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Hey there PoleKat! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif Berkshire poler here!

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Britpride ftw! \o/ nice to meet you guys! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif

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Lol I never actually bothered with any of it… I just put the pole up wherever and tentatively tried it out! Haven't had any problems yet =D though having said that, I'm definitely a n0ob so I'm not going to go round telling people they can do advanced stuff like that and it's okay… this is just what's worked for me for now…

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Daily update… why didn't I think of that. Definitely a dense moment! Thanks guys https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif

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Hallooo! Fellow Englander here https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif I got on my pole for the first time I just did basic holds and sits (got stomach issues so I can't really do much actual movement for now =[ ) and my chest/arms/shoulders feel like they're disintegrating!! You and me both with the getting back into shape, lol. I'm subscribed to the SV lessons – I think they're set out really well. Basically Veena will demonstrate a move, replay it in slow mo, tell you where you should be touching the pole, replay it again, tell you what not to do and how to correct any mistakes, give you some ways to make it easier, go over it again, then give you some variations sometimes… brilliant for people such as myself who need everything broken down into little pieces! Definitely go for them, they're  nicely priced too https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif there was another link I was using to look up moves I was particularly interested in as well, which I can't remember now… d'oh :scratch: either way, good luck with your poling! 😀

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I just looked at mikayogawear.com, first thing I saw was the Lucia short… they're so cute!! Now to find out if they ship internationally lol I will so be shopping there if they do! I could get my whole summer wardrobe from there https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif

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Maybe I'm just being a bit dense lol but does that just send email notifications when there are new replies? I was thinking it'd be great if you could get a list of new posts since last visit, or followed threads with new replies, or something like that. It always confuses me to scroll through the entire forum bit lol

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I read a review on yelp.com of them… every single comment was horrific lol, but then I guess people don't make the effort to write reviews when they've had good service, only bad. So I don't know… I guess it's mostly the shoes I want, I can make pretty much anything on there myself clothing-wise, but the shoes!! The only problem then is the sizing though, which sucks =\ and the shipping ha

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I have the exact same pole and extension length https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif 93" ceiling height, was really awkward trying to get it all in place lol. I had the same problem with spin mode, it sort of jars half way around and I'm worried I'm unscrewing the pole or something =S 

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Thank gawd, I just got on a pole properly for the first time ever today and my inner thighs felt like they were being ripped to shreds!! All that from a basic pole sit https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_sad.gif

 

Is there anything in particular we can do to help with pole burn/bruising? I've never heard of arnica gel, I might give that one a go… though for me personally I don't bruise much at all lol it's the chafing that's killing me!

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Hmm sounds a little odd… I mean, I'm pretty sure (in fact, certain) that I could make those exact shorts just from looking at the pictures; and I'm just a college fashion student, so presently I have no qualifications whatsoever. Had I been through the rest of college & uni, I could DEFINITELY take every design from their website, draft my own patterns for exact copies, and sell them at reduced prices. I could come up with a brand name like Agent Practeur or something that sounds slightly different but is still obviously related to Agent Provocateur, and sell them all in the same way. Yes some people would want the originals for the sake of having the originals, but not most, lol. Designs are copyrighted too; says so on the websites usually. 

Not for the sake of arguing lol but it just seems like a really stupid thing NOT to copyright your designs when other people can so easily copy them!

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Lol it's basically the same… knockoff indeed =D it definitely is hot

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I can't really say I know any in particular, but eBay will probably have something, and we're discussing a similar thing over here: https://www.studioveena.com/forums/view/Any_Idea_Where_I_Could_Find_These_Shorts_20101231024548

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Lol we have so many accents round here though, some of them really aren't all that exotic XD plus we have our own wars about which accents are 'right!'

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Ooohhh I love writing how-tos 😀 I'm not a total expert on this, but I've done loads of research on body beauty over the past few years so I know what I should be trying, and I know what's been working for me a little recently. If anything sounds weird then you don't have to copy lol but here's what's up in my world:

 

– Stay hydrated! Someone's mentioned already on this thread – you need to drink water! If I remember correctly, cellulite is caused by fatty deposits and toxins building up under the skin. Drinking lots of water every day should help to reduce it by flushing the bad stuff out of your system. If you're like me and despise water, try milk (or any dairy-alternative) or fruit juice. But be aware that fruit juice is high sugar, which isn't always the best thing. A combination of the two is probably best, and squash is also good.

 

– Massage! Again, it's about improving circulation and flushing the toxins out. You can get brushes and knobbly things to do it, but you can do it with your own bare hands just as well. Though I do have a knobbly massager thing that I love to bits! I do it for 5-10mins a day, with some music or a movie in the background so I don't get bored. Give it a week or two coupled with the other stuff and you should see a difference; and if not, it at least feels really nice! Also, another thing that works is to get a guy to help out – after all, they have such strong hands… 😉

 

– Green & white tea! Green tea had a bit of hype not long ago for being full of antioxidants; actually, so is white tea! And white tea goes amazing with a splash of pomegranate juice – trust me on that lol. You can also buy them in supplement form. They're a really good way to help detox, which in turn will help with the cellulite.

 

– Try some creams! When I massage, I always use Dove Firming Lotion. It hasn't entirely erased my cellulite but I can definitely say it's a lot better than it was a little while ago! I've also bought some Nivea 10-day Goodbye Cellulite gel which I'll be trying soon…

 

– Stretch!! Stretching the skin will also help to get rid of cellulite – not to make it looser, but just to move it around a little. Circulation again! Any muscle stretch will also stretch out the skin around it; I found that glute stretches are shifting cellulite from my butt!

 

– Control your weight! This is not about getting skinnier if you're over a certain weight; if you carry excess fat, it will accumulate in pockets and create cellulite. I used to be way heavier than I am now… and way dimplier >< you'll probably always have some cellulite if you had it in the first place, but shifting a little bit of excess fat can help to reduce it. 

 

– And my last point… bend over whenever you check, then you'll stretch the skin out a little and you won't be able to see it so much 😉 because as has been said – not many of us really care! Just the modelling industry… and the modelling industry is pretty brutal. In the real world, what matters is being happy and healthy. And if you can be that way with a little cellulite, so be it!

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I'm really excited to get into the community properly once my pole arrives – I think I might just have to take part in this challenge even though my moves won't be very good 😀 it'll definitely be more on the sexy side than athletic, lol. But what TV show… I haven't actually had a TV for so long! 

The Big Bang Theory? Not entirely sure how I'd do that, unless I was demonstrating different aspects of physics!!

Lie to Me? Love that show, but no idea how to work that 😀

Dark Angel? I absolutely looovvveeed that when it was on! I think this is my most likely choice XD

Shows I watched when I was a kid are all pretty childish ones… which might be a little wrong if all I can do on a pole right now is the sexy stuff! Also lots of it was (and still is!) anime, and I don't know if that counts…

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I can definitely do something like those; I've been sewing since I was little so I'm not Alexander McQueen yet, but I can definitely make most things to a professional standard 🙂 yeah I have all my pages set up ready so that when I have everything made I can just stick them on there instead of having to worry about the web stuff, lol. 

 

I think I'd do them slightly different anyway – I've never seen wet-look lace anywhere before! But still, it's also quite a distinctive design, and if people sold the exact same things as designer items at lower prices, the designers would never make any money. So they always have to be slightly different – that or they're technically illegal, ha. But yeah I can do my version of it =] when I've put stuff up you can tell me if you like it and if you want something slightly different I'll probably be able to customise it a little if you want =]

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Lol, kasanya – exactly what I was thinking! It made sense to me, but with a bit of internal translation going on 😛

I'm going to have a proper look in a minute, but is it just for front splits? I'm kinda okay with those, not there yet but I know that if I keep going I'll get there. It's really side split that I have problems with, it feels like I'm just not built to go that way – that's how bad my side split is! Need some help with that ><

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Ditto lozzii, come round England! We're full of poles 😀

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I've wanted those AP ones for so long!! £70 though, I don't think so lol. 

 

But, I've been meaning to make them for ages… I make everything else ha. Pretty sure it's copyright infringement if I sell the exact same design for cheaper but if anyone else wants something similar, I'm going to be making and selling all kinds of things fairly soon. My website is dead at the moment but if you go to my Facebook page ( http://www.facebook.com/pages/ChouxLaLa/146913388690900 – separate from my personal one, just for the hell of it ;D ) you'll see when I start putting pics up =] there'll be cute stuff but there'll definitely be sexy stuff too!

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Hmm well mine is a little odd about the fact that I spend more time looking at poledancers and big boobs (I've wanted a boob job for years so I look at forums and stuff about that too) than he does, but I've yet to find out whether that's a good or bad kind of odd…

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Hmmm… link seems to have died in the new formatting lol. http://chouxlala.blogspot.com/2009/10/when-things-get-stressful.html

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Lol, just came to this thread by chance… I’m making a note here: huge success https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif I was gonna say ironing or something similar – ironing makes a room so hot and pretty humid too if you’ve got the steam function on, so that should definitely help!

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First up, go here: http://chouxlala.blogspot.com/2009/10/when-things-get-stressful.html

Yes, shameless self-promotion, but I wrote that article because the stuff in it works and is stuff I need to do more lol.

Basically you need to break it up. Try to pole for an hour 2 or 3 times a week and that way you’ll at least get some done, even if you can’t do a 3hr session every day. I’m at college and although I’m only in 3 days a week, I also have to work on my projects at home, I’m looking for a job, I’ll be poling when my pole gets here, I’m going to be working on my driving license, my brand really needs some work in all kinds of ways (especially if I want to be able to call it a brand!), I do contortion training, I’d like to start running again and probably going to the gym, I have 3 cats, I do general work around my flat, I spend forever on my hair and nails, I go out for shopping and research, I have a boyfriend and group of friends who I generally see separately, and I’m my mum’s carer/PA. Naturally, when I don’t make the effort, I can’t fit it all in. Just trying to do stuff doesn’t work. But I got a whiteboard that I stick up on my wall, and a corkboard, and a diary, and a calendar – that way I can see what my days are looking like at a glance, arrange it in general on one organiser and in detail on another, and then I don’t have to think about it for ages; I just look at what I wrote down before. It’s about prioritising, figuring out how much time you have and how much you need for various things, and sticking to that. Find out what works for you – eg, I once tried cutting 4hrs out of my sleep a night, because I tend to sleep for 12hrs and figured I should go for the recommended 8… it didn’t work at all! All that happened was I slept in and then felt like I’d lost 4hrs of my day – because anything I’d had planned for that morning, I’d missed, and wasn’t getting it done. When I rehashed my plan to include all 12hrs of sleep, I got more stuff done. I felt more satisfied at the end of my day, and I slept better – meaning that in the end, I woke up earlier anyway!

You’ll be surprised at how much you can fit into the day when you work out how to do it https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif when you can slot in a little bit here and there, you’ll maintain your fitness level without having to lose too much time for other things. Then when the weekends and holidays come around, you can go back to it and you should feel just fine! Hope that helps https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif

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Haha yes that’s true about just copying from videos – but I still think it’s a good list to look at for ideas of what to start with https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif you could take the names down from that site and then see what Veena has here. I just thought the page was arranged in such a way that it makes it very easy to scroll down the list and have a quick look for some moves you’d like to try, then you can refer back here for instruction on how to go about it https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif