Charley
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I think every studio should have crash mats because without them I am sure you canbe held negligent AND your insurance probably won’t cover it.
That being said – Our studio recently purchased crash mats and they have been helpful but I have been teaching without them for a very long time. I think not having crash mats has made me a better teacher because I am much more careful about what moves are given to students to work on.
I don’t want students building up a dependance on mats and by that I mean not spending time learning emergency exits, or simply not dismounting properly because there is a mat there. I noticed that because the mat was down people would just fall out of the move rather than working on getting out of it properly.
I also teach from the floor – we come up to laybacks before going down into them, we put our legs in inverted position a million times before going up from a squat. I require any advanced moves to be spotted by me and only me and no one is allowed to them – they form a line and watch me spot and talk each student through the move.
I like having crash mats for myself and I do think they help with student confidence. When I do aerials we have a crash mat a hge one – but when I had to do a routine without a mat totally freaked out. I needed the crash mat to be confident. I will use mats in advanced courses but still spot and still only use one pole. I can not imagine just using mats, I am very hands on. I use mats to work on scary moves like the tornado and stuff and I think they are helpful for moves that are difficult to spot like inverting for the first time from standing.
Every studio should have a mat. You only need one, there is no excuse not to have one.
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To whom it may concern,
I am sorely disappointed in Mars decision not to print personalized m&m’s for Christopher Brand. Not only has the Mars Corporation promoted their green m&m’s with questionable commercials that perhaps are not suitable for young veiwers but the Mars Corp. has alienated a group of men and women who could have brought you a lot of business.
The silhouetted image you decided would not be suitable for your candies is an image of a women doing a beautiful, difficult advanced trick on a fitness pole. Please note I did not say "stripper pole." The lack of consideration shown to us as a community reflects poorly on your company. As Christopher tried to explain, we are not strippers, our images do not contain nudity and we will not be using your products in our studios or homes.
Why is it okay to produce a commercial with a green candy walking up to a pole and stripping off her green coating but an image of an athlete on an apparatus is unsuitable? If the said image were of a woman on a trapeze would you have questioned it? If it were just a silhouetted image of a woman would have denied the image? Why does the dance pole suddenly make what looks to be a gymnastic move inappropriate?
The woman who’s image you denied is a professional trainer and has the most highly visited pole fitness website in the USA and likely worldwide. Her lessons are taken internationally by athletes. Several members of her website are like myself, competitive pole dancers, who do not wish to have our apparatus called a "stripper pole." She is highly revered in pole community and continues to influence the industry.
This is an outrage to our community. I do hope you will re-evaluate the situation and decide to print the candies. Afterall, they were a birthday present from a man who loves and cherishes his wife. Furthermore, failure to print these candies shows a community of athletes that our business is not important to your company and that the Mars Corporation finds the sport of pole fitness distasteful. I sincerely hope this story will have a happy ending.
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"Charley"
PoleFIT Revolution
Marketing Director/Studio Manager/Head Instructor
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What a thoughtful gift Chris!
They are going to get a peice of my mind too.
I’m appalled at the green stripping m&m but they can’t put a pole athlete on an m&m? Really?
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Thank you all so much!!!!! It was a good one! Time to order my pressie (45mm stainless steel!!!!)
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Tentatively the Jam is set for Saturday afternoon to accomodate parties Saturday night. I am thinking 2-5pm so after we can all grab a bite to eat and talk.
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I spin both left and right and my poles are pretty stuck together so it hasn’t been a huge issue.
They do have extensions for the skinny I have both the 1ft and the 2ft for mine.
I am wondering the if the 2.0 has less movement than the 1.75???
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should be totally fine on grass. Just make sure the ground is very level.
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I have the star stand alone 1.75. I can get the base of this pole to move. Because the platform is low profile you get much more movement out of it then you would with stage that is higher up. If you are new to pole you may not like the movement. Like all PS products it’s super simple to change from spin to static with the pull of a pin and it’s stainless steel. Set up is fairly easy – doesn’t take long.
I have done photo shoots with this pole and love it for things like that.
How tall are your ceilings? If they are vaulted PS sells an adapter for that.
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10/10 is the workshops – hoping to keep that date for the showcase as well but that may move to Saturday night – hoping not though.
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I can’t wait to see you perform!!!
here is our lin up so far!
Shadow
Mary Ellyn
Dangerous
Pole Dancing Diva
Stellar Motion
Val
Kylee
Serzi
Ignite
Cheryl Sugar
Daya
Kanita Benson of the Benson Twins
Tamika
Kristen PoleMonkey
Jillisa
Pole Bunny
Jade Luvs Pole Dancing
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The showcase will be in Madison Heights close to the studio. I am in talks with venue’s now and have a venue already to go but I want to see what our options are.
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Special Headliners Include:
IPDFA PoleFIT Champion Shadow
ETED’s Mary Ellyn Weissman
and Me!More coming soon!!!!
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No you can participate in everything! There is no obligation to take a class.
I totally hope you can come out! Also we will be adding a beginner/intermediate class which is $35. This is for people who want to work on foundational moves.
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I’m going to be asking you tons of questions https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif
I have had a hard time understanding resistance stretching. I *think* I am doing it now. I really don’t get anything out of static stretches.
I am so believing I can have a flat jade by regionals!!!
