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100 Day Challenge New Edition??
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Update: I got the plank! I had missed the tilting your hips slidly to one side. Now its just as easy as I thought it would be 🙂 I have also gotten practice done alot lately. So far,Im happy with the progress 🙂
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Doing well so far, sticking to my goals. Eating is my biggest hurdle, I'm eating at a "maintenance" level so its still not bad, but I want to do better. I got the furthest down in my front splits yesterday during flexibility training. Today is a strength training day. Slowly but surely, I am getting better. I am not progressing nearly as quickly with pole moves as many other people. I just yesterday for the first time ever did a crucifix without hands and held it. I still can't seem to do a no handed pole sit, I've been trying for over a year now, and my stomach is always in the way, feeling like if I let go, I'll fall backwards. The lessons say get as high up on the thighs as you can for the clamp, I do that and my tummy is on the pole. I'm also confused because in the lessons, you lean away from the leg crossed on top. SOOO many people lean the other way in their photos, with the crossed knee creating the angle to hold the grip. I don't understand. I'm frustrated, feeling very stressed over everything, but I never give up. I'm going to the studio soon, I reeeeally hope someone in person can help me figure out what is up.
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Hooray on getting the plank!!!!! Yay for sticking to our goals!!!! 😀 DLuxx, don't get down on yourself and try not to compare your progress with others (that's a sure fire way to a bad mood). Lately I'm trying to celebrate the moves I DO know rather than focus on those that I'm struggling with because I'll get all depressed. I know for me, I'll get a weird move on the first try, yet there are some beginner moves that I'm still struggling with. I can't explain why my body takes to some moves easier than others, but it happens to us all. I hope that someone is able to help you get that move, sometimes all it takes is someone to point a tiny detail out to us and like magic everything falls into place 🙂
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Hi all!
I know this already started but I want/need in! I bought a pole before taking even one lesson because instinctively I knew that this (poling stalking this site
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Hi all!
I know this already started but I want/need in! I bought a pole before taking even one lesson because instinctively I knew that this (polling) was for me. Well my pole has been up in my livingroom since Jan. i have been around my pole maybe a dizen times and I’ve climbed it maybe 3 times. I keep telling myself that i am afraid to go to a studio and then i go on and start believing myself and I don’t go. The longer I look at my pole the more ridiculous I start to feel but when I imagine myself polling I become very intrigued and excited!
My goals (can I update this section later?):
Start pole classes at a studio (my birthday is two weeks away. Would love to be going to class by then)
No white sugar, flour, rice
Eat cleaner, lighter, healthier foods.
Exercise my body 4 – 5 days per week
Two 20 min meditation per day
Lose15 poundsGood luck to All
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Of course you can join int, AmmaJelani! Get on that pole, already!
I have been pretty good this week and I have started Veena's lessons, which are already feeling quite helpful. I haven't actually met any of my goals completely, but I have been doing them, so that is good. I am making progress.
This week I would like to:
Not smoke every day this week
Continue drinking lots of water
Do pole workout and BBL 3X each
Do three hours of stretching
Eight hours of sleep per night
Study at least twenty minutes a day for the LSAT
Come on Week #3!!!
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@Porshka – Thank you for starting this thread! Almost everything you said is the same as my current situation. I have been in such a lazy rut and my pole progress has gone no where for months now.
So I would love to join in even though I'm a little late to the party!
My 100 day goals are:
#1 – Be confident enough to dance for my husband.
#2 – Be confident enough to post my first video.
#3 – Get my invert.
#4 – Have a strong reverse grab spin.
#5 – Be comfortable with freestyle dance. (I love to dance & do great with a routine, but freestyle seems almost impossible for me!)
My weekly goals to accomplish the 100 day goals are:
#1 – Loose 20 lbs
#2 – Pole 3 times a week.
#3 – Stretch 3 times a week.
#4 – Do 3 songs of freestyle dance a week.
#5 – Only eat fast food once a week. (instead of my current 5 times a week!!)
#6 – Work out upper body 5 times a week.
That ought to do it! Good luck everyone!
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Thanx for this amazing thread! I also want to get in (altough, I know it's late…)!
I've got so many goals I want to fullfill, especially I've been working on the basic invert for a really long time, and from day to day I can perform it, but I want to be able to perform it any time, any day, without effort. So that will be my main goal. I hope a month will be enough for that one.
I need to improve my strenght, so that I ca do the headstand, handstand and catslide.
I also want to more fluid in free dancing and floorwork. And of course, improve flexibility and strenght. It would be nice to loose some pounds as well, but main goal will be on gaining strenght and getting some conditioning.
To accomplish this, I've decided to:
-attend a strenght training class once a week
-1 hour cardio / day (bycykling for work will do it, or jogging, spinning or a dance class)
-attend one dance class a week (need inspiration)
-eat the half a kilo of fruit and veggies a day, considering one portion of raw food a day
-attend the pole studio at least once a week
Thank you so much girls, and good luck with your goals! Keep it up!
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Since it is a week since I set my goals mabye it is time to evaluate how things are going.
For now, I think things are going quite alright. During this week I have attended 2 yoga classes, three strenght training classes, one dance class and one spinning class. But, I have not been to the pole dance studio, which could be seen as one thing to work on for the next week. I have been training with the routines video by jamilla though, so always something 🙂 as for he cardio, I have been using my bycycle everyday, approxiamately for 1,5 hour a day, and will have to do so for a long time now, so hopefully I will be in a really good shape in a couple of months 🙂
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Well it has been almost 2 weeks since I set my goals and unfortunately it has been a complete failure so far. I haven't really stuck to anything https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_sad.gif So I am starting fresh today and am more motivated this time. How is everyone else doing with their goals?
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I know just how you feel! Don't give up. My first three weeks haven't been a total bust, but…well…I haven't accomplished as much as I wanted, to put it mildly. Like, not zero but almost zero. And then I always really beat myself up over it. Oh, and I won't be posting a video by Friday.
But the key to success is not giving up even when you fail miserably, so we will just pick ourselves up and keep trying…
On a positive note, I am really glad I have a Veena Gold membership. I really like the progression of moves and I feel like doing the conditioning has made me stronger and I have hardly even done anything (boo me, yeah Veena…).
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@Jessiegirl96 – I know how you feel too! I havent been good with keeping up either. I did get a nemesis move down, but flexi training and training pole have been much less than ever before. I've been so stressed with work, wich I havent been used to for a year or so, so I have skipped my training in order to fit in work. :/ And now Im sick with the flu! Luckly I have finished my work and im looking at a peaceful summer, so it pole pole pole, before I start school.
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Well, tomorrow I'm busy so I'm going to weigh-in now about last week's progress and this week's goals.
Progress: def getting stronger but this week I accomplished zero. Well, I worked out once and studied once. I did weigh myself and I am under 160lbs (on a good day), which I haven't been in quite some time, so that is exciting. In fact, I want to say that over the last year I've lost about 20lbs. Not quite, but close.
Anyway, this week I want to get in my three upper + abs, three lower + stretching and eat gluten-free as an experiment.
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It’s late but I think I’m going to join in.. This is a great way to make myself accountable.
I started setting goals last week, so this post will publicized those goals and be and update on progress.
My goals are 60 days goals in a hope to be where I want to be before my trip to China in August.
Goal: Lose 20lbs or two dress sizes. (starting weight: 175, size:12)How I am going to get there:
Go to boot camp work out classes Mon-Thursday.
Include 2 days of flexibility training
1 day of pole conditioning
Eat more veggies, and protein with less emphasis on grains and fruit in my diet.So this week I’ve done ok, I went to the boot camp classes Tuesday – Thursday. I did ok with my diet but still didn’t get enough veggies or protein throughout the week. And haven’t done any stretching or pole work as of yet. I plan on doing pile work and stretching on my “off” days from the boot camp classes since they are super intense.
Good luck to all and keep up working towards your goals! YOU CAN DO IT!
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It’s been a while and so far I’ve failed. However, I am not giving up and have about 63 days left give or take! I started weight watchers so that should be a big help. And I started doing Pilates in the mornings and working out at night again. The Pole dancing is still a struggles… it was fun now it’s getting a little hard to do! But I am not giving up!
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This week I lost 3lbs on weight watcher and worked out everyday! I drank about 6 glasses of water a day…that was very hard to do! Haven't done any pole dancing yet but hopefully this week! Keep up the hard work everyone!
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Good work, Black Rose! Just keep trying at it….
So…the last 1 1/2 weeks has pretty much been a bust/total flop for me. I've been sick, working a lot, staying up too late. Today I think I have a pretty good shot at getting back on track, although perhaps it is time to re-evaluate my 100-Day goals, because I don't think I can meet them now. My splits progress has improved quite a bit, as well as some pole strength.
Oh, and I will have some time off because I just got F*CKING FIRED for sexually harassing someone at work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was a total BS claim that was clearly retaliation for something I reported. Ugh…
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I guess I should check in since it's been a couple weeks. I have lost 8 lbs so I think I am on track to meet my weight loss goals. As far as my weekly workout & pole goals I haven't been meeting those very well. So I guess I will just be happy to have a little bit of positive progress.
@Porshka – I'm sorry to hear about your job. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_sad.gifHopefully an even better one comes along for you!
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@JessesGirl96 – thanks! I'm not really that upset over it. I wasn't really crazy about that job, so whatever..
I'm starting to think that the end result of my 100-Day challenge will be to just get to a point where I have a routine and have cut out all my bad habits. Although I have really improved now that I think about (thanks in part to Veena, who's lessons have helped a great deal!), I am still quite far from my goals. It is more like I am trying to get to a place where I can even set goals and expect to meet them. So…we'll see, I guess.
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Opps! I forgot I was doing a dang challenge ive been way too busy, well its never too late to start, restart just dont give up right!
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I am in your boat rdgcleveland! Better to start again rather than give up.
@Porshka- your life just opened up for something even more wonderful than that job. Sucks how it happened but sometimes the universe gives us a little push into new. Enjoy it!
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Update
Its going in the right direction now. I've trained 2 times this week, doing my third today or tomorrow. I've been doing sidesplit-middlesplit and back mobility routines this week. I've perfected my scorpio. This last month I have learned the butterfly (rough) and reverse grab. Just need to keep it up! 😀
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Hey – thought I'd check in because I haven't in quite a while. I have not been making any progress or working out at all. Instead, I have been dealing with some extremely crippling anxiety for the past three weeks or so. Ugh…it's just been a big mess. Finally, yesterday I got some anti-anxiety medication and am just enjoying not being on the edge of freaking out constantly, to put it mildly. So…that's what I've been up to. Although I will say I've lost about 10 lbs from lack of appetite, but certainly not in a healthy way. Keep up the good work to everyone else!
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Hey everyone! I haven't been able to check in too often now, and well, aren't doing too well with my goals… But I figired they were maby to many of them so I would be happy with the progress I have been making in many of them.
And to Porshka, sorry to hear that, but happy that the med is working 🙂 sometimes, I find that it helps just to let go of what you think that you are supposed to do, and freestyle, especially when it comes to pole. I remember a time when I started to pole, and just thought it was fun, and with al those moves that I'm supposed to know and do and practice, I just loose the motivation to practice at all. Maby it could help you overcome your anxiety? I know for sure that poling has helped me tremendously in getting rid of my former anxiety and depression since it was a way to express myself and getting my thought to go somewhere else. Hope you get back on track soon! You can do it!
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Hmm…well, it's way past the end date of this challenge and I hadn't checked in for a long time and was hoping to at least read about everyone else's progress. Not a lot of info here, so I guess I'll post my last post for this thread.
My challenge (which I started, BTW) was a complete bust. I was doing okay but after basically having a nervous breakdown in July and not poling for two months, I made zero progress and reached none of my goals. Except maybe I did lose the weight but that was from not eating for a month, so I wouldn't call that a victory. I would say that I feel like a failure, BUT I have started poling/working out again (just a few times) and I think my medication is helping me psychologically. Also, I'm pleased to say that I didn't lose nearly as much strength and flexibility as I thought I would have, so my progress doesn't seem too delayed.
So, even though I didn't accomplish any of my goals, I can end my thread on a positive note, at least. Oh, and I did get a new, way better job as a receptionist at a law firm. I make way more money (still not a lot, but I wasn't making sh!t at my old job) and now that I work at 8am everyday, I don't drink during the week and don't drink as much on the weekends. So maybe I did get to some of my goals in a happy-accident kind of way.
So…looking forward to being part of the Veena community once more.
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