[Aviva]

Does she have pix of herself in the most challenging upside down positions she can do?  The reason I ask I because you are right that doctors don't necessarily know what pole dancing really is.  I had my friend/student take her pictures to the doctor before he would clear her. 

[Aviva]

I so hope that it works out for you.  Sorry you find yourself in such a frustrating situation. 🙁

[Aviva]

Wow!  Thanks for sharing this she's awesome!  I love to see straight grip lift, been trying to do that for a couple years now, these girls are so inpiring https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif

[Aviva]

Everything Veena said is right on.  I'm 37.  Yes it is totally possible to gain flexibilty.  It takes time.  At 27 I couldn't touch my toes.  By 36 I had my right split, my left split, and very close to middle split.  

I started seriously stretching around 28, wasn't very consistant with it but stretching sessions were done and I pushed myself during these sessions. When my boss let me start teaching 2 stretch classes a week two years ago it was the begining of the serious training and within a year of that serious training after 8 or so years of half assing it I had the most flexibility I've ever had in my life.   I was finally committed to stretching twice a week because of teaching and that was almost all the stretching I did.  I would stretch lightly on my non stretch days but not a 50 min session like in class.

 I do believe that after a certain age stretching becomes like weight lifting in that you must have at least 1 rest day break in between sessions.  I have no scientific evidence for this, just experiential.

Maybe if you stretch twice a week commited it won't take you ten years https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif but IDK b/c everyone is different.  Working on back flexi now…it's gonna be a minute…been kinda neglecting this one.  

 

[Aviva]

I would love to talk to you about this.  I'm going to call you tomorrow because it is after 10:30 now but I am VERY interested in talking to you.

[Aviva]

I started at 27.  My friend 40 just started Monday.

[Aviva]

I called Xpole and they said the brass ones were also the matte finish.  If anyone has one and wants to give feedback please do, I know this is the SS thread so feel free to PM me if you don't want to highjack…I don't mean to highjack, it's kinda the same topic…

[Aviva]

Whoa!  I'm not going to tell you what to do…but I will tell you my personal experience.  I went from red to blonde.  First it turned a sick yellow color then I used a toner and it got a little better.  My hair length however went from almost to my waist to barely touching my bra strap.  And then it needed three inches off of it.  Blonde is the most damaging to ones hair with darker being less damanging.  Not a pro at hair so exiting stage left.  Good luck I hope it's beautiful.

[Aviva]

I am sorry I just need a little clarification…are you saying the Stainless Steel X pole is kind of a brushed stainless steel?

[Aviva]

Thank you for your responses.  @Angel it is on Baltimore craigslist.  And yes, I have not found a 45 on there yet, good luck, I keep looking, too.

Any one who has sold one?  What was that experience like?  I am getting a lot of silly questions but I am realizing on craigslist one is dealing with the general public and not necessarily passionate polers such as ourselves. 

[Aviva]

Congratulations, this site is awesome, you guys did an amazing job with the videos, I already learned something new I am so psyched!

[Aviva]

Whoa!  And who is responsible for this awesomeness https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif

[Aviva]

Your issues could be rotator cuff related.  Everyone who poles should also be on some sort of rotator cuff training/strengthening regimen.  The rotator cuff consists of four different muscles and since any one of the them all by themselves can be the issue, the best thing to do is look up each individual muscle, research what it does, how you can test for an injury in that muscle and what is done to treat or what exercises are specific to that muscle.  The rotator cuff muscles are: Supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor and subscapularus.  I wish I could give you more information but everyone is different.  My friend/student is nursing an injury in her shoulder but her symptoms are totally different than mine so I gave her different exercises to work on than I do.  Please do not ignore shoulder pain do something about it before some doctor tells you surgery is the only way to fix it. 

[Aviva]

https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif Pole dancing is tacky,hehehe and how tiny are we?  Yes our 1.5 is bigger than you, try not to show your insecurties, little man.  Giggles.

[Aviva]

Congrats!!!! Hopefully many more productive classes to come.

[Aviva]

Wow.  Reading this thread lets me know I'm not the only one with computer issues.  Thanks everyone…I've had video issues before that mysteriously come and go.  I'm afraid I'll never know enough about computers to make them always work but thankfully we have all these awesome people to help.  I've used Chrome and IE 🙂

[Aviva]

Old school pole moves  https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif  

[Aviva]

Wow, there is so much to it.  I can Iron X on both sides twisted grip on left and right and Chinese grip on right and for some reason, maybe the non body alignment Charley speaks of, I can hold the Chinese grip the longest, the left twisted grip next longest and last the right t-grip.  I'm right handed!  I get everything on the rihgt first.  I think I might have to video tape this to see what is going one, maybe I am belly sideways in right t-grip.  I'll let you know if I figure that one out 🙂

[Aviva]

I use pool noodles. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif

[Aviva]

Nikki 🙂  I dye my hair black from about level 7 blonde.  I used to be platinum blonde and gradually went darker to level 6 or so before taking the plunge and getting it professionally done black like I've wanted since I was a child.  My question refers to what you said about color not lifting color, what is the level developer that usually comes with black hair color?  I am curious but not going to find out what my 30 vol would do with the permanent.  IDK how long I've had the 30 either but it's moot b/c I'm not doing it.  But curiosity….

 

To Seratasmin, strictly based on personal experience, when I had blonde hair it would not grow past chest level, once I went black, it grew to my waist.  Maybe that's not important to you, not everyone cares about growing their hair, if I had short hair, like that's how I chose to have my hair for life, I would have a different hair color every month!  

[Aviva]

"I can say that if I hadnt started dancing I never would have taken-up pole dancing. So, thank goodness i became a stripper? lol, thats a funny thought."~

 

So funny cuz I have that thought on a daily basis 🙂

[Aviva]

Stripperweb OMG that's comical.  They actually take time on there to hate on polers.  I'd go on there to stir it up but I so don't care.  The "friend" I had who got me into stripping was herself and ex dancer and she helped me be okay with getting into the biz.  But when Xpose opened it's first location in Towson her attitude was "go out and make some real money at it" but it was said with the same disdain alledgely on SW.  We ended our friendship in April '06 and by Oct I was teaching at Xpose.  Best thing that ever happened to me. 

 

I feel bad for ladies who have never stripped, have no intention of stripping and still have to hear about how they are a stripper b/c of poling.   Being accused of something you didn't do suck regardless of what that something is or how you actually feel about that something.  Having said that, there are days when I think to myself "thank god I'ma stripper".  Mostly b/c of what I learned about life through my experiences.  I stopped dancing a while ago, right about the time I got good at poling.  Poling in the strip club is just damned frustrating.  No matter how much you clean that pole it will never be clean enough to work it like you know you can.  To top it off unless you get a musician or a some other type of artist, they don't care about tricks and you don't make any more stage tips than any other girl.  You still make all your money doing lap dances.  I finally couldn't deal with the hustle anymore and the frustration of not being able to actually dance like I could. 

[Aviva]

I've been a stripper for a long time now but it wasn't until I started teaching at Xpose that I could and did openly talk about it.  I am not ashamed of it and I think it's my attitude that I present about it to people that make it real hard for them to hold negatvie judgement about me.   I've found most people that stick with poling and get into the pole community don't even let it phase them. 

[Aviva]

Can you tighten Xpole joints while the pole is up or is it necessary to take it down?

[Aviva]

I have one, when I made it I had no idea that you wouldn't be able to change the name.  I was trying to watch some pole vid that you had to prove your age and the easiest way around it re occurring was to create an account.  my user name is sexyaviva.  You would have thought that with a name like Aviva I could use my name but NOOOOOOO the insurance companies or whoever got there first 🙁  LOL.