Kira
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Loose hip flexors and active leg flexibility is needed for this pose so incorporate strength based stretches into your routine as well 🙂
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ignore me, I’m being a ditz… thanks for trying to decipher my nonsensical post though Allyson!
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is it possible to save links on the computer rather than get the link from your phone to transfer onto the computer?! does that even make sense lol usually when you click the ‘…’ you can save the URL for the vid on your phone but there’s only the embed option on a comp and it’s all code
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ahhh how awesome for you! teaching is more about common sense (knowing how to warm up, what the points of contact is, the push/pull of the move etc etc.) and I don’t think you NEED to do the x-pole cert. Saying that the elevaTED course sounds really good, I’m thinking to save up for that one day. I find other short courses like anatomy, sport injuries, kinesiology etc. useful as well. Always do courses that expand your knowledge and is useful to you and don’t do it if you feel deep down you already know the stuff. I’m sure you’ll be fab 😀
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Ikea do big mirrors – i don’t know how big you are needing but the one I got from there is full body height which would be good for pole?
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I’m just a student and never been an instructor/owner but I have been to various studios and am friends with owners who have been/are struggling with it being a business as well as a hobby. I’d be very interested to read your findings!
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damn, I don’t have a pole at home. But I will be trying this at the studio hahah looks like a great solution, good going! I can also imagine I will be like Baloo out of the Jungle Book here http://youtu.be/pkHyRTlXwkY?t=25s 😀
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shoogs – yeah I’ve tried the roller vertically but still doesn’t quiiiite get it. I’ll try the tennis ball against the wall though, thanks!
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any tips on how to tennis ball the traps? I can’t get into it with my rumble roller and at the moment I just hold a tennis ball and roll it by hand. It’s where I am the tightest and it really bugs me I can’t get deep into it!
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your landlord sounds…scary! destroying a pole?! anyway, sorry to hear that. The key to being confident in floor work is just practice! I used to hate floor work and any kind of body rolls but if you keep practicing it you will get better just like with everything in pole/life 🙂 maybe you could leave body rolls and stuff you are uncomfortable with until you feel more confident in floor work.
Yoga will be great for floor work as you can modify moves to turn it into poses and you can work on linking moves together. I am assuming you will be practicing this at home and not at a pole/yoga studio so film yourself whenever you have a practice and you will pick up on what body part to move/adjust. A mirror is great but it can cause you to move more awkwardly as you are constantly staring at the mirror.
Best thing is to put on a song that makes you want to dance, close the curtains so neighbours can’t see, press record on the camera, close your eyes and let your body move. If you look silly then it’s only you that will see it! have fun with it 🙂
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that is a shame 🙁 I think everyone loses motivation at some point regardless of what studio they are at/what they are learning. Saying that you do sound like you are wanting a different style to what your current studio is offering. I would say try out different studios and see how their classes work. Quite a few places put on routine courses so you will learn linked moves rather than the odd trick here and there.
btw I have felt like that before. I LOVE free styling and trying to find ways to link moves and floor work but that requires a lot of practice and time to perfect. And a lot of people at the studio I go to want the instant gratification of getting a move – more importantly a photo or video of the move rather than getting into and out of a move nicely. I’ve been really lucky that I get to use the studio for private practice now and then and I’m really happy just poling and working on transitions by myself. I believe it’s important to stick with what makes you happy and not what is popular at the moment. I post videos of my freestyles quite a bit on FB and hardly no-one ever watches them because there’s no crazy tricks in it lol but I still love what I’m doing 🙂 I hope you find your passion for pole again soon, there’s so many types of pole classes and styles to choose from!
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Think I saw someone discussing this on their video and the move you’re referring to may be the Hooded Ornament? I’ve never heard of a move called Sailor Moon!
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lol just realised that too Lina! Both can be true depending on your situation 😉
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This one inspires me whenever I worry I haven’t got enough tricks in a routine – “Don’t fear the competitor who performs 1000 tricks. Fear the competitor who does a single trick 1000 times.”
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ooh I’m interested too!
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you don’t sound crazy or selfish at all! The way I see it we only have 1 life and I’m always scared of missing out experiences. As long as it doesn’t harm anyone and common sense says ‘do it’ then I do what I feel. You sound like you want everything to change at once though, it may be better to do what Cherished suggested and start in small steps. Write a list of what you want to achieve/change and slowly work your way through that list. Keep a journal and write down your thoughts and feelings, it’s very cathartic. The internet is an amazing resource – you can study and learn for free – see if fitness really is your ‘thing’ by reading all the forums and academic journals online and if you still want to go for it maybe sign up with a reputable online course? Once you have that you could maybe dedicate 1 or 2 days/nights to teaching fitness to improve your self confidence/gain a good reputation and see where to go from there? I’m sorry if it all sounds like ‘drop everything and focus on yourself’ because I’m not married (though I have a long term bf and he’s really laid back and supportive of what I do) and don’t have kids so I may have a more free approach to how I would go about change. But, food for thought! 🙂
I love this Veena community, a few years back I was struggling whether to go for a career change going from a full time ‘career’ job to part time and self employment and the support from others here was overwhelming. I am sure you will get the help and support you are looking for here 🙂
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one example of inspiring social media are the hilarious videos studio 409 uploads. I haven’t seen a video from her recently but her past ones are always inspiring!! she really charts her struggles and efforts that go into moves. Love her!
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It can be so inspiring when you’re in a pole rut or want to explore different shapes – a lot of the things I try are from polers I follow. It can become discouraging if you are heavily involved in social media and cannot easily take a break from it.
1 of my poler friends is an instructor and is well known in the community and she has said she feels overwhelmed by all these moves of the moment etc. but feels pressured to ‘keep up’ or become lost in the crowd. I guess it is more important for her than for an average poler like me – she needs her name out there so any potential students will know her. She doesn’t compete so word of mouth/reputation via sharing 15sec clips or the latest power combo gets her those likes and shares. It’s worked out really well for her.
For a lot of us – as much as we’d love to – it’s simply not possible to watch all the videos that people post every day. I think due to this we have developed short attention spans – I think Aerial Amy posted a status about that once upon a time – and if you’re not doing something deemed ‘crazy’ then people will stop watching. If people don’t get something out of a video they will not care – they want moves they can try, some crazy flip or bend they can share.
All the elite polers want to stay well known and so are in a battle with each other to come across as the ‘go to’ poler to see new tricks or combos. There are a lot of polers whose dream it is to become ‘famous’ and so they can travel and teach workshops and the easiest way is via social media. Its happened already to a few polers I’ve followed from the start – they’ve never competed and they have confessed that they don’t ‘do dance’ yet they have thousands of fans simply by posting tricks. It’s all just a popularity battle at the end of the day. Very very rarely do the elite post videos of pole fails or them struggling to get a move and it’s ESPECIALLY annoying when they post ‘got it on the first try!’ and I believe that’s the danger of posting publicly – all we ever see nowadays are the results and never the journey and it’s a shame 🙁 that’s why I love watching the videos on here because it’s real women struggling with moves, showing the REALITY of what pole involves!
If you’re not interested in fame or any of that then social media can be very inspiring as you can pick and choose what you want to see/share/post and it can be a huge boost to your pole vocabulary. If you are interested in joining this fame circle then… good luck to you. Sorry if this is all a ramble, just typing what I’m thinking haha
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I have a reply! thanks LolaSlaytor – Collette emailed me personally about it and no hard feelings. It was just none of her team notified me of the situation. It’s all sorted now 🙂 x
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Golden diva – love your thoughts! I actually just seen someone post a photo of a move of the moment and they commented that when they had tried it yesterday they fell but they wanted a photo so did it again with an incorrect technique which got them into that move. They actually said that! I mean…is it really wworth it? :/
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They had told me that setting up the Skype lesson & membership would be sorted out at their end (they took my username) but I’ve not heard anything for well over a month now. I’m not friends with Felix personally on FB and her manager is also the manager of P&A so there’s only so many people I can contact.
amiloo – it’s the goodie bag that they’ve finally sent. They originally ‘sent’ me it back at the beginning of June but the tracking showed it never moved anywhere so I asked them about it and got a follow up email that just said ‘PoleandAerial has sent you a package’. Hopefully that will arrive soon – I think it’s just passed customs.
grayeyes – they don’t have a contact number. All I can see on their website is email address or Facebook page… they are located in California (I think) and I’m in UK so I wouldn’t want to waste money on calling overseas…. thank you for your help though. Maybe just persistence is the only way! :/ I hate being that kind of person…
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All I ever see on my newsfeed are bendy moves or moves where it looks like your joints are going to snap at any second. I physically shudder when I see those moves where your elbow is bent one way and then your wrist is bent another and that ‘grip’ is holding your whole body weight. I’m guilty of trying a grip like that, it looked so graceful and easy but it killed my shoulder so I stopped. I think people are trying to find moves which involve the least contact points possible and a lot more chinese pole moves seem to be filtering in. At least that what I think!
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happy birthday!!! i’ve made new friends through this site – thank you so much for providing a safe and supportive community on here. Thank you veena & webby 😀
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I often train hard – 2/3 times a week – then the last week I ‘calm’ it down a bit and my last practice is usually 2 days before the comp.
I never practice the day before because 1) if something goes wrong in the practice it will be too late to do anything about it and will just cause extra stress when I should be mentally preparing myself and 2) my mind & muscles should know every movement of the routine and should rest and prepare.natasha wang’s tips for training is a little too much for me but may be helpful for you –
“Don’t make the mistake of thinking it’s best to take the last few days off before a competition to ‘rest’ your body. Yes, take it easier – no more marathon 12-hour training sessions – but remember to run your routine at least twice per day in the days leading up to the comp so the movement is fresh in your muscle memory. It’s also important that you focus during these training sessions. Instead of spending 2 hours mucking around on the pole before you run your routine, thus wasting what valuable remaining energy you have, once you arrive at the studio, do a proper warm up, put on your music, turn on your video camera, and GO! Refine the passes and tricks AFTER you’ve done your run-throughs and can evaluate your performance on camera.”whereas felix cane’s approach is a bit more like how I train –
“: Same sort of thing again really, an hour a day training for myself, then 2 hours teaching so it was a lot, I trained very hard leading up to the competition BUT then 3 weeks before the competition it would slowly taper down, then 3 days before the competition I trained very lightly, the day before the comp I won’t touch the pole because if you train for at least 2 months before a competition your body and your brain will know what to do when you’re on there, but if you tire it out, it won’t work out so well.” -
whoa, it links to all the YT vids now? sorry to spam then!
