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The only time I ever had a prob with my lil mynx was when I hadn’t accounted for capret softness and it caused the mount to come unscrewed and hurt the ceiling a bit (basically tore a bit at the ceiling but nothing huge no one else noticed but me). But once I moved it and accounted for carpet it hasn’t done a thing to my ceilings and def nothing to the joist and I leave it up all the time. Wierd it screwed up your ceiling that much, but if you’re worried prob best to go with a tension mounted x-pole.
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Staceyanne is on the right track. You should also make sure you eat a little something every 2-3 hrs. Not like a meal, but like a small handful of almonds, or an apple, or some carrots or cherry tomatoes with hummos. Something to keep the metabolism running at peak. Exercising in the morning helps as well since it jump starts it for the day, so long as you eat a small thing (1/2 to a whole banana before to get the system started and then within a few hours of finishing too). The reason keeping the metablosim up is good is because as you exercise, drink more water (herbal tea is good too since it doesn’t dehydrate like black tea or coffee), and eat better, it will ensure that the triglycerides are metabolised sooner rather than later speeding up your progress.
I might be biased because I’m a swimmer but swimming is an excellent full body workout especially if you have shin splints or any other thing that makes gravity-based things a little more difficult. Swimming is really hard at first but the more you stick at it the better it goes so don’t be discouraged when you first start and be sure to vary up your workout between freestyle and other strokes, just arm drills or just kicking drills, that way you don’t get super bored and give up. Plus swimming is really reliant on your core, and depending on the stroke arms or legs so it works great for pole too. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif Good luck with everything!
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I third the Jamilla "Art of Pole". All 5 plus shipping aren’t bad at all. From Aussie World to the states was somewhere around $90 including shipping and insurance. She’s really good at dancing AND teaching, many are only good at the dancing bit which is disappointing.
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There aren’t many good strip clubs for pole dancing here but I do the same thing with online videos. I love seeing all you ladies dance so I watch a lot (not insane amounts but more than you’re average joe) of videos back to back and after a while he’ll start sighing and says, "Can’t we just go to bed or something? Any time I see pole dancing now it’s hot but I’m mainly thinking about how hard it must be." My roomates tease him that he has to take one for the team and suck it up otherwise he’ll be like the guy who turned off free porn.
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I actually have the same thing except instead of a husband instert boyfriend or roommates. It feels weird to have someone just sit there watching you. It’s a little better when he is working on his laptop or something but it is still odd with him sitting on the couch in the room. Can’t he work somewhere else?!?
For me, I think I don’t like it because it takes the fun out of performing. If they’ve seen the work you had to do to get the moves the effect of the performance is dulled. I used to do synchronized swimmng and people who always saw the practices weren’t too impressed with the performances because they had seen the moves so much, or they knew when anything was slightly off because they’d seen everything so much. Which is fine if you want critiques but if you just wanna perform for them for fun then it isn’t as fun.
Plus, pole has always just been my thing. I like to get lost in focus and not worry about anyone else in the room. If I had better focus I could tune out regardless of who is in the room, but it’s not there yet. Maybe one day it will be, but for now I kick him out of the room and ignore the complaints that ensue.
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My friend strained her intercostal (rib) muscles (pretty common injury for pole in my mind, description below) a while back cause she was playing on the pole way more than her body could take. Her doc told her to rest them about 3 weeks but she ended up needing to rest a month or so for full recovery (I think she might have cheated and tired to pole to early and that’s why it took longer). Ice packs and Advil in the beginning help. Although some say you should only ice an injury that is 48 hrs old or younger and then apply heat, but I think a mixture of the two is good. Minimize swelling and relax the muscle. And then just rest (and Advil if it’s bad). But mostly go see a doctor. They’ll know best (hopefully). Hope you feel better soon!
Intercostal strains – intercostal muscles allow the ribcage to move up and down. These muscles can be strained by any activity that involves extreme or forceful twisting of the body or swinging of the arms. Sports that commonly cause this type of injury include golf and tennis.
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Oh yeah, one more thing. I’m sure you’ve seen it but Veena has a cradle tutorial as her 2nd free sample video on the home page. So if you haven’t seen it yet that helps a lot too. She really emphasizes the curling around your pole. So if you’ve just done a kick kinda out and around and then curl in around your pole the laws of physics apply and increase your momentum (yes, I’m a science nerd).
Beyond that, I just had to practice a crap ton for a few days and then got it. Now, I’m working on doing a cradle with the close hand grip (not sure the real name) to a spinning invert (again not sure real name). I actually first saw it in Zombie Strippers so I guess the film wasn’t a total waste of money. It’s definitely still a work in progress. -
I just really whip that outside leg around. My pole instructor says to pretend you’re in a video game and you’re surrounded by ninjas and you have to try and kick them all in the head all the way around the pole. You don’t actually kick all the way around but it gets a ton of momentum going. Might help.
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Those videos were so cute! I want a cat but the landlord says no pets. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_sad.gif
This is one of my fav videos just because of the last picture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTZq5V4KEfU&feature=channel_page
The cat is so cute! There is another one she has where she is playing with a laser pointer and the cat is going bonkers. It’s funny. -
I have a black powder pole and I sometimes find the same thing. I haven’t figured out why yet so sometimes I just break down and use rubbing alcohol which seems to help quite a bit although I know it isn’t good for the finish. I’m going to experiment with different types of windex to see if it is a factor because it didn’t used to do this and I can’t remember what I used to use, but that was also in summer, fall, and early winter so it might be weather since it’s been snowing a bit lately.
But for the moment I just clean it all the time (super annoying but better then slipping off) and when that still isn’t working I break down and use rubbing alcohol. Poledork, let me know if you find anything. Although I think in my situation it is possibly a combo of weather, sweaty hands, and possibly cleaner type. -
So I know this is late but just wanted to add my two cents.
I have a Lil’ Mynx too. My first one kept doing that and the CEO called me to troubleshoot and we couldn’t figure it out so he sent me out a new pole (at no charge to me) and had me ship back my old one (again no charge or hassel, they took care of it all). So customer service-wise I am really happy.
But it was probably the carpet, I have a squishy carpet too, and since I’ve accounted for it the pole has been solid as a rock for any spin or inversion that I’ve done.
So Lil’ Mynx as a pole company is great, you just have to be careful to account for carpet softness.
