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Just keep an eye on the $20/month because it auto renews. The lessons do have some off the pole work. The stretching and conditioning is off pole. You can modify the strength routine to be off the pole too. I did parts of it on a door frame/wall today. Floor and chair is good and fun IMO it doesn't really prep you for pole tricks, but I'm so not a dancer.
I'm also looking for cardio to complement the pole. I try to dance on my no trick days (need a day to recover) but I'm terrible and get bored really quick.
Yoga is great, it complements everything. It can be easy stretching one day, then modify for strength the next.
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Cheap poles are going to be the ones that fall down or break on you. Don't be afraid to invest in the expensive ones, the Xpole and Lil Mynx poles will last for years.
Veena had an awesome article on choosing a pole, but there isn't an articles tab on the website anymore. She references it in this thread, but the link doesn't work anymore. *Requesting good link to Veena's choosing a pole article.
This thread sums it up very well. https://www.studioveena.com/forums/view/Things_to_know_BEFORE_you_buy_a_pole_2009-07-17_024327
I've always been in the upper 160s to mid 170s. Lil Mynx and X-Pole have been completely solid for me.
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Tuna. I just eat it straight out of the can. Cheap, easy, and with all the magic healthy buzzwords about fish.
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Breathe and get up slowly. Make sure you stay down and get a good deep breath in and out first, then as you sit up inhale. It can also help to circle your arms out to the side and up overhead as you inhale. Yoga breathing has made pole easier for me, I used to hold my breath in moves and get lightheaded all the time.
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My boyfriend always gives me this answer, I hate hearing it, but its always what I need. "You'll do it when your ready!" I always respond that I'm ready right now, but I know I'm really not.
Are you ready to really work out and get a regular routine? Are you really ready to eat properly? Have you really hit your point of such frustration and being fed up with yourself for not doing it that your finally ready?
I only hit this point about 3 weeks ago when I went to my yearly OBGYN appointment, I was niave about my weight and size, but the dr office scale didn't lie, I'm the heaviest I've ever been. Since then I've been tracking my food/exercise everyday with my phone, I bought Veena's lessons, and I have the Mayo clinic's book about keeping a healthy diet for a lifetime being shipped to me.
I'm still waiting for when I'm finally really ready to start work a master's degree lol
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Cellulite is so funny. Solutions contradicting. Medical experts don't know how to get rid of it and its not even a harmful condiction like weight can be. Its a pure cosmetic issue that everyone wants to make a quick buck off of. I certainly don't believe in such sillyness…I'll use the free solution.
So I was sitting in the bathtub a few weeks ago, coffee grounds and olive oil all over my thighs and butt wrapped tight with plastic wrap for the 15 minutes the home solution website swears works. This is totally the cure….
Wait how do I actually measure cellulite? How do I know it was the magic of coffee and olive oil and not my new eating lifestyle and exercise plan? If my body is absorbing the caffine in the coffee to lossen the fat isn't it also absorbing the fat from the oil? How do I know this isn't a placebo? Is cellulite all in my head to begin with?
As I sit questioning myself over my solution to body issues my boyfriend walks in and demands to know what Lady Gaga is doing in his bathtub. This snapped me out of trance and all the coffee grounds go in the trash where they belong now. He teases me about this now anytime I bring up how I look.
TL;DR Stop driving yourself nuts about cellulite. The "cures" are silly. The stuff that works are things you should be doing anyway (good food/exercise).
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@MommaBear – That only makes sense for peer to peer filesharing. StudioVeena is not peer to peer, its a client/server relationship. You upload a video, it goes to StudioVeena's server, when I go to watch your video I get it from StudioVeena and not you. The original posting speed doesn't matter.
I used to work tech support for a major PC company and my brother worked tech support for a major US ISP. It was in both companies scripts to suggest it was the other after a certain point (lazy tech support will jump straight to this step). Your ISP isn't going to admit a problem if they can help it so of course its the other person, computer, etc.
If it were a server (StudioVeena) problem it would effect everyone, or pretty close to everyone. The problem being limited to some users shows its the client (you) or the path between the server and client (ISP). The ISP includes the path it takes from the server to the client.
I have never had the video pausing issue discribed so I cannot offer further help :/
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(Birthday) candle light?
I don't like pink. Dance with cake to Cake? lol recurrent comment about recurrent theme.
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I like how you put "cleaned" in quotes because thats how it usually should be. I have oh so many stories about "cleaned" computers that really weren't. Its probably unrelated, your whole internet browsing would probably lag if you had bad stuff making you lag. Always exceptions though.
If you share your internet connection with other people in the house, they could be downloading/watching something thats slowing you down.
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I'd feel bad posting the stretches because its been so long and I don't remember enough details to do them correctly.
I used to do karate and the owner of the dojo was friends with the "worlds most flexible super heavyweight" or whatever his title was. He did a free workshop and $5 VHS tapes. (I told you it was a long time ago lol) I still have the tape somewhere, but no VCR. It wasn't really a workout tape and really low production budget style, but it went through the exercises in detail with the science of why it works and how to stretch without injury.
Its available in DVD now. You can pick it up for about $25. http://www.stsrocks.com/stretch.html
Its all about stretching the muscles not the connective tissues. It involves stretching to find the pain point, backing off the pain point into the comfort zone, and then flexing the muscle to expand the comfort zone. So by the time you get into the splits it doesn't even feel like a stretch because its now your comfort zone.
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Sounds like how often might not be the problem, but what your doing when you stretch.
When I was working on improving flexibility years ago, I only did it once a week because it was such intense stretching. The once a week sessions really paid off and I could flat splits on both sides and almost in the middle. I never really paid attention to my progress when I was only doing mild/medium stretching a few times a week, but it was nowhere near what I could do after the once a week stretching.
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I second the request for improved search functionality.
I like to use "site:studioveena.com + <search term>" in Google its a little more helpful, but not by much. I couldn't find any threads started by you for bum slide using Google either.
I'm not doubting the Webmaster's ability, but I don't think he'd code his own search engine. Super awesome if he did, but its probably a 3rd party module or external search that pops the results back into the page. Its been a long time since I did webdesign, but I was a pretty lazy designer and used a lot of 3rd party tools, why recode the wheel if you don't have to. Just might need some tweeking or a completely different tool.
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Adding my love for the strength routine! Its fun to go through the all exercises with guidance. I've only done it twice, but its starting to get easier to climb.
I'd like to request a conditioning routine to round out the awesome conditioning lessons. Warm up, strength routine, conditioning routine and call it a day when pressed for time.
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I clicked the link and thought that picture was the advertisement for the contest so when I clicked the vote button I was all confused why it didn't take me to another page to vote. Took me a second to realize that was you! Your picture just looks that professional.
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I'm also curious about spinning mode on the pole. Unfortunately, I'm not able to translate other people's performances into my own moves and need detailed instructions.
I haven't made it through all Veena's lessons yet, but just browsing it doesn't look like she covers spinning pole.
Are there any DVD's or videos out there offer step by step spinning pole instruction?
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I recently purchased the lessons and have just been plugging my laptop into the TV. I'll talk to the boyfriend and test the lessons on his PS3. It would be way easier than hooking up the laptop everytime.
Theoretically couldn't you view it from anything with a webbrowser? What do we need to decode the videos?
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I'm cheap and crafty and just had to try it…
I own a yoga mat and rubber bands, clearly you can make something like a foam roller with these materials. Worked ok with light work on the legs. Then I put more weight on and it smushed up didn't roll anymore. I do not recommend the rolled up yoga mat, but I got an idea of how it could feel and work. I'll be buying a real one.
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Citing the Twinkie diet for Deesse Jesse because it does sound crazy. The guy eating Twinkies was a nutrion professor even.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html?iref=NS1
Calories out > Calories in = weight loss
Calories out < Calories in = weight gain
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Might just be me and my man, but my lap dances always end early and not because he got bored. I think most men would be so insanely thrilled your putting in the effort to really notice if its boring or taking too long.
Most of mine are on the spot free style to whatever song happens to be on at the time though. My rule is it lasts as long as it takes. Sometimes I tease about how I have to finish my routine and keep going, but stop before he gets too frustrated. Just my experience, I've only taken 1 lapdance workshop.
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Sorry if you think I'm creepy. I know no picture, but I've posted around on and off for awhile.
This is why I don't have any photos, videos or information posted in my profile. Its why my Facebook page is practically blank and locked down. I make a habit of checking out my name in every major search engine every month.
You should download Picasa, the photo organization software by Google. It will scan all your photos and allow you to sort by a person based on its facial recognition. How long until you can put your picture into Google and find every picture with your face in it online?
Sorry I'm not trying to be creepy or an alarmist. I don't even consider myself paranoid. You just have to know whats out there and what can be done about it. This is a good start at pushing for a change in the website security.
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I have the opposite problem. My Pleasers with the plastic toe strap size 9 were too loose, my toes hung over all the time with an inch in the back, and no ankle strap. I thought they were too small so I bought a size 10 with the other kind of toe strap and an ankle strap and they fit fine.
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I think I know the pole studio your talking about (just being in Utah and the description). I personally had a teribble experience there and doubling up on the poles was the least of my problems.
The studio I was at they would sometimes try to put 2 girls on the pole at the same time learning aerial tricks (ceiling was tall enough for 1 to climb/trick, other floor/trick without touching). To me thats very advanced and should only be done with much more safety instruction and trick instuction then they provided. One at a time trading off was fine, but I personally refused to do any of the 2 at a time work.
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I haven’t bought anything, but a coworker suggested I buy stuff from here http://clockworkcouture.com/ Some of their items look like a good deal, but others seem way over priced.
I was more punk/goth because I had friends that were and we’d go to clubs that embraced it. But then responsible adulthood kicked in and I stopped buying clothes for just one night a week/month, I moved away from them, etc. I think I’d totally be steam punk if I could find a club for it…and a way to fit it into the budget lol. I would get a lot of my stuff from eBay or piece together things from the thrift store.
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I’ve always been pretty antisocial and get anxious in most social situations. However I made friends at work and we would actually hang out sometimes outside of work. The thing is most of them were men or were women who weren’t very girly. I worked in IT with a bunch of nerds so they weren’t very judgmental about you (just about what sci-fi you watched) and I didn’t feel weird around them. I’m unemployed now on the other side of the country, so I get to make new friends again.
Just reading about your situation, especially the word "hairstylist", triggered some anxiety for me. I had my friends from high school do my hair all the time, but I moved across the country a few month ago. My hair looks awful, my roots are like 5 inches and my cat has been eating the ends while I sleep, but I’m so scared to go out to new hairstylist in this new town.
Maybe its just me being a nerd, but I have prejudices against super girly girls like hairstylists, like they’re always judging my appearance, talking about me and going to be cliquey. I say this after calling myself a antisocial nerd and I’m sure it evokes all sorts of ideas what I’m like. Maybe you don’t have prejudices, but in your first post, you do specify you’re a massage therapist and they’re hairstylists so I bring it up.I’d like to know where a good place to find friends is if you do find one. Being unemployed I don’t get out much and I’ve never made friends anywhere but work…and WOW lol.
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My X-pert assembled the way it is now for in my apartment is great. Any product looks horrible if you read all the negatives. You should really analyze if you can live with the problems and fixes. I check my hex screws every time before I pole, I can deal with that and made it part of my warm up.
I do have an issue with the leftover extension’s X-joint. I need to tap the locking pin in a little because its too long to get into the rest of the pole as is. I’m just to lazy to mess with it because I don’t need it.
