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New to this site and have some ?s
Hey now everyone! So I've got a few ?s on how to use this site but first I'm gonna give y'all a little background info about me. So about 4 1/2 years ago I was messing around on youtube and I came across a pole dance video and decided I HAD to become a pole dancer. My wonderful ol' man surprised me w an x pole for xmas that year. He also got me Jamilla Deville's videos (eventually all 5) and I immediately became an addict. I got all the way to her 5th video (advanced moves) when we moved from Illinois to Northern California (almost 3 years ago). Unfortunately, we could only find a very, very small 2 bdrm house for a family of 4 (one boy, one girl) so me and my ol' man had to use the living room as our bedroom. Needless to say I did not have the room for my pole so I had to stop. Finally last spring we moved to a bigger place w a huge living room that gives me plenty of room to pole. In the last 8 months I have been trying to get back on the pole but become quickly discouraged and stop. After seeing myself in the mirror in a little tight dress (uggh!) a few nights ago I realized that it's time to get over myself and get back up on that pole. So I started up again but still found myself getting discouraged and then I remembered this site. So today I signed up (I used to read the forums back in Illinois but never got lessons from Veena), I figured something new might inspire me. I started today and even w the warm up I knew I made a good choice. The "newness" to Veena's approach is inspiring to me but I don't really understand how to work everything in. On my old videos there was a warm up, lessons, conditioning and then a cool down. But Veena offers soo much that I don't know how to work my workout. I started today w the beginners warmup and just continued from there until I got tired. Then of course I came across the conditioning part, the stretching part etc. So my ? is how do I know what parts to start w and what order to go in. The beginners lessons feels like conditioning long before I even got to the basic walks and spins so I got confused as to how far should I go and when should I switch to the other parts (conditioning, stretching etc.) Sorry to make this so long and I'm not even sure I'm getting my ? across correctly but I would appreciate any input on how y'all use this site.
Thanks,
Delia D
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2 Replies
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Welcome back to poling!!
Start off by watching all of the Getting started lessons for each section. The info in there will help you figure out how to structure your workouts. It will also tell you how often to pole and more.
Getting Started https://www.studioveena.com/lessons/view/4dd006a7-c45c-4c1e-b6b6-4a870ac37250
Getting started Conditioning https://www.studioveena.com/lessons/view/4df54718-52c8-4b1f-b46d-07450ac37250
Getting started stretching https://www.studioveena.com/lessons/view/4dd66731-eab0-4b4a-aa13-41ad0ac37250
Getting started foam roller https://www.studioveena.com/lessons/view/4dcc48af-f630-4a8e-aa67-78850ac37250
You'll see everything is in order and expect to work on a few things each day. NOT the whole section.
If you have any other questions after watching the "getting started" please feel free to ask. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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Veena's lessons are placed in order so you don't have to guess what comes after what. Stretching is best when your body is nice and warm, so you might feel compelled to add in a stretching session after a your workout.
In my warm ups, I may do some of what is in the conditioning lesson. I like to use my warm ups as an opportunity to train while getting warm, it's like hitting two birds with one stone! Then I move on to the core of my practice, which aren't so structured. Usually I'll pick a few moves I want to work on that are within my level. After my practice, I'll stretch while I'm still warm (like you should.)
I don't think you need a set-in-stone order to what you work on as long as they're all reasonably within your ability level. Veena takes the guesswork out of it for you with the way she has set up her lessons.
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