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  • adjuster cover on xpert pole

    Posted by RoseMay on March 23, 2011 at 2:08 pm

    I'm starting to wonder whether I set my xpert pole up in a wrong way.

    At the bottom of the pole there's the adjuster cover. It is only screwed up and not tight. I thought it should be set up this way, but now I started learning the caterpillar and butterfly and when I use my right hand at the bottom I grip the adjuster cover and it starts unscrewing and gets loose https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_eek.gif

    So for now I'm only using my left hand at the bottom (it's my weaker side), which just tightens the cover so I have some kinda grip there … I could also work around it by doing an air invert so I'm higher up on the pole, but I'd prefer learning new moves closer to the ground https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif

    My question is, is this normal? Or did I do something wrong when I set my pole up? I can't imagine that it's safe to grip the pole there when you just tighten the cover a bit more …

    RoseMay replied 13 years, 7 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Sarahb69

    Member
    March 23, 2011 at 2:22 pm

    My adjuster cover does not move at all. I can put my hand on it for any of my invert moves and have never had it move. It sounds to me like you haven't tightened the adjuster cover quite enough.

    There is an installation video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m04WT3y5w7Q

    Sarah

  • HollySatine

    Member
    March 23, 2011 at 2:34 pm

    I haven't started learning those moves yet but what it sounds like (if you have set up your pole correctly and the cover is as tight as it can be) is, since you mentioned that using your left hand only tightens the cover, maybe your grip isn't strong enough yet to keep your weight from shifting, causing the hand on the cover to rotate a little (or enough at least to loosen the cover)?  I know there are some moves where I can feel myself rotating because I can't keep my weight totally balanced, and since you are just learning these two moves maybe you have a similar problem?

     

  • RoseMay

    Member
    March 23, 2011 at 4:03 pm

    Thanks for your replies!

    @Sarahb69: It's good to know that it's not supposed to move. Though in the video at 7:51 it doesn't look as if they are really tightening it with force.

    I just tried to tighten it as much as I can and it feels a bit better … but I have to try it inverted in the next days during my next practice https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif

    Btw how do you take the pole down if the cover doesn't move at all?

    @HollySatine: Of course it's possible that I'm not strong enough yet. I'm not sure how to find that out though …

  • RoseMay

    Member
    March 25, 2011 at 12:03 pm

    Yay, tightening it a bit more worked https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cheers.gif I still can't do a butterfly or caterpillar, but I can put my hands in the correct positions and work on it https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif

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