Haloanne
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Whether or not squats are a great booty building exercise is actually dependent on your mechanics – I have to squat really far back, bend my torso down and NOT go below parallel if I want my glutes to do anything while squatting. Otherwise it’s all in my hammies and quads. I HIGHLY recommend Bret Contreras’ stuff as well. I’ve been strength training for 10 years, worked as a strength coach and tried every program out there, but Strong Curves was still full of new info, awesome training programs and a great template for designing your own booty-building program. Can’t recommend it enough!
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It might help if you described the move, how to get into it etc 🙂
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In my opinion, the Fit & Bendy DVD doesn’t really offer much when it comes to backbends, especially shoulder flexibility. I didn’t really even understand how important shoulders are, until I saw some of Lina Spiralyne’s clips on Youtube (for free) and Sofia Venanzetti’s flexy tutorials (costs something). Sofia has an awesome 20 minute tutorial on neck and shoulder flexibility that’s really intense, but they’re essentially the same or variations of those that are on Lina’s videos.
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Awesome flexibility! It looks like your shoulder mobility might be one of the limiting factors here. The more flexible your shoulders are, the easier this is for your back. Here’s a great stretch that I’ve been working on myself:
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Day 8, loving it! Felt really good stretching the splits, it’s not far away. I had to switch the days around so I’m doing upper body and day 7 tomorrow.
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Day 6! But I’m switching it with day 4 and flowmotion work, since I didn’t do those then.
I was doing some flexy work before this, but it was irregular and very unstructured. So far I’ve really liked the fact that I’m doing more soft tissue work in the form of foam rolling than I did before. I took a “before” video too before starting 30DTF, it’ll be interesting to see if there are visible results.
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Yeah the classification is really hard! Adding columns is an option, like “spinning pole” or “aerial” becouse somethings can be done only on the floor and not from the pole. I like the clean look, so I prefer to add these to a move’s name, like “shoulder mount grounded” and “shoulder mount aerial”. That’s just a personal preference though – just make it your own and use it however you like it 🙂
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Warm-ups are included! 🙂 This program is really well designed.
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I’m doing day 3 today, but combining it with my normal gym workout. I’ll swap some of the stretches with different variations that suit me better. Let’s get bendy!
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Haha! I know, spreadsheets are awesome! 😀 I did divide the moves at first too into strength, flexy, combo etc, but to me it felt like a bit of an overkill. Also, pole moves are surprisingly hard to divide into clear cut categories! But if it works for you, awesome 🙂 That’s why I shared, so everyone can make their own best pole move directory!
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I actually added a “both sides” column to my own file to see just that – what tricks I can do on both sides and where the weaker side still needs work 🙂
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I’m a former PT and a future doctor, and I highly recommend adding big compound lifts in addition to pole especially for beginners, as it helps with keeping you balanced between body sides. I think even advanced polers would benefit from doing lower body strenght excercises, as pole does little for lower body strength. Pole can make you unbalanced because of its nature (as of course can strength training, if performed incorrectly). I usually started my clients on dumbbells and then we moved on to barbells as their technique got better. It’s always a good idea to have someone check and comment on technique (I still ask other for advice after 10 years of lifting). Happy lifting! 🙂
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I’m in! My outfit is ready and waiting 🙂
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Rumble roller is awesome for the neck area because of the little knobs that it has! I recommend trying it 🙂
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Don Curry, I’m so jealous! You will be kicking yourself later if you don’t do this now. It’s also a chance to create a memory of this stage of your pregnancy and your pole journey together 🙂 He takes awesome pictures and edits them beautifully, so I’m sure that lack of a tan or extensions is really not an issue. Who would expect you to have those anyway? Also the moves don’t have to be that complicated to get a beautiful picture, but I’m sure you know this anyway 🙂 As long as you are comfortable, it’ll shine through from the pictures. Can’t wait to see them!
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I have a Rumble Roller! The blue travel size is nice and portable, but the larger one would be nice for home use. My boyfriend has the harder black one, I don’t recommend it… Way too painful! Personally, I have no need to maximize the agony. It’s a bit more costly but has been extremely durable. I do recommend it, and the texturing makes it more effective in certain areas.
The most cost-effective solution so far has been a plastic plumbing pipe. 7 years and going, it cost 10 euro 😀
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I wanna, but I have no pole! 🙁 Can I submit with some other aerial sit? 😀
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Awesome tips from Tropicalpole. Undercover FBI agent trying to seduce a mob boss!! 😀 best ever, I’m definitely using this!
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You’ll do great! The strength will build up quickly, you’ll be a lyra pro in no time! 🙂
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Middle splits and straddles. Never even been close to the ground (or pancake), these have always been a struggle. I think part of it has to do with hip structure, I suspect I have deep hip sockets which prevents certain movements completely. Always had a pretty flexible back though, so that’s nice.
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In my opinion, lyra requires much more strength than pole to even get started, since you basically have do a pull-up each time you climb up. It also builds upper body strength really fast, but doesn’t do much for your legs. A high-ish level of lower body flexibility is required for some tricks, and also pain tolerance (especially at the back or the knees once you get to 1-leg gemini hangs). Lyra is really cool though and a different pace from the pole, I like it a lot 🙂 I’m lucky to have a lyra of my own but I can only use it outdoors at the moment.
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They’re awesome too and have really good grip! I have one, but sadly it’s a non-spinning one. These are also the poles that my studio uses 🙂
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Olga Koda is awesome as well!
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I’m sorry, but what is the fish flop roll? 😀
