Mindy4pole
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So, I just have to get on my soapbox about pushing… Unless there is a safety issue w/ you or baby, don't push until your body wants to push. Too often, women get told to push just because they are at 10 cm, not when they are ready. Both of my labors had a break in contractions somewhere btwn 9 and 10, and the rest was WONDERFUL! Your uterus is the most effective muscle at pushing that baby out, but you can't make it do it. There is an amazing, incredible feedback loop btwn mom and baby's bodies that has nothing to do w/ your conscious, thinking self. When your brain is trying to direct the action, you use all sorts of other muscles and get exhausted. But, that's just my opinion that I can't keep to myself! 😉
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Veena has said most everything I would. I did my home water birth, in part, due to her recommendation! Plus, my pole was an AWESOME labor aid. I could lean and pull on it all I wanted, and it never got tired or had to go potty.
I definitely got lots of comments from other polers (some negative), but bottom line is that this is your child. What ever choices you make, YOU are the one who has to live with them. Listen to your body.
I posted a video of me poling the day before my son was born. He was 2 1/2 weeks late, so I was doing ANYTHING to try to start labor!! =D He is such and awesome and physically capable baby, too.
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I poled some through my pregnancy. I thought I would have done more, but I just didn't feel like it. That's my main advice — listen to your body. Don't let yourself get overheated, and do use caution when stretching. Your body produces relaxin so your bones can separate during birth. That also means you can overstretch if you aren't paying attention to how you are feeling. This isn't the time for "no pain, no gain". You should be able to continue what you have been doing, but probably not try to learn new <challenging> stuff.
I did a home birth, and I HIGHLY recommend using your pole as an aid in labor! It was awesome to lean and pull against, and it never got tired or had to go to the bathroom. ;D
Mindy
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Definitely caterpillar/climb. Try it with no hands, just using your glutes to pull your body up. Inverted sit ups/crunches are great for lower abs — do a layback so you are inverted, and the sit up, keeping your upper body as relaxed as you can. Use your lower abs to pull you up and hold for as long as you can. I can only lift my body up a little that way. =)
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Breast feeding hasn't seemed to negatively impact my poling, except that I'm more careful about trying certain moves. Most of my body is covered w/ bruises at the moment, but I protect "the girls". They don't belong to me right now! =) I have more upper body strength than I did before. I think a lot of that is from my sweet boy. He loves to be carried, and he weighs more than 20 lbs now! I HAS helped me lose weight, though. I weigh less now than prepregnancy.
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Realize that your body has been through enormous changes, so some things may work differently. I've been able to get more functional upper body strength than I had before my little boy (he's 10 months old), but none of my hip/leg holds work right anymore. My hips move differently than they did before, so I'm having to start over on those things.
Your body is still in a mode of being open to radical physical changes, and I have gained a lot more hip mobility <for good and bad!> than I had been able to achieve in years.
LISTEN to your body!! I went to a class in the 2-3 month post partum time, and I found it was too much for my pelvic floor. I didn't want to mess around with a prolapse of any of my girly parts!! I did other things for a while (silks and aerial yoga) so I could build strength while everything healed. Since I was a beginner in both, I didn't feel (too) bad about not being able to do things.
I've been poling several times a week for the past couple of months, and my home pole is still slip-slidey a lot of the times. I am not a fan of grip, but I've started using Mighty Grip. It really does help.
It'll be back. It's remarkable how fast the next few months will pass! Getting some sleep will probably help everything, too.
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Would you go up to the other seven girls that didn't place and tell them they were nothing for it? Probably not. So don't do it to yourself!! =) You went out and did your thing, and the comp gave you a reason to train. So, you won!! And your daughter wins b/c you are w/ her and breastfeeding. 😀 My little boy is 10 months, and I'm trying to coordinate nursing him during a competition in a week and a half. LOL The difficulties of motherhood!
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You're thinking of Miss Texas Pole Star — it's the one in October. I don't think I'm going to do it this year… I won the amatuer division in 2010, right before I got pregnant. My skill levels are not really back yet, definitely not for the "fitness" division. So, I'll probably wait until next year. But yeah, the judges are amazing!
Miss Texas Pole Dance Fitness is a smaller comp, and being held in San Antonio on June 30th. But Pantera's a judge there, too! =)
Mindy
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I got the competition package today, and the visual dictioinary DOES help a lot!
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Thanks Shimi! Your video is intimidating!! You're both strong and flexible. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif
So, where would I get this pictionary you speak of?? That WOULD help a lot.
It seems pretty obvious that moves based off of splits (which I can't do) are flexibility moves.
Also, I know that moves like iron-x & twisted grip dead lift are strength moves, but I'm nowhere near being able to do stuff like that.
I don't really feel like I can do any on-the-pole moves very well, so it's hard… I think I'm nuts for signing up for this. I'm not even sure I can do all the required moves. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_exclaim.gif It gives me a place to perform, though, and hopefully the motivation to get more skills back.
<<And, sorry for the double post. I was impatient and didn't realize it had saved.>>
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So, I decided to do the Miss Tx Pole Dance Fitness competion, and I was hoping for some ideas on what their terms mean. They require both "strength moves" and "flexibility moves". What are some moves that you would consider amateur level moves in these catagories? My self concept tell me that I'm not strong or flexible, so any moves I can do are NOT strength or flexibility. Thanks so much for your help!!
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I'd like to add that, along with pasties, you should wear a small, nude thong under your bottoms. I learned this from the beautiful, talented, oh-so-professional Felix Cane. She was performing, and somehow the metal loop holding her bottoms together broke. She finished her move, held her pants on, and headed off the stage! It was embarassing, I'm sure, but she was covered and didn't flash anyone. Then she got new bottoms, and came back out and finished her performance.
Also, figure skating costumes have good coverage.
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I t hink that for the folks that seriously practice corsetry, it is a real body modification… That's why they said you grow accustom to it and need to take faja in after awhile.
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I would be concerned about wearing them on a regular basis, especially for folks who are doing things that required core strength. Having this kind of artificial support weakens you back and ab muscles, so you end up becoming dependant on them. There are also digestive issues to worry about. I also wouldn't let a teenager wear them except on a special occasion. Their bodies are still growing, so the issues are compounded. Plenty of folk are into corsetry, and thanks to the web, there's a lot of info on how to do it fairly safely.
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Cool idea! I love it that this is a less physical challenge! I haven't done one in so long!! Thanks, Veena!
