NickiLee88
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That is a cool idea! My boyfriend’s an engineer and obsessed with trying to duplicate an x-pole (i tell him that i expect him to have a go on his home made pole before i get on it), i’ll have to let him know about this idea.
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Does anyone have any tips on balance? is straight edge easier? i have been able to (very breifly) do split grip aysha but was using forarm grip when fell. any tips on this move would be great!
When i’m teaching this to my girls, I suggest that rather than just taking their legs off, they move their knees apart and their feet down and do a froggy type position where their feet are stilll on the pole but their knees are pointing out. This helps to move your bum further away from the pole.try to find your balance point while your feet are on. Then when you feel comfortable. slowly take your feet off. I find the split grip much easier than the elbow (mind you, that’s probably because i like it so i practice it more… bad habit!) but for both of them, your balance point is easier to find the further your bum is from the pole. I wouldn’t say that the straight edge is necessarily easier, but once you’ve conquered the aysha, it doesn’t take as long to feel comfortable with the straight edge https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif
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Okay, i had to go into the studio to practice this, just top make sure I could go through it step by step! If you normally have your dominant right hand up top when you do the split grip aysha, leave this hand on top. It will be thumb up and your left hand will be thumb down, reaching your arm down below your head. If your right hand is on top, you will have to turn to the left. When you’re actually doing it, it’s like you’re turning towards your bottom hand. Give it a go and let me know if you need anymore advice! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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Hi Joni,
I recently learnt and have been teaching this move at my studio (we call it the "spinderella") so i’ll try to break it down for you if you like. You go into the fallen angel and grip the pole with both hands behind your butt like you’re going to do a bow and arrow. Then place whichever hand you have on the bottom in your split grip down underneath your head (I invert on the left, so my right hand is down). Make sure you place it thumb down (not in a baseball grip). You then start moving your butt away from the pole. Keeping your feet on the pole to keep your balance, you turn your head and shoulders to the left, twisting until you’re facing the pole (this is the part that may hurt your shoulder if you’re not flexible enough as Veena said). Once you’re in position facing the pole, take your legs off into a V and you should be in your twisted grip aysha!Hope this helps@
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Hi, I own both a TG xpole and a chrome x-stage. Can’t say I notice a huge amount of difference between the two. I agree with azriel that the size difference takes more time to get used to than the finish. Also, i actually learnt and practice the most on a stainless steel finish and I tend to get the best grip on that! SO I also believe it’s a factor as to what you practice on the most and feel comfortable.
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yea i feel that way too =) i feel that i should be WAY better .. and for some reason when i get nervous i stutter or like… vobally dyslexic? lol instead of left ill say right instead of arm ill say leg.. that kinda stuff; LOL
Not to worry https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif if verbal dyslexia of that type stopped you being an instructor i would be in trouble! I’m an instructor and i have a terrible habit of saying "and now, let go of your legs" when i really mean, let go of your hands… lucky my students are smart enough not to listen to me…
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Is it basically that you stretch to where you’re mostly comfortable, contract your muscles, and then release and relax them, and go a little further?
That is definitely the basic premise. the initial hold should be for approx 30 secs to relax your muscles, contract for 5, relax and push a little further, hold 20/30, secs, contract for 5, relax, hold another 20/30. Don’t hold it for longer than 3 minutes, and come out of gently as recommended above.
If you’re not doing it with someone who knows what they’re doing, I would recommend that you get a book or a DVD (I have one by Kit Laughlin, he’s probably the leading authority in Australia), because, as Veena said, it’s intense and it’s sometimes difficult to know what you should be contracting in order to get the best out of the stretch and to make sure you don’t injure yourself. Also, the positioning is sometimes weird. But it’s definitely one of the most effective ways to increase your range of motion if it’s done right. I hope it works for you!
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Oh, I’m excited to post on this forum because I was planning to start a stretch thread. I’m also very tall with long legs and prior to starting pole (18 months ago) I couldn’t even touch my toes. With regular stretching I’ve improved to the point I can almost do the splits (I can do them if I’m really warm, if I’m cold I’m about 2 cms off), but I haven’t felt I’ve been improving. So the other week I decided to go to a stretch therapist I found on the internet and I have to say he was great. Showed me some really good stretches specific to what I wanted to achieve (using the stretch-contract-relax further method) as both assisted stretches and ones you can do by yourself. Also, I discussed with him, how often you should stretch. He said when he was teaching over in Japan, he was holding classes where some people came everyday, others twice a week, some once and surprisingly the best results were for those who came twice a week. This is because doing the intense contract-relax method (called PNF stretching) actually causes little micro tears in the muscle (why do we want to do this again?) similar to weight training, so the upshot is, to get the most from your stretching (as for weight training) you should do it every two-three days to give your body time to recover after each session. It might all be in my head, but I actually feel more limber already. So I would recommend doing that if it’s at all possible in your area. If not, I can describe some of the stretches he showed me ~ It’s so awesome to be able to do the splits for the first time at 22!
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You may be a pole dancer if someone asks you what you’re thinking and you absent mindedly reply ‘I’m just trying to figure out why my butterfly to hiphold to pike to superman tumble to mistress isn’t working right’…
