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Mkalis, have you seen aerialamy's video on shoulder mounts? It was SO helpful for me.
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I have a horrible sweet tooth. Before I started poleing and working out, it was really hard for me to find snacks that both satisfied me and were good for me. ESPECIALLY when all I wanted was chocolate. But! Here's a small recipe for something that helped me curb my sweet tooth:
Try juiceing for 4 days to 1 week before hand. It's very hard to do, but even three days of juice seems to help cut down the sugar intake. Depending on your lifestyle, you might not be able to do a full on juice fast. For instance, I was only able to juice as a snack because of my job. But it really did help only have chicken salad and my juice blend.
Second, switch up your snacks. When I really wanted sugar (read: chocolate/that time of the month) I would make a fruit salad. Apples, cranberries, dark chocolate morsals, strawberries, and two squeezed lemons as a dressing. The natural sugar from the fruit was enough for me to go on with my day, and the tiny chocolate chips in the fruit really helped me. Also, some bubbly or a nice glass of sweet red wine ;D Ports are quite nice.
If you have a salt or crunch craving, try snap peas or an almond blend. Like trail mix, but without the dried fruit and m&ms. There are many websites that offer very healthy trail mix type recipes that you could check out :3
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Basically, you want to do this:
http://a4.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/121/5f7e6c5e4c67906975cdf5918ee7ffb0/l.jpg
But one leg at a time instead of two. If you can do one leg at a time horizontal with the floor, you can do middle splits
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Basically, you want to do this:
http://a4.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/121/5f7e6c5e4c67906975cdf5918ee7ffb0/l.jpg
But one leg at a time instead of two. If you can do one leg at a time horizontal with the floor, you can do middle splits
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Here's how you can tell if you are ever able to physically achieve the splits (and some people cannot.)
Stand up. Raise one leg forward straight so that it's horizontal with the floor. Bring both legs back to regular standing postion. Stretch that same leg backwards to be almost horziontal with the floor. If you can do both of these, you can surely do it!
For middle splits, it's the same thing, you just do it horizontally to the side. I'm unable to ever achieve middle splits because of my hips, but I can achieve a very very wide V leg if I tried harder to stretch my legs (what has two thumbs and is ultra lazy….)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCYap7mm0bE&feature=relmfu
Her last pose, at 3:30. Is that a superpain variation? Music Box? I can't tell, it's burning my mind |: If anyone would like to take a shot as to how to achieve this (preferabbly in slow motion) I'd really appreciate it. I've played the video back like, 60 times and still don't understand.
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I don't know why people are saying you're never going to make money on the pole. So much of it is the club's factor. I've made $70 on ONE stage and average about $60 a night JUST from stages. Granted, I don't make more than $120 ever on dayshift (I mostly work days, though). A majority of your money is talking to guys. You also DON'T have to be a hustler to make money. I would make a hell of a lot more if I DID hustle, but I refuse to. I also refuse to booty pop. Sure, these things lose me money, but if I'm going to do a job I absolutely hate, I should atleast be happy and comfortable with myself in what I'm doing. Everything has the potential to lose you money in that job. Do you have kids? Is it obvious you have kids (through tattoos, jewelery, etc)? Are you married? Do you have any tattoos? Are you a blond? So many random factors that will either make it or break it depending on the customer.
I've been told I'm an amazing dancer (even though I'm just not seeing it) but there are some clubs that I've worked in where I've legitimately never made more than $10 on stage in a shift. Most clubs are like that. That whole industry is about luck, and statistics. But as a general rule, unless you're turning tricks it's pretty hard for me to make more than $700 a week working 2 doubles and 3 regular shifts.
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This is great! I always read reviews for clubs on Yelp before I apply at them, but it won't tell you things from a dancer's perspective (like whether or not the manager is a creep, or if he will hustle you into selling your perscription drugs in his club for a profit. Yeah, seriously, people like this exist and it's a bummer to deal with.)
Thanks for sharing 🙂
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As an exotic dancer I see all ends of the spectrum; from couples who go together for something as close to live porn on their mate as they'll ever get, to bachlors, to bachlor parties. In my opinion, I find the guys who are a part of the party much more respectful. It isn't uncommon for there to be a group of guys with one of them getting married, and the party only paying for dances for that guy. The groom-to-be gets molested all night and the rest of the guys sorrowfully look around for a couple of reasons; 1) they feel bad for being there without their wife 2) they feel bad for thinking about being there and doing things with these girls, almost like they're cheating on their better halves just by being there 3) they get a dance or two to reinforce that their wife is the woman that they're with for the rest of their life.
I've never had a married man come into my club and say, "man, I really screwed up marrying my wife, thanks for showing me that." If anything it's like…a kid going to a slumberparty. It's fun for the day you're there, and you want to stay for a bit. But you know that isn't your home, you wouldn't be sleeping in your familiar, awesome bed, and there will always be a part of you wanting to go home. It's entertaining, but it doesn't "feel" right, you know?
I'm not sure if you were just looking to vent or actually get answers/suggestions. But I used to have this problem BEFORE I was a dancer. Granted, I had super low self esteem. But something that really helped me (and something I see other couples do alllll the time) is, before a bachelor party, go to the club, and find a girl that you are comfortable with. OR a group of girls. Girls you who you've talked to for a while, other dancers have no qualms with, regular customers joke about her. A CLEAN dancer. And because you know her, you can tell your hubby that if he really feels a need for a lapdance, he can get a dance from that person(s). My boyfriend and I went to a club, found a dancer named Hannah that we both liked, and then he would go to the club without me sometimes. There's no garentee that he didn't get a dance from other girls while I wasn't there, but when you have trust in a relationship, there's no reason to worry. Plus, Hannah taught me a lot of things (;D) and told him a lot of what I would enjoy. I won't lie, though, it's hard finding a girl who isn't a hustler, and for ONE event, might be more effort than it's worth.
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I listen to a lot of industrial/grunge rock when I dance at work, but when I have personal pole time my playlist looks like this:
Will Do: TV On The Radio
Radioactive: Imagine Dragons
Campus: Vampire Weekend
Shut your Eyes: Snow Patrol
1940 Amplive Remix – The Submarines
In My Mind: Amanda Palmer
Clear Skies: Keane
Say A Lot: Buddy
I Remember: Whitley
I hold My Breath: Broadcast 2000
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Honestly, one of the most understated pole outfits are swimsuits. No, really, being 100% serious.
I often wear an old bandaeu top over a tiny sports bra, and I always get compliments at the studio. Not sure how well you would do in say…a competition with something like that. But I like how flirty and girl and effortless and CHEAP it is 😛
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some people just bruise easy. Mine stopped showing up after I had to take a break. For abouta month.
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some people just bruise easy. Mine stopped showing up after I had to take a break. For abouta month.
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My delete button seems to have disappeared. What I meant is, the difference between the way that I invert and the way many other polers invert is I straighten my legs BEFORE I tilt back, but still sitting up. And that's what works for me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrQ0RaBNxc8&feature=related <– when she puts it into slow motion, you'll see what I mean. She keeps her knees bent from tuck, to tilt, to inverted V. I just go tuck –> straighten legs –> LEAN back instead of forcing my hips "up" because gravity works with me easier when my body isn't in a little ball. But I have long legs, so that might be why 😛
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I never did the tuck n tilt. I just automatically started inverting with my legs straight. It's hard to explain, so I made a video and put it on youtube. I hope it helps?
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|: I won't do teddy or yogini because they hurt. I've been struggling with knee hold the most. I could get over superman, but kneehold is seriously making me cry.
Rest days: Back mobility every day, splits training every other. If you can invest in a roller, I also recommend rolling atleast twice a week! I cheat and do my stretching and off pole strength training while watching TV 😛
I personally also try to sneak in forearm exercizes every two to three days, and I recommend it for new student who advance quickly. Seems like your forearms and tendons take a little bit longer to build then say, your abs for inverting. Unfortunately, tendonitis is a common pole dancer thing :/ I have it and it really sucks the days it flares up, and I can't even do a hold on my pole without feeling like my arm is going to fall off.
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I think this is a great idea! I always see some posters repeatedly on Veena and I almost want to read an editorial or watch an interview with them, regardless of if they’re beginner or intermediate or advanced just because they’re such awesome people! I would love to see something like this. I like seeing the monthly challenges because they challenge the dancer, but it isn’t competitive. I’m assuming that this also wouldn’t in the slightest be competitive, but still a nice little way to shine some well deserved spotlight on some of our lovely Veeners 🙂
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I would feel like such a creeper messaging someone I've never talked to and be all, "HEY GURL HEY, WANNA POLE? I'm not a weirdo, so let's go for coffee just to make sure I don't put you in a landfill 🙂 "
._. I am so awkward, oh God.
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And how did you guys end up doing pole jams? Just by asking around Studio Veena for people in your area?
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Nah, she hated pole. I tried getting her to do it in private at home, and at a studio with an instructor. Her knee was actually shot when she got an mri last week, so her knee pains were preventing her from loving pole. But! She comes and watches me at the studio and is a spectator, so that’s a step!
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Nah, she hated pole. I tried getting her to do it in private at home, and at a studio with an instructor. Her knee was actually shot when she got an mri last week, so her knee pains were preventing her from loving pole. But! She comes and watches me at the studio and is a spectator, so that’s a step!
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You might be a pole dancer if the only place your family remarks on you bruises are your feet and your arms (teddy, yogini)
you might be a pole dancer if you have old socks that you’ve haphazardly sewn vinyl tack to because you’re too cheap to buy the real thing, and your mother asks you, “are you sure you don’t want me to put your weird workout socks in the washingmachine?”
You might be a pole dancer if you work as an exotic dancer, and approach female customers in your club mostly to try to nudge them into taking classes with you instead of trying to sell them and their partner a dance :p
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I am going to be late to work, but typing all of this for you (and also myself) will all be worth it.
I started watching Felix Cane on youtube when I was 18. When I went to a bridal convention, a local studio was hosting for bachlorette parties only in their booth. I refused to let my fiance at the time pay for lessons (or anything, really) so I didn't do it. Probably one of my greater mistakes in life.
When I turned 19 (the day I turned 19, actually) I kicked him out and broke up with him and spent six months looking for a job. Then I found a job as a waitress at a strip club, and got forced into exotic dancing. It was either "stop being a waitress and dance" or, "get the hell out of my club." It was the only source of income I had had for two and a half years, so I accepted the position, even though I didn't want to.
I hate my job, but the one thing I can look forward to, every day no matter what, is that I can pole. I've been poleing for 6 months and am more advanced than a majority of people. I can shoulder mount, invert, aerial invert, superman, etc. So through poleing 4/5 days of the week (for many hours with breaks between stages) I've advanced far in a short amount of time. While I hate my job more than anything in the world, poleing makes me better.
Whenever I get upset that I can't do a move, a go through all the moves that I can do, and the ones that I can sorta do, and then I go and look at old videos where I couldn't even do a hold, or pull myself up, or not kick into an invert. Or whatever. "JUST FOCUS ON WHAT YOU DO GREAT" is honestly the best pole advice I've ever recieved :>
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I feel really ghetto when I admit to using my cellphone camera. But the quality isn’t too horrible if the lighting isn’t synthetic. It’s not HD, but it’s really good! When I record in my garage, though….a cheese grater would do a better job recording :/
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I feel really ghetto when I admit to using my cellphone camera. But the quality isn’t too horrible if the lighting isn’t synthetic. It’s not HD, but it’s really good! When I record in my garage, though….a cheese grater would do a better job recording :/
