Madfelice
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How about just plain pink as a theme? Yu can dance wearing pink, with pink shoes etc, or you can dance TO Pink, or both…
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I have not found it high maintenance whatsoever, Joyful. Once I wiped the factory finish off it, it has been fantastic and I have not had to do a thing to it. I can also go through practice sessions where I don't have to use any grip at all now, which is wonderful, and even less maintenance!!
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I have trained myself not to actually look at 'myself' when I watch video. I look instead at my form. How a trick or move is executed, how it flows, whether I am in position for it etc, because I know that if I allow myself to look at 'me' I will go into a spiral of depression because I am not pretty enough, toned enough, the list goes on. I just don't look at those things. Same thing when I watch myself in the mirror when I am poling. I am not watching myself, I am watching my form.
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We are in Australia and have cable Internet, but I think that maybe it is a congestion thing because at off peak times it is inclines to work better. I connect via wifi on the phone so it makes sense that that would be effected the same way as the laptop.
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Hank you, I think it is too tight so now I have to wait for my super safety conscious partner to get home to intighten it because in his over enthusiastic safety measures he has mead it so tight that I can’t unscrew it, lol!
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It doesn't spin as fast as I am used to. There is no jerky feeling while I am spinning, it just goes around a little slower, but I could be subconsciously butting less momentum into ip, because when I leant back into a backward hook, or stood up and pulled in on the fireman, it sped up considerably.
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I had done some stretch exercises before in a Stretch and Flex class, and when I got the Valentino bros dvd I found it to be well within my reach. Sure, I am nowhere near as bendy as they are and cannot hope at this time to replicate the way they look when they stretch, but I can still do the exercises and they are a tremendous help in my bendy quest.
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I have not tried with the ipad yet, but on my iphone and macbookpro, the lessons and videos from this site are stilted. They sometimes don't work at all, and at best are stopping and starting in playback. It is highly frustrating and very disappointing to say the least.
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Oh, I am such a sucker for the 'new' you can count me in on buying that one when it comes out, Peter!
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I useI use Tite Grip about half an hour before and then Itac2 level 3. If after a while it becomes slippery I put a little Mighty Grip on top and it's good to go, but that is unusual unless it is very hot weather and I am super sweaty.
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With underwear. Always. I have seen too many labia poking out watching other students dance to forgo modesty and leave the underwear off!
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I have used both and I agree with everyone else that there is better grip on a brass. The brass turns my hands black, or rather the grip product on my hands black, but it is a small price for the extra grip in my opinion. My studio replaced tg with brass.
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If you are looking to get the same as the studio though, Shellectra, they have Pussycat poles.
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Yes, and yes! Just clean it with acetone or the like when you first put it up to remove the factiry finish and you will stick to it like a fly to a wall, hehe…
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My teacher always said you need to do a level twice. Once to learn the tricks and once to get them right. It takes some people more than this of course, but I think she has a point. Even when you know a trick there is always something new you can learn about it, especially in the early days.
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My instructor always says you need one time through a level to learn what it is about and a second to get it right at least. You could tell that to your class maybe, and indicate that there is no shame in doing a level over again if things are difficult. Mention the option of private lessons to the class in general, don't look straight at her or anything, but word it so that she knows it is a good option for her, just don't single her out. Bottom line is though, that you are the teacher of the class and if you don't feel it is right for her to go up, you have to indicate that to her. It will do her more harm that good to go up when she is not ready to.
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I would not use gloves. Grip aid should be enough. I think gloves don't really help to develop your grip, they are more of a 'cheat' if you get my drift? I started with Tite Grip, which my studio recommended, then tried Mighty grip which I like, but then tried Itac, which was better, and better again with a little mighty grip thrown on top, lol! I recently tried Dry Hands, and quite liked it, but again topped up after a while with Mighty Grip and just the last couple times I have poled I tried out Liquid Grip, which is not too bad, and smells prettier than the others, lol!
These days I try and remember to use Tite Grip like half an hour before I pole, use Itac2 level 3 then if I feel I am slipping at any stage, top up with Mighty Grip, but like I said, I wouldn't use gloves myself.
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The place I go to for lessons has Pussycat poles in brass in all four of their studios and I have never seen a problem with them. They switched to them last year from X-Poles, mostly because they are local and at that stage X-Pole didn't have a brass pole available and the owner loves brass. I myself have a brass X-Pole and love it, ut if I were buying I would probably get a Pussycat one simply to support local industry, and I know that they are a quality product having seen them in action and used them myself.
Hope my two cents worth helps!
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Dare I use the words Chin-up or Pull-up? These have improved my pole strength immensely and are something you can do at home with one of those over the door things. They are harder than you might think to do with good form though! The Pull-up is harder but also better as it is better for the back muscles than the chin-up where the biceps take the majority of the work upon themselves.
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Actually, yes he is! He worked professionally as a photographer until kids started coming along, and then that ind of lifestyle just didn't fir with the needs of children so he stopped working professionally as a photographer, but it continues to be a great passion for him and he loves to photograph me, although I really don't love to be photographed, lol!
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OK, just wondering for those of you who either have done this program or are doing it, do you notice that some days you are just better than others with it? I notice differences that while not huge are still there, but only in the final exercise, the splits themselves. The other exercises progress almost on a daily basis and become better, however my split can vary from day to day. They are better than 10 days ago when I started for sure, but yesterday was better than the day befor which was a little worse than the day before that, which was an awesome day( but yesterday was better than said awesome dot, yay!)
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Shellectra, I can do the stretch, but you could get a pilates resistance band from Kmart or BigW to help you.
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My story isn't really inspirational or anything else really. I used to see the studio I now attend from the train regularly and wonder what it was like then decided one day to try it(much to my boyfriend's delight I discovered). I enrolled, and the teacher who was supposed to be teaching my class was away for the first couple weeks, and although I liked it, it wasn't really gripping me until the proper teacher arrived back and then I was hooked!
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My teacher teaches us to raise our legs to position a split second before dropping our torso back which eliminates the sensation of falling she says you can get doing this trick and means that the tailbone would not take a knock the way that you are describing. Not sure if the way I put it makes sense though. She describes it as bringing your knee back to the pole as soon as your legs are locked in position then laying back. It all happens soo fast that it is not totally obvious to the onlooker but it certainly works for me. I never even considered a bruised tailbone as a possibility before reading this post, but now I can see how it could happen and I think that the bringing of the knee to the pole would prevent it.
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I am with Runemist, there is no excuse for using that sort f grammar and spelling, especially when you are trying to promote yourself or your business, and there is also no excuse for that method of criticism of another establishment or product.
