PoleSkivvies
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You guys are the best – am looking forward to reading all of them! At this rate, my interview schedule will be set for weeks and weeks to come – thank you!
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If you're getting sports bra that is sized like a regular bra, you want it to fit snugly around the rib cage – that's where the support comes from. If it's too loose there, it will slide down.
If it's not that kind of sizing, you would have to check the individual brand. With the Gemini, it would be either the Large or Goddess size.
Regardless, look up online how to determine your bra size – a lot of problems women have with bras come from not wearing the right size.
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Panache is a great "big bust" brand and they make sports bras as well as sexy lingerie.
To give my own brand, PoleSkivvies, a blatant plug, I've gotten customer feedback on the Gemini Bra up to a size F cup and they loved it. However, it's not the kind of sports bra that prevents any movement – it just keeps the girls happily contained. So, great for pole but not for jogging for a large-breasted woman. It doesn't use underwires, but has a wide elastic band for support and the cut of the straps keeps the bosom in, even upside down.
You can see it here (double click on the photos for larger images): http://poleskivvies.com/gemini-pole-bra/
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My first pole was a LM stainless steel – I like it, but it was way too slippery, especially in cold weather. My Xpole Xpert works better for (TG), and it fits fine in my short, less-than-8 foot ceilings. Whichever you get, enjoy your new pole!
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Love them – especially the inverted lettering!
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If you're trying to cover bootylicious curves, you definitely need to think in terms of the cut of the short. It's not so much the style (meaning, not cheeky vs. boyshort) as whether the designer has allowed for ample bottoms. Just because something looks like a fuller short doesn't mean the pattern maker allowed for all the curves.
PoleSkivvies are fitted on pole dancers, but my secret weapon is a fit model who is absolutely bootylicious. When it fits her, I know it will make pole dancers with back happy. Scroll through some of these photos – and see if you see someone with your body shape – if it fits them, it will fit you. http://poleskivvies.com/testimonials/
P.S. Veena, you are so sweet – thank you!
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It's definitely at Symphony Space – I'm trying to get my hubby to go. About time he saw pole the way it was meant to be danced! Will there be a big Veena meetup somewhere? Or an afterparty like last year? I want to see you all!
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Love them!
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I don’t know anything about the cysts, but I have had similar fears about doctors, especially gynecologists, due to some sexual abuse in my past. I’d feel absolutely panicky at the thought of gynecological surgeries and was always terrified I’d get pregnant and need an episiotomy.
So I really just want to say, I totally hear you – it’s not unreasonable at all to have a fear of doctors, for whatever reason. And a bad experience going under anesthesia can be really frightening.
What I’d recommend though is to talk to different doctors and anesthesiologists. You might find there are different kinds of anesthetics than what you were given previously. And you might find that the right doctor with the right personality is all you need to feel safe enough to take care of yourself. That’s what helped me, in the end, finding a doctor who was kind and patient enough that I trusted him (a guy, even, so it does show that the right person can make all the difference).
Hope you feel better soon!
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That’s so funny – I choreograph in the car all the time, too! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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Here are some old blog posts that might have some useful info:
http://poleskivvies.com/2009/05/how-to-make-a-pole-dance-routine/
http://poleskivvies.com/2009/05/how-to-improv-a-pole-dance/
http://poleskivvies.com/2009/05/putting-the-dance-back-in-pole-dancechoreography-vs-improv/I also have a free e-class on the fundamentals of a pole routine (the elements that should be included, not a routine itself; scroll down a bit for it ): http://poleskivvies.com/free-e-classes/
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There needs to be some special award for great pole husbands and boyfriends!
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That is such a great thing to see given all the stuff that inundates us about how getting old means being sick and falling apart. What a duo!
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I went through the same thing, and I wasn’t poling anywhere near as much as you. It is DEFINITELY muscle – enjoy!
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Wow – lots of ideas! Thanks!
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Thanks, everyone – keep your thoughts coming. Especially in terms of what you want on the pole!
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Ooh, I’m working on this, too. My schedule varies each week, too, but I’d love to be there whenever I can!
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I’ve been working on splits lately, too, using the HowtoStretch.com DVD. I’ve been writing about my progress here: http://poleskivvies.com/category/how-to-stretch-for-pole-dance/
So far, so good! His stretches are deceptively simple, but with the breathing and massage techniques he gives, I have been amazed at my progress. It’s been three weeks now of doing the stretches each day, and things that have been so tight in my legs that I thought it was just the way I was built have really loosened up.
Let us know how you progress with your flexibility – it’s something we all work for! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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Here’s the bio of the author – she has some very cool interests:
http://samanthahollandinfo.blogspot.com/2008/01/biography-i-left-school-at-16-and-was.html -
Not sure what the weather is like where you live (we get cold, dry winters here) but when I switched from stainless to TG, it was like the world of pole opened up to me. I could finally stop fighting the pole, futilely trying to get grip, and actually focus on dancing. Love the TG!
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What gets me most is it’s the same old, tired arguments that are always used when women do anything out of the norm. Somehow, the desire not to be seen as sexual objects in a time when very few other roles were possible, has become a demand that no woman be sexual, even when many roles are possible.
I am a feminist, but have long felt that feminism has yet to get comfortable with sexual arousal and desire. It’s like, every generation, we keep saying and doing the same thing – it’s just now we’re saying and doing it about pole dance.
Big sigh.
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Ooh, that does sound interesting! Can’t wait to hear what you find out. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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In my case it is, because the ceiling starts making cracking sounds. LOL (Luckily, it does this a second before it actually starts to split!)
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I’m glad they are sending you a replacement part – it does sound like something in the setup is a dud.
I have an Xpert and found that it moved in the middle and seemed to have some spin to it, even when on static, but it turned out I hadn’t tightened it fully. I’m sure you’ve tried this, but the xjoints have to be tightened evenly – if one part is turned, the other should be turned, too. Other than that, it’s been fine – though after a month or so, I had to take it apart and set it up again – the Xjoint had gotten out of alignment somehow and it couldn’t tighten properly without reassembly. Since then, I’ve learned they need to be reassembled from time to time normally, and I haven’t had any problems since.
Hope your new part fixes your problems – it’s a great pole, when it’s working right!
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Ooh, I loved this – saw it when Jamilla posted it on Facebook. Just some amazing acrobatics!!
