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spin mode barf fest! What should you do (or where should you look) with your eyes?
Hi…I've noticed that on spin mode that where I look (or what I look at) makes huge difference..but I haven't figured out the "what' yet. So my question is..are there any tricks to it…. to building endurance, maintaining the spin, and de-dizzy-ing(yes..I made that word up) yourself?
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Did you read this (appropriately named) blog? 🙂 answers all your questions.
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I did Amy and I have been practicing a little every time, but I notice that I tolerate it better sometimes and not others…It really seems that it has to do with where or what I look at. Looked up at the ceiling one time and had to end the session after that….then I looked at the Pole another time and it seemed to help…then that it stopped helping…so it wasnt because I was looking at the Pole.
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Amy…I'm sorry (I just checked your blog again) I poached your phrase…Hey everyone that phrase come's from Amy's Blog.
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haha you don't have to credit me, no worries!
so, spin nausea is totally dependent on a lot of things. try to figure out how fast you were going (if you're tucked in or extended away from teh pole), whether you were upside down or rightside up, etc… it ALL makes a difference!
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darn…i was wishing for an easy answer..LOL
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hahaha, just like pole is easy, right? 🙂
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I’ve been working on this lately. I’ve now had my pole on spin over two weeks, haven’t worked on static at all. This is totally a new record for me! That said, I’m doing everything on spinny as slow as possible, trying to control my momentum and building up to spinning faster.
Funny story: last week I got my first acceptance letter to law school and I was SO excited. I ran over to my pole and did a celebratory shoulder mount because my body could not contain my joy…unfortunately joy seems to translate directly to momentum, and when I hooked my legs I found myself spinning at approximately the speed of light. I got my arms out and slowed myself down enough to be able to dismount, and stumbled around my house like a drunk for about ten minutes, then felt like I had a hangover the rest of the night. I learned my lesson!
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i know that it's different for everyone, but finding an inward focus might help. this is not necessarily closing your eyes. i do a lot of dance trapeze on a swivel, which can maintain a beautiful spin like a pole. i don't get motionsick, seasick, etc etc. but everyone is different. if i close my eyes spinning on trap (only recently, wtf?!) i am instantly dizzy. its so much worse on trap than it ever is/was on pole. i thought i had inner ears of steel! what's horrible is that my trapeze duo partner can get motionsick watching ME on a spinning trapeze! from the ground! we keep ginger on hand (dried, pickled, chews, candied). Its not like bonine or dramamine, but can be helpful after the fact. also, sometimes closing/covering one eye can be helpful when it gets a bit much.
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Definitely worth a try in practice, but I just giggled picturing performing on spin with one eye shut. Or god forbid an eye patch. Maybe my trademark can be the “pirate wench” look LOL
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Corby, I found spin on lyra/single point trap to be different because your'e typically rotating at the center of the spin, whereas on pole you're rotating outside of it. i thought i was good on spin pole, got on a lyra, and was like WOAHHHHHHHH
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I know. Add a swing to that and the spinning/Swing Combo can turn a lot of people off to it. I never have had a problem in the roughly three years I have done trap, until recently, when I closed my eyes in a single knee hang from the bar. It was swinging/spinning, and I was inverted. Can’t do that with eyes closed. Eyes open… No problem. Haha I was always the little kid on the fishing boat that never gets seasick. Even when the rest of my family does. And
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Oops, can’t handle my phone. Was going to say that the closed/covered eye is only useful (I think) once you stop bc you’re dizzy. I don’t think an eye patch would help ;). Another option that some of the girls say help is to make hand “binoculars”. I guess narrowing the vision can be helpful. Again, won’t prevent the dizziness, just might help after you get a bit dizzy.
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Just wondering if anyone has tried those scopalamine patches for seasickness, some divers swear by them (I don't get seasick diving, so I never tried them), and they don't cause any drowsiness.
I also work on lyra (double point) and it is different spinning inside something than spinning around it, although I don't think it's any worse. The spinning/swinging combo may be something else, but I haven't gotten that far yet.
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I'm probably at a disadvantage. I get car sick even..hmm. I think I'm a little better upside down though. Ill keep trying.
@amy…yep pole is so easy..NOT….I dont even remember Gymnastics being THIS frustrating. Sometimes I feel like a small snail trying to traverse across a giant football field in my progress with the pole, but I keep coming back for more:)
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