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Veena’s Abs of August!
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I touch pointy toes to ground with knee tucks, if feeling bad ass do straight legs or V for first 6. Today I switched over after 12. Then went back for last set. They’re hard but not terrible. But the leg raises slay me; 25 each leg with straight leg is nonstop limit, can do 35 -40 with attitude leg. Switching feels cheaty but I just get to fatigue and cannot.go.on.
The last week is scary :-0
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You can do whatever variations you need to, in order to make it through with the best form. That’s why I have different options. Nothing wrong with touching the ground if needed.
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I’ve only just got my pole set up (yay – finally) and I’ve started the 30 day abs challenge and the kick start programme as I have been off the pole for a while and I really need to build strength. Mine will be abs of Aug and Sept! 🙂 Only worry is that I travel a lot and may struggle with roll ups (even in a door frame) and knee tucks. I usually pop in a Switch for good measure. Any other suggestions?
(I’m just imagining doing the roll ups in a hotel door way in the Middle East …. Guaranteed to be labelled as the “more-crazy-than-usual” foreigner!!!) -
I agree Tropicalpole, those leg raises are tough! I can’t do them without stopping. Congrats on your hands free cupid…yay!
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I usually do the workout in the morning, but this morning I had to be at work early so I skipped it. Planning to do it tonight and just noticed 220 twists and 60 leg raises….aaaggghhh! My shoulders get tired during the twists and my legs just won’t cooperate if I try and do the leg raises without stopping. For those of you who did your workout this morning, please send positive vibs my way!
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It’s so great to read about everyone’s progress!! Congrats to all of you on the awesome new moves!! I got a late start so I was on day 16 and then had to go out of town for my grandfather’s funeral so I am like 5 days behind. Can I jump right back in to day 17 or should I ease into it?
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tsaderup, I would do once day doing a lower amount, then jump back in where you left off. 🙂
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Jensha, feel free to replace any of the moves with something else from the lessons here. 🙂 That would be a sight to see btw! lol
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Will do thank you 🙂
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Goodness me, I’m so far behind! I’m only up to day 11, and I’ve not done any exercise at all for 3 days! Well, unless you count carrying in about a dozen boxes of our belongings from the undercover area that was swimming in 2 inches of water after heavy rainfall. Amazingly, nothing was damaged!!
Oh, except my foot. I had a run in with a pole, but not the good kind. Some heavy metal table legs broke through the bottom of a soaked box and one landed straight onto the top of my foot. Thankfully, just a little bit of swelling and bruising. It could’ve been so much worse!
Oh, and so now my pole room is full of boxes, and half unpacked stuff. :-/
Mind you, there’s still room to do the abs work. Phew!
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One more day left…:)
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I’m so close to getting a cup grip shoulder mount i can taste it. When I started poling in feb of this year I tried it and I thought it would be impossible for me to ever get that. It’s almost weird to see a change so fast but it makes me so happy. And I have visible external obliques for the first time in my life 🙂
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^ like x hundred 🙂
Want to do celebratory sm ‘yes! Yes! Up and over!’ vid challenge next week? Am on same page THANKS Veena.
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I only have two days left, and I do believe my belly is flatter.
I wouldn’t mind another 30-day challenge of some sort. Has Veena got another one up her sleeve?
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Glad to hear you guys are liking the results!
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All done!
Before and after.
Thanks Veena and everyone else who did it for the inspiration. 🙂
I am actually heavier a month later but much stronger and still fit same jean shorts so maybe I muscled up a bit?
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I am going to delete the pics if nobody else is doing their before and after shots!
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Even with being a slack bum, I noticed tonight that I can get up from our couch (one that is easy to sink into) while using both arms to hold my sleeping two-year-old more easily than I could a couple of weeks ago.
When I say ‘easier than I could’, I actually had to get my partner to hold my hand and pull me up. But not anymore.
Yay, abs! 😀
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I think I left off on day 19 or 20? I had to pause for Dragoncon and will resume when I get home.
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I finished tonight! Yippee!
Tropical, I didn’t take before/after photos or I would post them too. You look great!
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TropicalPole you look great! I didn’t take before and after pics. My abs don’e look any different, but I’m definitely stronger. Thanks so much to everyone for inspiring me to do this. I will definitely keep it up, especially since I can feel the results when I pole!
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I’ve been disconnected for a while, and I’m about to do this late!
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Back from Pole Expo and have decided this should be part of my daily routine. So, I’m back to it. I decided to start at day 10 because today is the 10th so it’ll be easy to track where I am in the process.
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Bumping so people doing repeat challenge starting today can find thread 🙂
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This looks great. I’m going to bookmark this and come back to it in a few months. I am in the middle of a 30 day ab calendar right now, but I can do this sequence in a later month!
Poledancefan is Joel Lessing
Forest Park, Illinois
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