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Try walk walks for learning the control. Here is how we teach them at our studio.
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Thank you all for your quick responses! I do think of it the same way Veena explained based on which way the head is moving. Sometimes all of the different names just get so confusing!
Things can change just from instructor to instructor, but when you start to add in that we are all from different countries and speak different languages that makes it even crazier! -
We have tried several things in our studio and Clorox Green Works by far works the best! Plus none of the harsh smells of the other cleaners when you're wiping down a lot of poles at a time.
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I'm going to second the shout out to Lizz and Randy at Lil Mynx. Sometimes I feel like I call them way too much (and sometimes in a panic) but they always help with what I need and their shipping turnaround is amazingly fast!
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I agree with what everyone else has said. We tend to equate muscles with being tight because typically the flexibilty training is negelected by heavy lifters. But along those lines, this is funny….and be sure to watch the last 10 seconds!
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Contact Lil Mynx and ask them for help. They sell a drop mount you can put on the ceiling (if you have the correct corrections) that will bring the ceiling connection down then you just get a 10 ft pole and it goes up and down when you want it. Simple, no drilling in the concrete and probably way cheaper.
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There is no such thing as spot reducing. The only thing that gets rid of fat is burning it off.
Zombieland had this one right….Rule #1 – Cardio.
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Have you tried getting into it from the floor? Turn your back to the pole and work your way into a handstand. Then when you grip with the legs your belly will already be on the pole, but your hands will be on the floor to help you. Then you slowly learn to lift them up just 1 inch. If you were to fall, your hands would go down and you'd be in a handstand again. I make all of my students back into it before they fully invert so they know what to expect when they get up there.
And I second the spotter as well!
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Go buy the Emergen-C packets. (You can get them at any CVS or drug store) You dissolve them in water and drink one a day. It sort of tastes like Tang. The bruises literally disappear! It was really amazing for me. Now I drink one a day just to keep the bruises away.
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We are located in Fredericksburg, very near Stafford. And we do have open pole/gym on Friday evenings. We also have pole classes that are drop ins every week night. So you can drop in whenever you want for just 1 class at a time. Check us out at http://www.polar-fit.com or call me at 540-850-5192 and we will get you all set up for what you need while you are visiting.
Thank you Stephanie for the mention. I've heard such wonderful things about you, I wish you were much closer to us! Either as in instructor or just to have someone to pole with! Unfortunately there just haven't been any studios around here so we don't have much of a poling community to have any advanced students for me to play around with. But we are slowly growing them and soon we will have a great poling community in this area!
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I don't know how long YouTube will leave the link up, but here is a quick part of the piece that aired.
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Not sure if I should start a new thread, but I read on their site that heels are required once you get past 101. Is that typical in a studio? We don't require them at all and in fact, majority don't use them. We really focus on the fitness side and some classes are even taught boot camp style where heels would not be able to be used.
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I opened a studio in October/November. It's WAY more work than I realized it was going to be. However, we are a full fitness studio, not just a pole studio. I'd be glad to answer any questions that I can but I've probably had a little different expirence because of our diversity.
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Although the pole is 2in in diamater, it's not solid so it's pretty easy to cut. We did ours with a regular hacksaw. Call Randy and I'm sure they can take care of it, or tell you how.
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Where did you read it? Can you give us a link? I've done a search but can't come up with anything.
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I'm guessing we might be too far south, but we are in Fredericksburg VA. About a hour south of DC, just off of 95.
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If your'e facing the wall and trying to kick up to it, you're comprimising your form before you even get started. It's very very difficult to get back to a neutral position from that way.
Your best bet is to face away from the wall and learn to walk your feet up the wall. Once you build up the strength you'll walk your hands closer and closer to the wall until you are in your handstand. Then it's just a matter of not touching the toe to the wall. This will keep you in a more stacked, aligned position. If you don't have an instructor to check your alignment then at least take a picture and check the head position. Or post the pic here and we can check.
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Call Randy, I'll bet he can help. That happened to one in our studio literally the day we got it. My husband was able to put it back together with no problem.
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As a new studio we offer a 1 time drop in or class punch cards with expirations dates. 1 class is the most expensive then it gets cheaper the more classes you put on the punch card. Believe it or not, I'm not legally allowed to offer monthly or yearly memberships. To do that the studio is requireed to have an insurance company write a surety bond in case you it is to go out of business and leave all those memberships hanging. (The punch cards seem to be a loophole around this.)
On occasion we offer a session that has a specific focus for 4 or 6 weeks, but they are a special offer so the student commits for a few weeks then goes back to a regular schedule.
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Lil Mynx will do that if they are permanent mounts. He said not more than 11 ft on a removable.
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Don't the hooks up the front scratch up the pole? I really like these!
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I've been following this closely because I am also putting Lil Mynx in my new studio. I'm interested in which type of pole you selected? I personally have a black powder coated one and really like it, but he said most people choose stainless steel for studios because they are easier to care for. The powder coated ones are going to require some strict procedures about removing and storing. But reading on here tells me Lil Mynx SS has a reputation for being very slippery and I don't want girls to be frustrated with their lessons because they don't stick.
I'm interested to hear which ones you've chosen. You might help me make my decision!
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What ever happened to the first girl in the audition in the first link on this thread? She looked very good in the clip. Did she make it through?
