for the small quick transitional moves. Fully extend, style it, finish it – even a pole pirouette before changing direction. Complete the turn with a hair toss, lean fully away before turning back in, take the movement all the way through to the tips of your fingers, don’t just suggest it – fully show it, own it.
My ballet teacher used to say the same; I think it is one of the things that takes dancing to a new level and I must try to put it into practice more. I have learned so much from all my teachers of pole and there is so much to keep learning.
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So that’s a resounding yes then 🙂
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My chrome is slippy until it’s warm, and I mean WARM – I rest my cheek on it at start if practice and even in a warm room it’s cool. I climb up and down, hug my body to it, slide up and down in pole hold, for about ten mins, til it feels warm (and so am I). Then it is noticeably grippier. I can’t just get on and invert – I will fall. But putting the time in to warm it up pays off, no amount of grip aid or wiping can get round the need to do this.
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Absolutely!
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Here she is again
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ps_NOQhftBA
Thought you Latin pole fusion fans might enjoy…. -
This was the Sexy Back first attempt
https://www.studioveena.com/videos/view/53cd68b1-7ae0-4e9d-ac6e-1db00a9aa0eb
And this was the carpet burn on my chin from doing body waves on the floor!
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Ow!