Jihaleh
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I would loveee to be strong enough to invert by the end of the year. I will be so happy if I can do any particular moves, but I mainly just want get upside down without hands on the floor! Lol
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You’re doing great! 🙂 First off though, slowww down lol. Walk before you can run!
The important thing is do what is challenging, but stable and suitable. Don’t go throwing yourself around a pole and risk injuring yourself. Beginner level is a lot of strength work for a reason.
Again, stick to challenging enough to motivate you, but not so hard you quit or so easy you don’t grow! find what works best for you 🙂 -
Heyy! So it’s being uploaded to my videos at the moment to show the actual motions but the work out is as follows
Warm up – 20 seconds on, 5 seconds off – big arm circle forward, arm swings ( swing arms back and forth like you’re trying to hug yourself, I released I forgot to film that one!), big arm circles back, neck stretches shoulder and tricep stretch.
Routine – 50 seconds on, 10 seconds off (mostly for change of position, avoid resting as much as you can)
External rotation
Arm openings
Bicep curl R
Bicep curl L
Row
Overhead tricep R
Overhead tricep L
High pulse
Low pulse
Lat pull down (also forgot to film this one, have your arms overhead like high pulse and all the way down your back focusing on squeezing your upper back)
Rhomboid Row/Alternative row
Static holdLet me know if you have any questions 🙂
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If you’d like I can post a video of the shoulder conditioning routine I’m doing if you would like? It’s about 15 minutes with warm up and approved by a physiotherapist friend and my studio instructor 🙂
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Yes! I’m a plus size beginner too, lifting is hardd but in the words of one of my favourite pole instructors when I was getting super down on myself when i couldn’t do any spins at all
“honey when you can lift yourself you will be twice as strong as most people in this room. You are as strong, if not more so than the people you are comparing yourself to, for you there’s just more to lift, and that’s okay, you will get stronger like everyone.”
I’ve been REALLY working hard on daily shoulder conditioning with a resistance band and extra core work (my strength is in my legs, i could climb in my first lesson) – low and behold just 1 week later I can hold. It’s only for a moment, and there’s still a way to go, but it’s very possible! Even the spins, while sloppy, at better already too.
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This is probably because when the pole is installed it needs to be very tightly set up (why making sure it’s against a beam/solid ceiling is important). It uses a lot of pressure to hold it in place. I can’t imagine tile can withstand that, and putting things underneath or not tightening would be very unsafe as you’re risking the pole falling as soon as you bear weight on it.
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Hi there! I’m new as well 🙂
Currently since I have time I’ve spending around about 1.5 hours on the pole, but I also take lots of time to rest and make sure youre working on conditioning. Generally I do a 10 mins warm up, a 20 minute conditioning routine (short abs/core, foot/ankle strength, grip/wrist strength, scapula movement and mind-muscle connection and calf raises), then I pick what I’m concentrating on. As I’m on the take-off program at the moment, I go through that. I finish with stretching the big groups, something adding a stretch of too to Veena’s program if I feel like I need it. Rest days (every other day atm) I’m working on flexibility and yoga, finishing with the 20 minute conditioning routine I have. -
Thank you everyone for being fantastic.. Guess I’m just stressed about it all with my doctor on my case about losing weight.
I appreciate the help. Was never able to afford classes or anything major (I saved up for over 2 years before I was able to buy my pole; then a further year to buy veena’s lessons, being a student and all.) and sometimes do get discouraged. I sometimes DO need something to compare myself too, cuz I don’t see much improvement in myself. Ah well, thank you again to everyone!
