Dwiizie
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I’ve been waiting forever for the pole attachment to come out for it, but I also can’t see doing spins and things with the way its constructed. The portability is nice, but I don’t travel a whole heck of a lot.
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Ok I’m curious!!! >:-) Love my omni. Better would have to be pretty fantastic!.
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Above is a very large empty space for HVAC stuff, and I am not going to be able to punch through because of the lighting fixtures in the room. I manage the building I live in and I already talked to my maintenance guys to see if there is anything we can do and its seeming no. I hope to be able to get the pole attachment for my Omni Gym when they release it, but right now I’m going through a divorce, I’m short on cash, and my beautiful pole is just sitting there unusable when it could help me with my financial situation while bringing the supreme happiness it has brought me to someone else out there. Can’t wait to see that omni gym pole attachment. Maybe they’ll send me a tester model at a discount, I’ve been bugging them about it forever lol. Thanks Chemmy
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I would say at least 3 ft of ground clearance if you can. If ur not using springs weight doesn’t come into play. Most rentals I know have cheap doors that would break with the door straps they sell. But if you have standard 8 ft ceilings 7 11 is as tall a stand as u can fit. You could always find a strong tree or suspend from playground equipment.
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I was very close to getting the omni stand and the fly gym, but it wasn’t worth the added cost. As for the thing itself, you can buy just the sling and some nylon straps and eyebolt it to a ceiling. The trapeze thingy if you wanted it adds about a foot and a half I think, and with 8 ft ceilings, it was perfect for me at 5 5, 160lbs. Another 5’5 person that weighed 200 lbs touched the ground just barely. Anyone tall had to modify and couldn’t just suspend unless you take the trapeze off. They’re good about answering questions. Just browse through swing models, accessories, and youtube them, and all the info you need is out there, even quick setup instructions for the frame.
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I have the Omni, and I have it a bit taller than 7’11. I really love it. Main differences are that I think fly gym is a bit stretchier, but they DO sell a stretchy sling. The straps are more workouty than slingy. And the regular sling and foot things are padded, which I half like and half don’t. They are comfortable, but a little bulky. I love having the ladder attachments for the frame. They either have or are coming out with a tailgate frame, and a pole attachment for the frame. There are also talks of a cover tarp tent thingy so you can go yoga in the outside and stay dry and stuff. Its so versatile. And you can always take the straps off and change up the way you hang the sling if you don’t want them there. I would very much like to save up for the stretchy sling from them. I like the moves poster and the videos and things on Youtube and Facebook to show you ways to use it you never thought of. 🙂
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So far so good. We packed my car up this morning. Just trying to get through my day. Coordinate peeps to help with some of the moving. Its 2 hours round trip to get to my stuff and back to the apartment. The worst thing at this point is trying to pay for gas and just get the stuff over to the place. Getting new items when shared things were left behind. Can not WAIT to have those tall ceiling for the omni gym. My mom said I sound frazzled. Not frazzled. IMPATIENT!
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It’s been very civil and we both want it to stay that way. We argued over who got to keep Ace Ventura lol. But other than that we’ve split everything down the middle. All my stuff is packed I got that done while he was asleep mostly. I worked from 6 am to noon to pack as he snored (one thing I will not miss!) My brothers helping me move on Tuesday. And Legs4Days it’s near VCU in the fan. All those older buildings have amazing high ceilings. There’s a 1 br opening up in April at 2618 Grove that has 10 ft ones I think.
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I live about 30 minutes west of Studio X, have a 45 chrome x pert at the house, along with an omni gym and a bunch of hoops. Would be happy to jam if its not too far from you. I’m actually off work on the 26th because my husband has a court date, smh.
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A LOT of things can cause that, but I wouldn't rule out poling lol. Wishing you quick healing!
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There are professional riggers that can check that stuff out for you, you can choose to trust it if its got large enough dimensions… Thats all I can think of. If the wood seems at all dryrotted or insect abused, steer clear.
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To me, the last one looks like the best one. If you apply color after removing pigments, your hair will take the color much darker. An "Ash Blonde" will come out "Grey Brown" so be careful with that. The color lift you used the first time can probably be used again in a couple of weeks after you have time to nourish your hair. The real factor is: If there is pigment in your hair that is artificial, you need to remove it. After that you can bleach, redye, or leave in brassy mode. If you feel confident you have the pigment out, use the same lift as before with a LOT of blue purple tone and hope for it to lighten more (basically what chemgoddess said). Strand test if in doubt. If it were MY head, I would use Decolour Hair Colour Remover, and then condition like crazy to get my head healthy, and then I would use a regular bleach/color lift like you did the first time, and condition and healthify like crazy, and pray for my hair. I would NOT leave that 40 vol lift stuff on for 60 minutes though. I would go for 30-40 and then rinse. If its not light enough at that point you can try again in a few more weeks, but 60 minutes is killer if its anything like the prismlites powder bleach/40 volume devolper mix I use here in the US. I am going from natural dark brown hair and I lift it to platinum silver whitish in just 35 minutes. Any more than that and it starts breaking off. I also do my head in two stages to keep it even, i pull the top back and do the whole process on the bottom, then when its dry I do the whole process on just the top, making corrections if the underneath isn't quite what I wanted. Try using google or whatever to try and understand how hair and color works and you'll be better informed to make your decisions if the salon is really out for you (I know how that is, its the case for me, thats why I am willing to just share my experience, but can make no guarantees.)
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Another awesome option, if it appeals to you, is to go for a fire orange or bright red manic panic style dye. Itl take because of the bleach and it will just blend with whats there giving you funky hair. Then you can overlay blue to get purple and stuff. But thats a whooole different mode than trying to go blonde…
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Note: I am NOT a stylist, and some stylists would cringe reading what I wrote, everything I know I know from experimenting for the past 15 years, studying hair structure and how dyes and things work, and talking to stylists. Sometimes I cheat a little and go get a haircut with HORRIBLE color and the stylists usually can't help but tell me all I've done wrong. I take notes and go home and fix it (sorry stylists, I can't afford you, you're worth every penny, but I don't have every penny) If all goes to hell, you can always go super short and bleach the hell out of it and work your way down the color scale. SO much easier to go darker than lighter >.<
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Color removers shrink pigments and when you wash the hair, it takes the dark pigments out, but it leaves little "color holes" behind in your hair, which makes it porous and more likely to take color. Bleaching just eats out the little color molecules, but it isn't designed to work with color that isn't naturally occurring in your hair. If you bleached black hair, you may have lightened the whole bit, but some of the color may still be deposited and is just bleached to orangey molecules, rather than leaving molecules empty. Bleaching again may very well only take you to where you already are but damage it further. If you are certain you want to do this on your own, and you don't want to use a pigment remover, you could try bleaching with a stronger mixture, but I'm not sure I would do that if it was me. The color removers won't make promises on very dark colors because its a LOT of pigment to remove. The remover, at any point, will simply do its best to take out the unnatural color molecules. If you think the bleaching did that and you're working with natural pigmentless hair (which IS typically orange, as seen on natural redheads) you can go straight for the bleach and pay attention to how many levels lighter you want to go (or, if its light enough but just orange, you can see if you can neutralize it with some blue toner) There really is no way to predict the results with hair thats been processed a lot without a strand test or some trial and error. You have to consider that even dark dyes still use ammonia to bust open your hair follicle, possibly peroxide to take out some natural color, and they deposit super dark molecules into the strand. Then when you condition you just smooth the strand as much as possible locking that molecule in. So your hair, if you've been dying black black/blue reddish/black for a while, has more damage to it than just this one shot bleach job.
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Everyone is going to tell you to go to a salon. As for me, if you have hair color deposited, bleach won't necessarily lift it. I'd use something like Oops color remover to remove the deposited color. Then I'd wash it about 3 times and condition it like crazy with protein fillers and keratin. Theres a brand of powder bleach called prism lights, its really good for lightening without having to use a toner. I think the blue would be better than purple if your hair is really orangey. If it is more yellowy, use the purple kind. Depending on your hair, and how light you want to go, you can use a 30 or 40 vol developer (20 if you want to keep it very minimal and you can use minimal time and what not) Thats what I do with mine and its an awesome awesome blonde, and its nice and soft too. A few broken hairs, but thats what I get for dabbling so much lol. If after you lighten it, it is still too brassy, go for a really really blue/purple toner to lay overtop. Good luck!!!! And condition like crazy! I like Paul Mitchel repair, Hask Henna Placenta leave in (the extra damaged kind, or the with olive oil kind) The Hask Henna Placenta hair mask is good too. ApHogee two step protein infusion is a pain in the butt but it is the absolute best restorative there it. You wash, put the gunk in, and blow it dry without moving it, it hardens into a crisp, then you gently wash it out and condition. Hair is a zillion times better after. I love this stuff too, available most places: http://www.organixhair.com/category-title/752 They have a Moroccan Argan Oil line thats good too.
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Wow you sound a lot like me with your decision making. They always say do what scares you. This would be a blind leap but I have faith there are unseen spectacular nets to catch those willing to jump. The jump is still scary haha
I think the best that could happen where I am is what’s happening. I go to work, get a paycheck, go home. The worst is they find out how much company time I spend on Veena and fire my ass lmao. My job performance is declining because its miserable and I just don’t want to be there I don’t feel good about the company. The worst thing that could happen at the new place is I suck and get fired. The best is that I get my foot in the door of yet another industry I’m building a resume and the job is something I can do anywhere in the world once I have experience. Theyre flexible if I have a paid gig. I can get to doctors appointments without constant harrassment. They even pay for my gas. I’d be the manager which is even better for the resume. I can organoze everything and be left alone to do my thing and do it awesomely. This is way better than a circle diagram to make this decision haha. I sometimes fear I’m looking through rose glasses though because of how unhappy my current job is. But in the last 6 months I’ve applied to other banks, retail stores, even the dollar tree because anything would be better. I was ready to quit with no backup. Why don’t I feel so up against the wall now? I guess cuz someone took the wall down. I used to say I felt like a trapped chess piece, unable to move in any direction, but a step in any direction would be better than stagnation I am in. I’m also really amazed cuz a psychic told me this was coming. Didnt write her off but didn’t bank on it either. I had been looking for four years. Wild.
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Well if you can't exchange, it will also you flexibility for differing heights if you ever take your pole out, and I think minimizing extensions is a good idea. Good luck!!
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Yeah put the 125 on top of all of that and see if it doesn't take the thread down a bit.
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You should have a 125 and a 250 that came with the pole, and you have a 750 you bought already. So wheres the 250 you're not using?
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So it was base, A pole, B pole, 750, 250, top piece, dome. (or maybe it was base, A, B 750, 125, top piece, dome, but thats how you have it now right?) But it worked well. Maybe you need to add that section to the top to make up for the 13 cm…
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But I think I used the 750 extension with the 250 extension that came with it, and left the shortest one out. Or maybe it was the 750 with the short one and the 250 left out. Either way…
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Mine has that o ring on there, I think its just to act as a bumper for the adjuster cover if it was lower. And yes, buying the extra extension is what I did just because it felt nicer.
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When I had 9ft ceilings I had the pole way up on the thread to make the contact. I ended up getting an extension because I didn't like it, but it was probably structurally ok if x pole says its ok…
