Miraine
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Aww, stupid work 🙂
Want to suggest another time for it? More notice on the forums might mean extra people too.
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I'm having the same troubles Polecat. I lack hamstring flexibility so I can't get my hips high enough to press up into stands, and I also have problems with my shoulders: whilst they're flexible enough for me to be in an elbowstand position, they're pretty weak whilst at that angle. If I try to get my back to the pole as per Veena's lesson, my shoulders just slump and my head ends up on the floor.
I've not tried iguana yet. Something tells me I'll have less trouble with that than with stands though, because my arms are perfectly happy in the position they'll be for that. Just a matter of having enough strength and bravery to try, hehe.
I will happily join you in making some kind of record of my progress on these, I look forward to seeing how you get on and working with you (remotely, hehe) on it!
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Congratulations to the Veeners that placed! Which is to say, about half of the winners in total, awesome, hehe.
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Can you attach another section of pole back onto one of the joints, and then get two strong guys (or girls, obviously, but I'm a weakling, so I get my bf to do stuff like this, hehe) to twist one of the joints back straight? The extra length of pole just gives a bit of space to grip, and if you use something rubbery (washing up gloves, resistance bands) you might be able to get enough force into it.
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9" might seem like a long way, but you're doing great, I can assure you 🙂
I'm nearly at front splits, but my middles are dreadfully far behind. I got to 14" or so after quite a while of stretching (as in, a year of doing it occasionally. I suck at commitment… lol), though admittedly more for fronts, so improvement was a bit incidental. I don't tend to bother measuring much, since it's just dreadful anyway, hehe. Doesn't look like a split, basically 🙂
What I'm saying is, you're doing better than me 😀
As long as you're getting closer to the goal, then you're doing something right! Keep going and you'll get there.
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I guess in the same way as people get into the Spatchcock… Just a matter of tension between where she has an arm wrapped around the back of the pole, and the two points where her ankles touch it. (re 1:14) Pretty awesome move 🙂
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I'm another one in the UK 🙂
I'm miraine_poles on Skype. Botheration, someone stole "my" name, hehe.
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A good point of course BACE, though I'd say in a relatively popular project you're fairly safe. Lots of people paying attention and all that 🙂
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@BACE16 – lol! I don't know, I'd like to be *able* to do it, I'd just choose not to, hehe.
I refuse to believe that 2:11 happened. I'm simply not able to get my head around how gravity could be temporarily so weak there, and there's no other logical explanation https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
Is it odd to feel inspired but also hopeless at the same time? The road between me and abilities like that is long. 30000 miles or so. And I'm restricted to walking pace, lol.
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@MommaBear – Have you tried this converter? http://sourceforge.net/projects/mp4cam2avi/
It's from Sourceforge, which means open source code, e.g. no spyware etc. despite it being free download.
I'm currently trying to psych myself up to buy a decent webcam. The one on my laptop isn't awful but the screen on there's tiny, so not much use for video pole jams.
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Feeling a bit out of the loop over here in the UK! I'll be there in spirit… or something 🙂
Looking forwards to hearing tales of it after, good luck Glitter, PFM and Charley!
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If the stud finder keeps beeping when you run it over the ceiling, it's probably completely full of rebar anyway, should be nice and strong. Concrete itself won't set that off, the metal inside it does. 🙂
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I was about to chime in but realise it might be quite different over in the states to the UK! However, if it is similar, then you're fine with the poles and cameras. Clothing would be ok if you had it labelled with your business logo, for instance (e.g. like the staff polo shirts people at a fast food joint might get, with the company name on). As Chem rightly pointed out, business suits are not eligible, although you may find shoes are a possible yes.
Training, however, is definitely not eligible. Refresher courses of First Aid or whatever yes, but so called "upskilling" is considered to be in your own personal interests rather than necessary for the maintenance of a business.
Hmmmm, you've given me ideas now. Might be I start a web shop some time later this year, depending on how some other stuff I've "invested" in (hah, that makes it sound so much more organised and impressive than it is, lol) goes… Could be a better camera and writing my pole off are potential options for me too… 😀
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A clueless one https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif
I'm very new to pole, and have no other dance experience besides making a fool of myself on the occasional night out, but I've already discovered I struggle to keep things slow. I guess I'm a naturally bouncy person.
My pole practices tend to be more "trick" (beginner ones anyway) oriented than dancey, though it's fun to let loose and just do whatever feels right along to a good piece of music once in a while!
The main problem I have is, I feel *silly* practicing dance moves. There's no-one watching, but I still manage to feel embarrassed nonetheless! That being said, I used to climb, so I'm used to not worrying how I look whilst attempting to scale random objects, but very very rarely went out and danced. Perhaps the self consciousness is literally just because I've never done anything like it before.
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I went climbing the other day for the first time in more than a decade (oh how I rue the wasted time…), and alongside rediscovering how amazingly fun it is, I also found out that it is *far* more intensive on the forearm muscles used to grip with your hands, because of the variety of shapes and sizes of the holds.
It felt like a great upper body workout, and I'm wondering if that'll help me combat my need to wipe the pole down between every single move I do on it, because to an extent, I know you can combat the slick sweaty hand issue by actually just being strong enough to grip harder.
So, whilst not actually another elegant form of dance and so on, it is a fun form of exercise I can definitely recommend as being a complement to poling 🙂
Oh, and amongst climbers, it's generally the guys that have the advantage climbing up overhangs and anything relying more on the arm strength. I *love* the idea of some of you awesomely strong polers turning up at climbing walls and astounding the guys 😀 Please, do that for me! Hehehe.
