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That’s how I learned how to invert in my old days. Due to lack of time I attended mixed levels classes and always looked up to advanced students. Now it all behind me and faded but i remember how much they cheered for me!
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Im on river stone floors for a long time. Do wear leg warmers and leggings often but got used to hard surface. When I go for classes in studio Im truly appreciating wood but anywhere else its usually polished cement. I never tried carpet around pole accept my yoga mat but soft carpet sounds like luxury
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Dance stores have quiet a variety of Bloch shoes covering different parts of soles (like half-sole) or toes. I have two kinds heels open/ toes closed and half soles with toes open. Both are very comfy for spins, open toe is better for poling and closed toes are good for floor work especially when you need to drag your toes like going into shoulder rolls and open butterfly floor spins around the pole. I found high heels were difficult to use at first. In general as much as I love the heels but feeling the floor gives me a boost of confidence until Im familiar with the move
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Drops? any basics plzzzzz
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Bought all her DVD’s. Love to exercise with her. All is very reasonable and doable. And she herself is very inspiring. Love her clothing line
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I like the emotional quality of her work. I think she is a great artist.
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I work with leg weights all the time
mine are 10lb per leg. I can adjust to a lighter by taking weights out of pockets.
So far I inverted raising its slowly to 5 per leg but I dont recommend to do it on a pole. I invert on rings and on pull-up bar where weight is distributed between two shoulders evenly. I can do it on a pole but there is no gain for inversion technique or strength wise and as Veena mentioned there is good chance to injure yourself.
You will gain much more from slow leg raises and control descend also pull-up bar l-sits. If you can do shoulder stands in those and control discend.
I also love to stretch in those but be very careful its easy to injure as well I wouldnt use more then 2lbs per leg to start -
That is exactly why whoever watchers us dancing please smile and cheer…. We need this positive attitude and not just staring. Whenever I dance I always find those smiles in a crowd and even blow kisses sometimes. Its silly but all it is is a transfer of energy. Smile and it will come back to you 10 times more so…
The other day I was visiting a strippers club and I felt exactly the way these girls fill. Man look in a different way there. So they have to perform and hassle while on a stage and off the stage. It’s very cold environment. So I tried to smile and cheer yelling Nice! all the time and noticed that it helps everyone to fill more human. -
I wouldn’t remove them
They are cushions that protect your palms from blistering
Plus whatever is for removing contains high amount of salicylic acid or freezone that will strip your skin from callus layers and you will need to regrow the layer of skin that will be still vulnerable to contact with pole unless new calluses will develop.
Just use good hands moisturizer at night to keep them from being dry and brittle
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Allyson my collarbone is sticking out too and wasn’t hurting myself on shoulder mount but on a reverse one from caterpillar to the point that I started to avoid it by all means. But not recently as I tried to do it with gripping aid. Its not that I was slippery there it just tells my brain where to have my placement and curl myself before I kiss the pole with my collarbone. Still it is a scary one for me
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It strange mine came with such a long long laces that I can wrap around my waste???
I think you should ask the company to provide you with a longer laces.
If they are stiff to bend it could be a problem with inside/outside leg hang, cupid, python, where the grip is not only by the fabric. You need your legs to bend maximum at the knee for a proper form. -
When you are new to the pole and gymnastics as well there will be a lot of challenges for you to meet. Especially with younger instructors. Also there is a certain level of anxiety and expectation to do everything what’s required of you. If the instructors are smart and want their clients coming back they always know what is reasonable to work on within a time frame.
Remember, not every challenge is your challenge at that particular time. Everybody is different.
You can try within your reasonable physical efforts but do not do anything to hurt yourself. Pay attention to your body. If it doesn’t do it say to yourself: Very well, not at this time. Let’s revisit it in a few weeks or month. Also there is a great advantage to be a member here because you can reevaluate it against your instructions in class and you will see how different or similar it should be. Veena’s educational and if I can say almost clinical experience for every move keeps you in best hands ever.
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Burlesque people who make clothes know how to make beautiful outfits including those, or if you know any magic Mike :)))
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Maz I’m in To
have a friend who is interested
Plzz pm me anytime
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May be try something else for some time and it will be easier to come back?
It takes time to discover things for yourself and find what you truly love.
I suggest write a blog. State things that are negative and positive, what brought you to the art of pole, what successes you already achieved,
List every move you learned and see for yourself if it an achievement for you.
List the goals you would love to achieve and think how much you want them.
Also, listen to the music and imagine in your mind how would you dance it on the pole.
If notice yourself thinking danceable moves then do it. My grandma used to say: You have to sleep on things before you make a decision. Meaning: it takes time to figure thing out.
Pole requires time and consistency, teaches you to be humble and appreciate your body. So listen to it and be good to yourself.