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@DaniDuB – " I actually do tuck when I invert and the swing my left leg up to the pole. Once the back of my left ankle touches the pole I then use that leverage to get my hips up against the pole. I hope that makes sense."
This makes perfect sense to me, I used to do this. I learned wrong and jumped into my inverts, I'd have to use my calf to pull myself up to get my knees above my hands. Now that I've learned the correct way and can pull my knees above my hands with just my arms, but I still have the muscle memory. I'm trying to unlearn that bad habit. Half the times I invert, I'll put my calf against the pole to pull up, but my body knows I don't need it, so I'll take it off and pull myself the rest of the way up and put my calf back on. This all happens in a fraction of a second, but it makes for some silly looking leg bouncing inverts.
Just my experience where I learned a bad habit and am having oh so much fun unlearning it. Your millage may vary. I think its more important to go slow and learn it correctly the first time. Don't beat yourself up over "body type" or "slow learning" 🙂
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I do not know of any liquid bandage for the palm.
I'm curious what you were doing that tore the skin off your palm. I know you'll get beat up to start and your body needs to adjust, but it may also be a sign that your learning wrong.
I tore the skin off the bottom of my palm/wrist area during my first few classes. The teacher said it was normal and showed me her scars so I thought it was ok. I later found out it was because I had bad wrist form (and bad shoulder form) and was rubbing it against the pole. Turns out your wrist shouldn't wrap around the pole and rub on spins and my teacher was clueless. Just my experience, your experience may vary.
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Most of the strength lessons you can easily imagine doing while using a door frame, wall, or back of a chair. There's one where she advises starting on a chair instead of the pole. The pole hold is only one I don't know how you could modify for off pole. Maybe with a modified plank pose or crow pose (yoga).
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Counter point:
My Xjoints have never rotated, I tightened according to the directions and checked each time I use the pole to see if they're rotating.
However, I cannot get the screw in the Xjoints to turn at all. I have not stripped the screw, I have the hex wrench fully seated, my boyfriend bends the handle on the wrench when he tries, the screws just will not turn. I'm assuming its because I didn't take it down often enough, I'm bad and only took it down about once a month.
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Posting the Google+ Tips and Tricks link. It's a good place to start if your new to Google+ or want to know more about what it is.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cUjZ_7rlAmKRDVB6GXId73h_eUdXGKdjtSff0svbaz0/preview?pli=1
As far as I know Google+ accounts are still invite only until August 1st, but you can +1 without setting up a Google+ account.
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I don't know anything about fitness certifications, but I'm always after technical certs.
I do searches on Monster.com for certs I'm studying and see what jobs pop up. It gives you a good idea of how popular a cert is, how much someone with the cert makes, which certs go well together, etc. It also helps to see which certs are more entry level and what to shoot for later.
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I went to a studio like this. IMO its not worth your time or money. I know how it feels to want to be social and be at a studio. I had to unlearn the wrong way to do things from the less experienced teacher and it took me awhile to get over the issues with pole I got from the advanced show off teacher.
Here a few articles that really helped me decide. I love how bluntly honest the PoleSkivvies blog is. Hope this helps.
http://poleskivvies.com/pole-dancing-clothing/2011/03/when-to-fire-your-pole-dance-instructor/
http://poleskivvies.com/pole-dancing-clothing/2009/09/top-ten-traits-of-good-pole-dance-instructors/
http://poleskivvies.com/pole-dancing-clothing/2009/12/pole-dance-teachers-to-avoid/
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In KT Coates Advanced DVD's she calls it the "Electric KT" and goes through how to do it.
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I've heard of pole studios offering "rail" class like the horizontal railing around the stage at strip clubs, but nothing like that.
I searched around a bit and ended up with "Ballet Barre" Hope that helps.
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I get "bulk" when I strength train. I've never really have tone, but I hate cardio and I think you need to burn the fat away to see the tone. For me as my muscles get bigger, it just seems to push the fat more to the surface and almost buries any tone I did have. I know I'm getting stronger and leaner, but I totally don't look like it.
However, my butt looks awesome. Butt muscles + lack of butt slimness = some really great complements when you wear tight jeans. So look on the bright side 😉
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I've gone through Veena's strength routine with my boyfriend and he really liked it. He was bored one day and did pole hangs with his shoulders to his ears and looked so wrong I had to run him through the correct pole hold. After that he agreed to try the whole routine.
He tried the pole sit one day when I was all frustrated and couldn't get it…not a safe one for the boys. He just went on and tried the same way I was, I guess both of us weren't thinking of modifications he'd need. He won't try any other tricks now :/
Flag Man has DVDs, he's the only male poler I know with instructional DVDs. I haven't seen any of them so I don't know how good they are. http://www.dominiclacasse.com/dvdse.php
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I don't take my X-pole down often so when I do its a full disassemble and cleaning before it goes back up. I get freaked out by how top heavy it is and always want someone there to help me take it down to make sure it doesn't hit anything.
Lil Mynx takes almost no time to put up and take down and I did it alone. You do need some strength to push it up to get it out of the ceiling mount, but not much. Its more finding a place to put it once its down because its all one piece. Mine usually went behind the couch or under the pool table.
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For editting: Windows Movie Maker is fine.
For recording:
With the webcam the problem with blurry and choppy might not be in the software, but the webcam or computer. The cam needs to be focused or have good auto focusing for not blurry. For the choppy, make sure your not using your computer for anything else so it only has to think about recording. Also if you can turn down the resolution settings on the webcam. The video will be smaller, but should be less choppy.
I use my Canon Powershot SD780IS, its got HD video and works great. If you have a newer camera it probably has a video mode you could try.
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Suggestion thread is kinda burried in the Tech Support section:
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Don't mean to derail. Never dealt with PS.
For all the SS lovers, Lil Mynx makes a stainless steel. Its just one solid piece, not sections. Still removable though. I had one, never had problems, never called their cust care. Just throwing out the 3rd major brand option.
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Not a lawyer…
A lot of waivers probably wouldn't hold up in court because of the way they are worded. I took a yoga class at a studio where the yoga teacher had a separate waiver for yoga class because the pole teachers didn't know how to write a proper waiver. She claimed that the way the general studio waiver was vaguely worded students could still sue if injured in any class.
I've signed a few "legal documents" that were written badly with completely obvious loopholes. After so many forms you start to get an idea of who has talked to a lawyer and who hasn't.
She still probably doesn't have a chance anyway.
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That is a fantastic analogy. I did karate for like 13 years, took me 10 to hit black belt. When I taught it was always so funny when parents would ask why I didn't promote their kid yet, because they aren't ready! And besides how would you feel if someone gave you a black belt and you knew you couldn't fight out of a wet paper bag? Its harder to cheat with pole than karate, but its possible. And don't beat yourself if progress is "slow." Some of my slowest white to yellow belt students zipped through the later ranks because they had a tougher time in the beginning.
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If you don't build up properly now, you're really only going to hate it later.
Definately take your time and learn the basics before moving on. It is insanely hard to sit back and watch other around you seem "better" but honestly you don't know if they're doing it wrong, youtube doesn't show how much pain they have during or after that trick. Even if they do moves correctly, you don't see the movie montage of them practicing and building up to that….well on here you do, definately go watch older practice videos of some people, it just doesn't happen over night.
3 years ago I walked into a horrible pole studio. I was inverting by my 3rd class, wonderful yea? Well I was jumping and kicking into and building no muscle at all and actually messing up my back. I was doing the invert and that was all that mattered to me and the teacher. Later when I tried to climb and invert there was no way it was going to happen because I didn't have the strength. I was beating the crap out of my mind and body in the advanced classes I should have never been in to begin with (and they should have never taught, but thats another story).
Long story short, I got Veena's lessons and am building strength correctly, using muscles correctly, doing moves correctly and finally actually progressing after 3 years. I'm starting to let go of my bitterness and resentment about myself and my pole past actually dance. I'm even getting some of that confidence and accomplishment feeling thingy everyone keeps talking about.
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There's a check box at the bottom to turn on email notifications when you edit your profile. I've never checked it, but I would guess this would enable it.
Otherwise just stay logged in all day and continously refresh the page like an addict? lol
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Lots of relaxing and not afraid to be goofy and practice. Only use your muscles to push or pop it in whatever direction then let gravity take over. Like if you pop it up, stay up and let it fall on its own, don't try to push it down. This will help you feel when its moving on its own and when your flexing. Tight muscles don't shake. Hope that helps.
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GIMP is the open source version of Photoshop. http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ Completely free forever under the GNU license. They have tutorials on the website and I'm sure there are even more user created ones around.
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Straight up honesty always works. You apprechiate the thought and effort, but its the wrong tool for the job. Explain how it comes down to your safety. I'm sure he'd rather be out $100 with a healthy girlfriend then $100 out with god knows what would happen if you inverted on that thing.
If he makes a big deal out of his $100, it wasn't an honest gift to start with and he shouldn't have spent that much on you to begin with if he wasn't comfortable loosing it.
Peek-a-boo is a boring game, but X-citing things happen with X-pole 😛
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I had not seen that move before. It looks pretty hard. I always wonder with tricks like that if the back is supposed to be on the pole at all. Or if you can hold or rest the back on the pole and not injure yourself.
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Its normal to get a case of the fuggits every now and then. Make sure you rest inbetween strength days so your body can build muscle, this should also help to keep from burning yourself out.
How are you feeling "blocked in what I am trying to accomplish in furthering my skills"? Like when I get all frustrated I can't pole sit so I can't plank or do the other 20 moves from that stupid pole sit I work on spins or climbing. Theres always something else to work on, it takes time 🙂
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Couldn't you just spin the other way until its free? lol Just think of it like eyebrow threading for your hair.
I always have my hair in a bun claw when I pole. Its doesn't dig into the back of your head like straight or banana claws when you forget its in and put your head on the floor or pole.
