Charley
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I use tite grip on my hands every single time I practice. Not because I need help gripping much anymore but because tite grip is an anti perspirant. I find I can get so much more out of a practice if I keep my sweating under control.
I have an unusually sweaty body – my shoulder sweat a ton, underarms, feet, hands but I only apply it to hands a about a dime sized amount and it does the trick for me – there is no tackiness, it doesn’t inhibit spins, just stops the sweating. The same as if you used alcohol.
I don’t consider this type of a grip aid on a regular basis cheating much because sweating is dangerous. I apply antiperspirant daily to my underarms so why not hands and bottoms of my feet? And actually the tite grip has helped with foot odor – I told you I was a very sweaty person https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif
I use rosin in aerial class and would never get on the trapeze with out it. Most people wouldn’t. So, I say go for it.
PS – liquid chalk is REALLY grippy which is why I don’t use it but it is fabulous for learning new tricks -but if you are a sweaty poler you will sweat right through it – I know I do.
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hoopnotica sells DVD’s and from what I have seen of them they are very well done with lots of close ups so you can actually see what they are doing.
There are tutorials on youtube as well – I have found that some are better than others I recommend safirehoop.
Kind of like with pole its better to get DVD’s or search out a hoop class because there are a lot of movements and hand stuff going on that you want corrected so you don’t get hurt.
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Sorry Charley! I had chrome mixed up with stainless steel…it all looks the same to me!
https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif They do all look the same. Was just curious if they were now making them – I wish they would because chrome is a much better material to work with…even with the chance of flaking off over time…much grippier. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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I’ve got a lil’ Minx pole, chrome and probably 50mm, and I’ve never had a problem with it. I tend to stick really well, so something that isn’t powder coated is a little better for me. I’ve never really had the issue of taking it down (if I have guests, they can deal with the pole in the livingroom!). Sometimes I wish I’d done more research and gotten an X-pole, because I hear you can change them from static to spinny pretty easily, and I thought that would be a lot of fun! One day, perhaps I’ll just get me a spinny one, and put up whichever I feel like at the time.
Anyways, good on you to be doing research!Does LM make chrome now? I know they haven’t in the past because chrome is a coating – this coming from the owners mouth – and may peel off. Honestly most finishes over time will come off – which is why it is better to buy brass or stainless – while they may not be the best products to dance they are true and don’t flake off.
X-pole is easy to switch but for spinny preference I still prefer PS over X-pole because I can just pull a pin out of a PS pole where as I cannot change mid routine on X-pole. However X is overall more grippy unless you get on will with stainless – if you have been trained on stainless then I suggest staying with stainless, brass for brass and chrome for chrome. whatever you use in class is your best bet. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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Hi Mindy,
We usually have pole jams over at Jenn’s house and basically we just get together hang out and pole play. Since Q got into the mix we usually try really weird doubles and triples tricks https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif . But essentially it’s just a bunch of polers hanging out.
We work on new moves or get tips/helps from each other and play around. It’s a ton of fun. If you own a studio and are throwing a pole jam many places will take donations – to help the studio pay for being open and food or what not.
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Jenn, if you bring my pole we can set it up and add a 6th pole!!!
6 poles no waiting!!!!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cheers.gif
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https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif Miss Julie! I have so many poles I doubt my bf would notice a new one https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif
I agree Stainless Steel is temperamental based on the environment. I have always gotten on well enough with them if I turn the air off in the summer or have the heat jacked in the winter.
Have you used brass before? It’s QUITE grippy, even cold. You’re going from the slickest pole to the grippiest pole – you’ll be heaven for awhile.
Are you keeping your stage pole?
Please give us a review on the freestanding when you get it – I am considering getting one but am not sure I want to spend the money. Sounds like you had no other choice but it’s great that there are more poles coming out to accommodate different situations.
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I have 3 Platinum Stages, 1 Lil Minx and 1 X-pole.
My PS poles – I adore because they are easy to switch between spin and static – just the pull of a pin. You can do this in the middle of a routine! I find the grip of stainless to be okay. Not the best in cooler, drier climates but great when it’s warm and humid quite sticky! PS poles have the flexibility that x-pole offers in relation to being removable and has extensions – so can be taller/shorter.
My X-pole – I have been using this for about 8 or 9 months and find the grip to be excellent in winter when it is cool and dry, I can get it warm enough to stick, in summer when it’s warm and humid I found that it got too sticky for my liking…however please note I came from stainless steel which over all is the slickest pole material. Again, you have the ease of removabilty – easier than PS poles but you can change to spin mode mid routine as easily – Ia mnot exactly sure how important that is.
My LM pole – is a powder coated pole so the grippiest of my poles. I liked it but found that I slide on spins and my body would stick to much on poses. It was by far the easiest to get up and down once the flange was installed. However, I note that the LM pole ate through my ceiling. The pole itself is not attached to anything, this is still a friction mount pole like the above 2. LM has a spring loaded top that adjusts into a drilled in flange. The flange is held by 1 screw – any swinging moves that move and flex your pole (this is normal) will move and flex your flange leading to the screw not being enough over time to hold the pole up.
Additionally it seems as if the LM Stainless Steel poles are the slipperiest of all poles I have heard of and worked with. They have a mirror finish vs platinum stages matte finish and they are barely usable for most dancers. They take forever to heat up and many dancers have said they sanded their stainless steel LM poles https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_eek.gif to get them grippy, or rubbed candle wax on them – or a # of other tricks you do not need to do to the platinum stages stainless steel poles.
X-pole is available in chrome (reviewed above) and titanium (similar to brass but is a finish, this finish does rub off over time.) Platinum Stages is available in brass(this needs to be polished and taken care of) and stainless steel and Lm is available in stainless steel and powder coated. Titanium, brass and powder coated poles are on the really grippy side, great for people with sweaty hands and good for being able to stay up on the pole and do long combinations.
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I am really enjoying the making of hoops if not as much as the actual hooping itself.
Hooping is also a great warm up exercise too I have found.Cool, do you sell hoops?
I also warm up with my hoop before poling https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_thumright.gif
:I am getting into the business of making and selling hoops for clients but it is a long process and I have to do it late at night after working a day job and teaching or taking classes.
Oh boy Trena! That’s a BIG bruise, I have never had anything quite that large! I am guessing this is like pole, your skin doesn’t necessarily toughen up but your movements become smoother so that you stop bruising yourself, make sense?
Veena- I am hoping soon to have a pole room and a hoop room. All of these things just take up so much space eh? I bet hoopers and polers have very clean houses, lol! That’s the best part of all of this for me, no more messes.
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I have been taking Aerial classes since the second or third week of August and while I am not too good right now, I am seeing definite benefits with taking the class in conjunction with pole dancing. I am loving it. It’s harder than pole but with Aerial arts you are required to use your strength because they move, so I am noticing that I have increased strength and stamina on the pole, plus some moves that I just couldn’t do before I can.
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I haven’t hooped much lately at all because of the cold weather, I don’t have room in my apartment unless I take my pole down – that’s not gonna happen lol!
I might take a smaller hoop to the studio and play with it tonight though. I am really enjoying the making of hoops if not as much as the actual hooping itself.
I am thinking of making weighted hoops and a fun way to cross train my core and arms for pole work. Hooping is also a great warm up exercise too I have found.
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yes, the bruises are normal. I had a few when I started hooping. Mostly around my hip areas from hip hooping.
Do you use a weighted hoop? I am making a few at the moment but am wondering if weighted hoop cause more bruising?
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Hey Joni, we have brass poles at the studio and I Wasn’t quite sure how to clean them either.
I was suggested to use Brasso but then to wash the pole with dish liquid and water to get it grippy again.
I am not sure how water reacts with brass because I would worry about it tarnishing, but I use straight up alcohol or acetone (wouldn’t want to use this on brass) on my chrome and stainless poles.
I use Dawn dish liquid to wash my hands and my poles.
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The lunbox is basically holding the pole behind your back in the same style of a bow and arrow and bending your legs back.
here’s a pic.
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https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cheers.gif YAY! I am so happy for you! You are going to have a blast! I am guessing you got a little inspired by the USPDF! Now it’s vid time!!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
You are going to do fabulously well and have the time of your life!
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yup! I was confused about it too because in the Vertical Dance gallery they show the pencil twice and one of them is named the iguana.
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https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif Glad to help.
You got it! Upload vids to computer, edit as you wish, save and then transfer to USB drive and ofcourse be sure that the files have been erased from the comp hardrive.
IF you plug the external USB drive in you should be able to open it’s folder, then you can just save from the camera right directly to the USB Drive. As long as the drive is plugged in you should be able to edit off the drive too so you won’t even have to upload anything directly to your computer.
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Was that an X-pole?
I hope she is okay! How awful! I wonder what the outcome was?
Seriously – removable poles MUST be checked when they are in spin mode. I have had a PS pole come down in spin and watched a friends video of her X-pole coming down while she was on it in spin mode. She had just checked the pole before it came down too. So always be cautious and ofcourse the crazier, faster you go on spin the more likely it is to come loose – so just keep tightening and checking.
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I suggest getting a portable USB drive 4g or 8g should do the trick and keep all of your pole related items on the USB drive and hide it from the kids https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
I don’t think you can upload here from external sites – Ithink it has to be off your computer hence the USB drive suggestion.
For external sites that you can post on the forums try http://www.photobucket.com. You have the option to make your albums private. You would also be able to copy and paste a link to the forum under a thread.
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Sure! The pencil is the name of the move where you are gripping the pole behind your back and your legs are straight up off the pole.
The iguana mount is the back mount that gets you up into the pencil/bow and arrow/lunch box/cross ankle release.
You don’t have to go into the pencil from iguana. Make sense?
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I suck at spin mode – just prefacing with that.
Here’s my 2 cents on the whole thing – first please be sure that pole is tightened before going into spin mode as I have had poles come down, seen poles come down after extended use in spin mode – so be checking your pole.
Secondly, as V says don’t work on inverting on spin mode straight off. Work on your basic spins
Extending your body/limbs makes the pole slow down, pulling your body into the pole makes it go faster. It’s pretty tricky keeping a spinning pace so work with it. Many dancers will let the pole stop spinning while in an advanced move and use either the ceiling or the floor to spin them when they are ready to spin again.
Rule of thumb is to decrease your momentum by 50%. So in the beginning gently push off the floor into your spin or move.
Spin mode is great for building grip strength and your upper body, but be cautious because it is a little more dangerous and you have to be really present and in the moment while working with it. It’s also a good idea to use spin mode when you have a lot of space, smaller spaces can be more difficult because extending out to slow down the pole can be harder and you can hit yourself on desks, chairs, etc. LOL! I know I have more than a few times. It can be hard to get your bearing in spin mode.
With time you’ll get better at finding a more stable spin speed.
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So, I’ve been staring at this thread since there were 0 responses – I still have no words. I am just still in utter shock. I am awful in these moments – there is nothing to say – no words to express sadness of this caliber or sentiment to pass on. It just doesn’t make sense when someone this young passes away. I didn’t *know* Carmel not in the sense of sitting over coffee with someone and yet I felt like I did through messages and chat.
I am so sorry for her loss and she will be greatly missed.
I think dancing for her is a great idea – I’m not sure if I can bring myself to do it but would be honored in her memory to try.
She was Carmel and she was more than a delight. I guess that’s all I have to say. Sorry. Words just evade.
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Oh well that makes sense. I feel really bad for Alethea and Sarah, form the bits I’ve heard it sounds like they ween’t treated well…and well honestly 1 of them should have won.
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What happened to Alethea and Sarah’s videos on youtube?
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Did Karol win?
