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    October 30, 2012 at 11:19 am in reply to: Win a pair of shoes!!
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    October 25, 2012 at 4:27 pm in reply to: Wrist Wraps

    Yep, about a month ago. 
    They seem to come and go with what patterns are available.

    I can also say, pay attention to the fabric description. 
    Light is like soft T shirt fabric. Comfy and more bendable.
    Medium is like a thicker canvas fabric. A little more solid and stiff. 

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    October 25, 2012 at 4:02 pm in reply to: Anyone here ever fell off ::grasp:: a pole??

    I did and it shook my confidence for a little over a month.

    I was being bold and thought i could rock the Butterfly like i did last class. My teacher was helping another girl across the room and was unaware of my bold idea. So i got up there perfectly……but as soon as i extended my arm to push away from the pole, down i went. Chin first to hardwood floor. I amazingly didn't make a loud thud so the teacher didn't even notice. I laid on my belly stunned and recollecting myself. By the time the teacher came back over i was already up and doing spins {hiding my pain}. Too embarrassed to say anything, I didn't do inverts the rest of the class. Then I avoided inverts the next class but the teacher caught on. I fessed up and we worked on getting my confidence back up for the past month. Now I'm back to inverting without panic. I'm a lot more cautious though. 

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    October 25, 2012 at 3:17 pm in reply to: Wrist Wraps

    I have the pink one with skulls and my teacher has the black flame one.
    Best investment ever. 

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    October 22, 2012 at 3:55 pm in reply to: What is your favourite pole move that you can do?

    Anything spin/spin combo! 
    My "signature" is apparently called "Floater transition" on PDD:
    http://poledancedictionary.com/moves/246/floater-transition/

    Although I always add a 3rd spin in there too cause i really get around.
    I love experimenting spins! I rock the reverse grab spin like no one in my class. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cool.gif

    I love doing backward and forward shoulder rolls a'la Alethea as well. 

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    October 21, 2012 at 10:34 am in reply to: Who is you Pole Model

    Alethea Austin is the "beloved" that set the first stone down on my pole journey. She was the 1st video i fell in love with and even though we have different styles I still adore her every move.
    {I even have a shoe signed by her}

    The person that keeps me going though…. is my teacher, Lucy.
    I admire her something fierce. She's seen my worse, my best and everything inbetween. She's knows how much passion i have for it and we both learn so much from each other. Without her none of this would be possible and i owe her so much for it. 

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    October 19, 2012 at 10:48 am in reply to: Creative Differences

    As stated in the 2nd sentence, finding another teacher is not an option. She is the only teacher in the area and i'm thankful to have her. Without our style differences we actually get along really well. Doesn't help we're both Libras.

    No pole at home to do Skype with. I won't have one till after Xmas and even then it will be a while since the room is a garage room full of dirt, concrete and storage. Believe me, if i had a pole here i probably wouldn't have this issue and i would be skyping like mad. 
    Skittles? If she is who i think she is, she's just as slow and melodic as my teacher. I need someone like Pink Puma! lol. 

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    October 18, 2012 at 9:31 am in reply to: Pole injury or just an unused muscle?

    As AdAstra says, BE CAREFUL. This is not good pain to have. 

    I did that to myself as well back in my 2nd month of pole. It originally started when got over bold with my new found strength, did a wrist sit and instantly felt that jolt of bad pain in my wrist. Thinking nothing of it, i did it over and over again as well as split grips. Every time the pain got worse. One day the pain shot to my elbow and it was obvious to my teacher, who then yelled at me and told me to stop cause i obviously am not using the proper muscles to execute whatever i was attempting. To this day my wrist aches when i place to much pressure on it and i have to wear a strength wrap every class. 

    I've been told by the ladies on here, as well as my teacher who ironically did the same thing back when she started, that its misuse of the muscles that causes the pain. Your not strong enough nor engaging the proper muscles thus putting to much weight on a very tiny unready part of your body. Take a break. Don't push past it and think it'll go away cause it won't. It'll remind you every time. Learn proper technique rather then risk tendonitis or worse hindering injuries. 

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    October 18, 2012 at 9:16 am in reply to: spinning pole

    As someone who use to get dizzy/motion sick really easy, you will build a tolerance to it.
    I use to squeal and jump off the moment i felt no control or that i was going to spin myself sick. I hated the overall feel of a spinning pole to be honest. But now after close to 2 months of it, i only hesitate at first spin and then it doesn't bother me. It amazing how the body just falls into place after a while. In words of the beloved Alethea … "push past".. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cool.gif

    {Saphyre, amazing tips by the way!}

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    October 18, 2012 at 9:09 am in reply to: Can you kick butt in a fight?

    Physically, no. But then again i'm not a fighter and the only punch i've ever had to throw was in 1st grade {the boy deserved it}. My right arm is a beast though so i'm sure it has more strength behind it then it did prior to pole. lol.

    Emotionally though, very much so. I stood up to my parents about my hobby with strong convictions and i'm not a "shrinking violet" when people make comments about it. Its the power of passion, you'll fight to protect it. 

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    October 11, 2012 at 4:11 pm in reply to: Spinning Combos for Beginners?

    I got a lot of good ideas from this video:
    http://youtu.be/NzRjUQteo_Y

    I'm a spin nut so i'm always looking for insane combos to try.

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    October 10, 2012 at 8:17 pm in reply to: Have you ever dreamed about poling?

    I guess a part of me "premonition-ed" that i would pole dance one day cause i use to have pole dance dreams long before the studio i go to was created. Although they were "strip-esk" related, i can still picture the place in detail to this day. Stage, pole, lights, people…all of it.
    Now i have maybe spots of pole oriented dreams. Like last night i dreamt i was in a hippie store and they had a pole. I asked a gothic-y looking guy why they never use it and he said he can only use for something {selling to?} about customers. Really weird. But yeah, its a lot better then my reoccurring dancer dreams. Haven't had the "go on stage and not no a damn thing" dream in a long while since pole.

     

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    October 6, 2012 at 11:51 am in reply to: You may be a pole dancer if…

    ….If your Ipod little note thingy has random list of pole jargon that no one understands.
    I.E:  Peter pan to reverse to chair,  chair straight to reverse straight to wrap, and etc. 
    {I'm a spinning combo kick obviously}

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    October 3, 2012 at 8:50 am in reply to: Happy Birthday Webby!!

    Happy Birthday to the great and powerful Oz of SV! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_geek.gif

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    October 1, 2012 at 5:37 pm in reply to: Win a pair of shoes!!

    Negative for me. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_sad.gif
    Back to square one with 0 views and 200 cool point. Boo. 

    So here's me again for this week: 
    http://howcool.com/product/pleaser-shoes/PL-ADORE-763?reftoken=c52cb003-201064

    http://howcool.com/product/pleaser-shoes/PL-ADORE-708LN?reftoken=aecee0b6-201064
    {they'll match my new leg warmers}

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    September 30, 2012 at 12:58 pm in reply to: pole burn..

    I get pole burn on my wrist every time i do spins so i bring a wrist band or strength wrap. I also get the same thigh burn. Its just sensitive skin areas. It happens to everyone. You build tolerance over time just like bruising.

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    September 30, 2012 at 9:06 am in reply to: Win a pair of shoes!!

    When do they usually pick the winner for the week? 

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    September 29, 2012 at 2:09 pm in reply to: Win a pair of shoes!!
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    September 26, 2012 at 3:05 pm in reply to: Looking into pole dancing for extra income

    Athena30 is correct. Go to Stripperweb. All your answers are there and then some. 

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    September 26, 2012 at 2:56 pm in reply to: USPDF 2012 Competition Weekend

    My teacher is! She also got the last spot for one of Alethea's workshops. She's so stinkin lucky.

    {Sadly i'm too broke to do such things. But she's taking my shoe to get signed by Alethea so i can't complain.}
     

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    September 25, 2012 at 9:08 am in reply to: Pittsburgh Ladies

    So close yet so far! 
    I'm over here in the northeast side of the state making me 5hrs away from you. Darn!

    But i'm sure you'll be fine cause that's where a lot of the cool stuff for pole hides, like aeral silk/hoop/yoga and pole classes a plenty. I'm sure you'll fit right in!

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    September 25, 2012 at 9:00 am in reply to: Bendy buddies: Christmas challenge

    Awww! Feel better soon Wild Lotus! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_heart1.gif

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    September 24, 2012 at 9:16 am in reply to: What does your MOTHER think about poledancing?

    My mother is deathly afraid its secret training to become a stripper. She literally thinks my teacher is a evil "pimp" and is trying to "lure" me into the stripper underworld. lol. She doesn't care too much about it otherwise, i mean, she'll ask me about it but she hates it. She prefers i do it at home if at all. I tend not to bring it up at all when i visit. 

    My {soon to be} mother in law is the opposite. She LOVES that i do it and thinks i'm a total bad ass. She loves hearing about it, will literally watch my daughter just so i can go to class and would totally do it if she was younger. 

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    September 23, 2012 at 11:55 am in reply to: Pole “stage” name

    My pet/street name: Abagail Walnut    {hahaha NO!}

    I like "Little Engine" just fine. {Choo choo muthafcka! lol.}

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    September 23, 2012 at 9:57 am in reply to: In The Pole Closet

    TiaMaria, I do the same exact thing!
    My friends on facebook are very limited cause i have very little tolerance for stupidity. I have people not on my feed, blocked from my status updates, and hell, i'll delete anyone if they annoy me enough. I don't need it in my life. Either support/respect me or GTFO. 

    I love my facebook now cause I have all you lovely ladies on it like a little Pole Army. Makes all my other "friends" look lame. lol.

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