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I still can’t tuck well but my basic invert is flawless. You can keep inverting, just don’t try going into the chopper using momentum to avoid getting hurt. Focus on making ur scorpio and geminis prettier un the mean time and keep working on some conditioning exercises.

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Thanks chem! Vixen looks awesome. I’m going to give them a call.

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I can’t wait! Thanks veena!

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You can start by doing just one and coming down, then trying again after a break. Starting slow is always better, at least for me 🙂

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Congrats! I struggle with inverts still some days but they do get easier with practice. There is one particular conditioning exercise that has helped me the most. Climb the pole and then hold urself to the side just like u would to invert from the floor. With ur legs straight try to bring them up as high as possible and the back down. This has helped me controll my inverts better. Good luck !

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Rouge_Lamour – did you find that the exercise from Jamilla helped?  I tried doing it last night and it feels really weird.  I will definitely keep trying it if it will help with the inverted V.  This is the one move that I have not been able to achieve consistently.

A few months ago I almost got it and then my back started hurting again.  To me that is a sign that I may not be strong enough yet so I want to keep doing conditioning exercises for a bit longer before I go at it again.

I do try it a few times at the start of every practice and I feel like it keeps getting better but i'm never able to hold it.

Good luck everyone : )

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I have both. Studio lessons can get pricey and time consuming (full time job and kids make it difficult to drive to the studio consistently.) So…I purchased veena’s year long membership and still go to a studio 3 or 4 times a month. I love this site but its also amazing to take a pole class with other people.

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I did some new exercises but they didn’t seem that hard. I did legs and back from p90x and then some of veenas ab and upper body exercises. I can barely walk now, everything hurts, even more now than this morning. Ugh… I did stretch earlier and will stretch lightly again before going to bed. Hopefully I will wake up better tomorrow.

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thanks for the video and the link! I probably will wait for hubby to help me tomorrow so that I don’t end up setting up the mount in the wrong area. I’m very excited and eager to have it up already.

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Mine has the rubber feet but I thought that was only good for carpet.. The screw is about two inches on mine as well. Has yours given you any trouble at all? I don’t have instructions since I got it used.

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The screw seems a little short yikes

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Thanks ladies. I’ve decided to go for the lil mynx. I really don’t like taking the xpole down and neither does hubby. Maybe the lil mynx will be easier for him : ). Going to pick it up today. So exciting!

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Really? I have a hard time taking my x-pert down. The garage is going to be turned into an entertainment room for the kids so I would have to take down the pole on the weekends so that they can have a clear view of the tv. I’ve never had a lil lynx but it sounds like it might be easier because of the permanent ceiling mount. I’m torn….

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Sorry for the double post. I hit submit by mistake the first time : )

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X-pole or lil mynx? I am eyeing one of each on craigslist but I can’t decide on which one to get. I already have an x-pole that I never take down but this second pole is for the