NinaPoles
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I've never seen outright screaming/shouting at any of the showcases I have been to. When I perform I love hearing the audience, but like someone here said – it should be clapping and woo-ing at appropriate times, when you do something extra cool, not constantly throughout the whole performance..
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Lara Michaels from NY was just announced as number 5!
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Waeli Wang, one of my friends from my studio here in Colorado, just made it as number 4!:) So excited for her!
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I had no dance/fitness background before I started doing pole in August last year, and I started off doing 1-2 classes a week for the first four months, then stepped it up to 3-4, and now I'm doing 5-8 classes a week. I got my first invert in February, after seven months, but it's taken me until now to get it effortlessly every time I try it 🙂 Of course everyone learns at a very different pace, so don't feel rushed by how anyone else is doing – take your time until you can do an invert safely!
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Half-and-half rubbing alcohol and water is what I was recommended from my studio, so that's what I clean with 🙂
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I started out learning on a 50mm, then switched to 45mm after seven months, and I've also played around with a 40mm. I really like the versitality of practicing on different sizes, but the 45mm is my favorite 🙂
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One of the studios I go to have 14ft poles, and they're really not bouncy or anything. I'm not sure what kind they are though, but they are permanently mounted I think..:)
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My skinny legs loooove doing everything from leg hangs to Marley on the 40mm!:P I really like the grip for spins as well, but still prefer the 45mm overall, since I can't do cross ankle release or any tricks that require thigh-squeezing at all on 40mm.. 🙂 I've completely stopped using the 50mms at the studio, which kinda sucks since that's what I have at home..
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No fitness background other than the weekly family hike or cross country ski trip with my family as a kid, but I stopped that as soon as I was a teenager. I've been poling since August last year, and while the tricks and spins are coming along well, I still find it hard to find that dance-y flow in my pole routines since I have no dance background.. 🙂
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I just opened a Pinterest profile for my studio (the one I go to – I do not work there:), so it's still fairly empty, but it should be getting more and more active 🙂
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I spent seven months only poling on static, and as much as I was building strength, I didn't see visible biceps before I started doing spin mode two months ago. Many people seem to think that spin is easier since "the pole is doing all the work for you", but holding your body in the same position while the pole is pretty much trying to throw you off is hard, and it takes a lot of strength to control your momentum, to speed up and slow down, and even a simple fireman spin will give you more of a workout on a spin pole since you can hold it for so much longer 🙂
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The two studios I have been to teaches these moves with split grip – thumb and fingers facing down on the pole. If you're feeling a lot of strain on your wrist from this, you might not be pulling strongly enough with your upper hand, because the lower hand should mostly be there to support you and push you away from the pole, not to carry all of your weight 🙂
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I love my long legs and my boobs!:P
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You should ask "miamishyner" here on Veena (https://www.studioveena.com/users/view/bca8a94e-d89d-11df-ab19-12313b090e12), she's pretty badass when it comes to P90X! 🙂
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I use poledancedictionary.com and poledancecommunity.co.uk a lot, but I had never heard about wikipole before. Thanks sensualscimitar! 🙂
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If you should ever find yourself in Boulder on a Monday night, there’s a co-ed pole class at Boulder Spirals!:) There’s usually 1-3 guys there most weeks:)
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I have a 50mm Xpole (spin and static), and have never had any trouble with it:)
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I have a 50mm Xpole (spin and static), and have never had any trouble with it:)
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I've been to a pole competition at a local strip club (not an amateur night, just dancing without stripping), and their poles were just like that! Completely impossible to do anything complicated on – I almost fell out of a cross knee release!
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I have taken miamishyner's mixed level class and a couple of others as well, and I actually like those kinds of classes as you get to work more on what you want instead of doing the same thing as everyone else. It does require you to be somewhat structured and patient as you won't always have the instructor's attention, but it's great if you know what you want to work on 🙂
But of course what's considered a mixed levels class can vary between different studios, so give them a call and ask 🙂
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I loooved Holly's routine – such a badass fun routine, and not as serious as what you usually see at competitions. I've seen her do completely different routines before, and am just impressed by how she can change with the songs she dance to 🙂
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The pole studio I go to just started a shared blog with the owner and some of the students (myself included). There's only two introduction posts up so far, but we should be updating regularly 🙂
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You are lucky – there are tons of good studios in the Denver area, and lots and lots of girls doing pole around here!!:) I live up in Boulder, and divide my time between Boulder Spirals and Vertical Fusion (in Longmont), but I've taken classes as Tease Studio in Denver and loved it! Estee Zakar is one of the amazing teachers there, and they are moving into a huge new location in the start of March:)
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Thank you Amy – that shows much more clearly what I was trying to do!:P
Chemgoddess – I love that! That's probably the one most like my normal side climb – for once my long legs actually make things easier for me, and I can get to the top of a 14ft pole in 4 climbs with my legs far apart like that 🙂
