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Pole practice accountability thread!
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Welcome Neesy 🙂 Good luck with your goals.
I’ve done some light poling today, basic spins mostly.
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Hello Neesy!!! Lots of goals you have!
I had the most lazy day today. I went to pole class and that has been it! No house cleaning, no PIYO, no prepping food (that’s not good), but I have a lot of work to do this week! Busy busy busy! -
Hey there! I had a lazy day as well. I did some light stretching & used my foam roller but man I’m so sore from yesterday. So today was all about football & laundry. Back at it tomorrow though 🙂
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Fab class tonight! I did a chopper into every invert (yay for stronger arms despite the Christmas break!), managed an aerial invert on my bad side (not pretty but hey) and started trying for superman. Eeeeek! The studio has rubber mats so I still haven’t done the SV challenge pirouettes and I’m knackered now so no shoulder slides. Catching up today on tomorrow eve, and will do the pirouettes on Thurs at class on their wooden floor.
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Sooooo – I am sick as a dog with a sinus infection and haven’t been able to do splits stretching or pole since Sunday. My husband left on deployment on Saturday and I started a new job in my second language on Monday. And my son is being impossible because he misses his Daddy and started at a new school on Monday. ALL that being said – I feel almost OVERWHELMING guilt about not being in my studio working out or stretching. As a patient told me today, ” my everything hurts”. Anyone else ever feel so irrationally guilty?
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Meggie! Stop feeling guilty and focus on getting better! I wouldn’t be poling with all that going on. I hope the sinus infection goes really quickly and that the new job’s going well. Hugs.
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So I’ve been pretty good about my practice. I think doing the #svpolebasics has helped in keeping me motivated. I’ve also been practicing my handstands & splits stretching. I’ve just not been good at posting on here!
My practice today will focus all on my opposite side – eeek!
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Well done Neesy! I did take Wed eve off but had a fab class last night and worked hard. I managed a seat climb in which I actually climbed (rather than staying in the same place while making climbing motions, ha ha) and several new moves. Happy days! Have a good evening yourself 🙂
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Yay for progress Anzia!
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Ladies! I am sorry for my a sense the past two weeks! I was practicing hard on my performance last night. IT WENT AMAZING!!!! I nailed my routine! I want to post a video but it shows up sideways (again) and it is pretty large. When I get it up I will let you ladies know.
Now it’s back to working on new tricks, getting stronger and perfecting them for the next show in April! It’s late so I am going to cut this short; just wanted to check in. -
FANTASTIC!!!! That’s great news Slkysmth 🙂 Can’t wait to see the video. Well done! x
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Can’t wait to see your video!! And congrats on a great performance!
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Ok! I have posted my video! Please take a look if you have 5-6 minutes to spare! I am very pleased with how it turned out. There are a few things I would tweek (point toes when I climb, better extension in my butterfly) but thats it! 🙂
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Duh! I commented on your (beautiful, awesome) video but not here. Well, you know I think it was great 😀 Super job!
In other news, tonight I got a superman for the first time on my good side. Bad side I still get stuck halfway over lol but I know now I’ve got it once I can get it both sides in future. Woohoo!
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Thank you Anzia! I can’t wait for the next one in April! Since my performance I went to pole class on Sunday and that’s the last time I’ve touched pole! I will be doing weight training Monday Tuesday Wednesday, Hot yoga with my friend on Thursday Who knows what else!
I learned some fun combos and the mest hook on Sunday that I would like to practice this week so I will try to find some time for that!
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Count me in! I have been off the pole since last August. I stopped working out to focus more on school due to a large course load last semester, now I’m ready to get back to poling and preferably get back to where I was when I stopped.
My Long Term Goals
1-Front & Side Splits
2-Back Bends
3-Hand & Elbow StandsMy Short Term Goals
1-Work on flow & fluid dancing
2-Making my freestyles more sensual
3-Practice weekly and stick to my work-out schedule without getting discouraged
4-Stretch & do Yoga every other dayI hope to be able to work out Monday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday
I do not attend classes at a studio, I’m completely self-taught from YouTube and now also from Veena’s lessons. So I only do at-home practice.
I will try to report back weekly with my progress!! 🙂
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MelMorgan! That’s a really busy schedule. wow! That’s inspiring. I am having one heckuva time with scheduling. I love going to the gym but if I go to the gym I don’t have time to practice pole, if I practice pole I don’t feel like I got as good of a workout as if I went to the gym. I work full-time I have two kids and a husband, so trying to find balance amongst myself them and housework is difficult. Something always suffers and it seems to be pole. I have been doing hot yoga on Thursdays and a program called PIYO on Sundays which is a cross between yoga and Pilates. And once a week I go to intermediate pole class. The other days I find myself in the gym doing strength training. Like I said then that leaves no more time for pole.
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I went on my 1st run of the year. My GPS app wasn’t working so I don’t know how many miles. But it was 51 minutes. I thought I could come home and stretch and pole…but I felt more stiff than ever!
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slkysmth thank you! I’m glad I can be of inspiration to someone, that makes me smile! And it sounds like you are super busy! I know exactly what you mean about it feeling like something is always suffering; it can be very hard to find balance between things when you have kids and everything else. I know you can make it work! You seem very determined and strong! Keep at it! 😀
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Thank you Mel! I did two spinning pole workshops yesterday (feeling beat up!) and then intermediate today. The focus was shoulder mounts, shoulder mount flips, etc so I’m again, beat up! I love it though! I have sooo much in my arsonel of things to work on now!
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Neesy, what a great picture!!! 😃
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I’m a beginner and one of those people that’s bad at posting regularly on threads. 🙁
However, I have been poling regularly – I manage to go to 1 or 2 pole classes every week and practice at home about 2 times a week in addition.
And, I finally managed to do my elbowstand getup and the basic invert today! That’s two of the short-term goals achieved.Revising my goals:
Short-term:
1. Practice and improve my form with basic invert and chopper.
2. CAR bridge/layback. (I can do CKR easily but just reeeally struggle with CAR).
3. Clean up figurehead, learn side sit.
4. Get the intermediate spin combos in a fluid manner.
5. Start doing the conditioning and flexibility routines regularly.
6. Start practising in heels. 🙂Long-term:
1. Get the side splits.
2. Learn intermediate moves. Move to Level 3 moves.
3. Practice in a showcase/competition this year(?).Phew! Long post but putting that down feels soooo good! 🙂
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RSK-that’s a lot of goals! I have a feeling your gonna nail the short term ones quickly! 😊
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Yay! Thank you! I hope so!
I was just able to hold up a flag for about a second. I should add holding that for longer to the goal too.
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Count me in if anyone needs to be motivated it is me maybe putting it here will help me stay focused.
1 problem I have is that my dance pole is in our out building and it is colder than crap outside right now.
I am not even in the beginning stage, I am at the planning to get motivated stage. I have the 30 day get started videos and I plan on doing 1 a day. So we will see how it goes.
Hopefully I can do some of the strength training at my mothers. I been spending a lot of time there helping take care of her.So maybe I can do some of the practices that don’t require the pole.
SO Short Term Goals
1. Drink Water No Sodas
2. 1 a day of the videos
3. Eat right
4. Lose weight so I can drag my ass up on that pole.
5. DO some exorcises to limber up.
6. Do the splits.
7. Practice In Heels this will come way later I can barely walk in heels now let alone dance in them.I had to look these up I found a site that shows you the names of spins 🙂
Long Term Goals: Learn some spins
1.Hand stand
2.Do The Fireman Spin
3.Chair Spin
4.Back Spiral; Reverse Grab; PendulumI doubt that I will ever be ready for a competition but to just gain my body and flexibility back would be wonderful.
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