PoleSkivvies
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@StellarMotion – Thanks for the story – that will remind me to keep rehearsing on the stainless steel, just so I don’t forget how. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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Lord, makes me wish I’d bought a powder-coated LM when I started. Instead, I got one of their stainless models, which is a pain in the ass. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif However, I will say that it has never budged at all and, once in a blue moon, when I do take it down, it comes off and goes up quickly.
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I swear, everyone I talk to has a different idea of which is slicker – chrome or TG, although everyone seems to agree that SS is the worst and brass is the grippiest. I just ordered a PS brass, multi-piece (the new Extreme pole) and they have been very helpful, although it’s been a bit delayed. I asked them about the ill-fitting pieces that people had been mentioning and they said that was a bad batch from some machining problems that are now resolved. (Hope that’s the case!)
It’s weird, though, for every bad PS story I hear, I also hear one about X-Pole, although I get the impression that lovers of X-Pole are more devoted customers than those of any other brand.
Currently, I have a Lil Mynx stainless, which, second to a street covered in glare ice, is the slipperiest thing in the universe. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif The bottom of those poles is also really awful – a guaranteed way to break your toes.
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I started to pole just a couple months shy of my 40th birthday – now I’m about to turn 42! And about to get my second pole!
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Maybe you just need a backup poling area in the house for winter?
Hope you get back on the pole soon!
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I tried a Carmen Electra pole – once. It came down mid-spin. Nothing fancy, either, just a regular Fireman. Be careful – the one I was on was bolted into the floor, but bowed horribly in the middle and then toppled over.
As for the slipperiness. You need really warm hands. Also, I find that if I spray some rubbing alcohol on my hands, it gets tackier on the pole. That’s what helps me with my stainless Lil Mynx, at least.
Good luck!
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And, Bellz, good on you for keeping dancing. Everybody deals with stage fright, and we learn from it each time – glad you didn’t hide yourself away and deny the world the pleasure of watching you dance! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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Okay, shameless plug here, but I actually wrote a workbook on dealing with stage fright for pole dancers – you can find it here: http://poleskivvies.com/so-long-stage-fright/
It goes into how to figure out what the underlying fear is and how to address it, plus how to get used to different sized groups, and a lot more. There’s also a (free) article on my site on dealing with audiences, which can be a big component of stage fright: http://poleskivvies.com/2009/11/the-role-of-the-audience/
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I just got my boyfriend, who works the night shift, the Sadelite desk lamp from here: http://www.northernlighttechnologies.com/splash.php
He’s still getting used to it, but it seems to be having a good effect. I’m not terribly affected by the darkness, myself, but I do like looking at it. I’m from Minnesota originally, but now live in Vermont, where it’s a lot more gray in the winter, which can get real tiresome.
For me, though, mainly it’s the cold. I get so cold in the winter I just want to hibernate and I have to force myself to still walk the dog (although some days, obviously, we have to take a pass on that) and to pole. My trick is to bundle up – yoga pants, long-sleeved shirt, socks, robe (honest to god – SOOO not sexy!) – and then strip down to shorts and a top as I warm up. Which sometimes never happens – I swear there are months when breaking a sweat is impossible – I’m just glad to be warm head to toe.
God, I miss living in the south – the humidity was so nice for dancing and stretching. Although the sweat would have been a bitch had I been poling then. Sigh.
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I always have to run to the bathroom before performing – usually several times! Then, once on stage, I’m fine.
My only qualm about learning to dance despite distractions in the room is that a good dancer needs to dance to the audience. If you get too in your head, you can’t connect in the same way. Of course, if you’re in a room where you can’t see the audience for the lighting, you have to project it all from within, anyway.
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Wa-hoo!! You did it!!
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OMG, Charley, what an awful crowd! It just goes to show you how important the audience is – you were absolutely on your game, and they just couldn’t be there with you. Grr.
And it’s not an age thing – I’m 42, for god’s sake. They just weren’t able to deal with sexuality. But not to clap is just appalling. And to sit there judging you when they were just insecure and jealous is pathetic.
Hope the next time goes better!
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Well done! You just hadn’t found your niche before.
I was similar – a spaz at anything athletic, and then one day in gym class in high school, they had us make up aerobic dance choreographies. And the teacher looked at me and said, "I think you found your sport."
So, girl, you found your sport!
And what’s all this non-sexy guff? Of course, you’re sexy – you’re just unique, not cut out of a mold. Which, if you pause to think about it, is actually VERY sexy.
Jennifer
P.S. Charlie’s right – that teacher was out of line.
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Hmm. I was Kiki Spears.
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This just made me smile – it’s exactly how I react if I get worried about my pole. I’m on the forum in an instant begging for help!
Glad it worked out so smoothly for you!
Jennifer
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My stepdaughter loves playing on the pole – she’s 10. It’s all freeform and her mom and dad are totally cool about it. In fact, she gave her mom a special performance just the other week – lots of spinning and twirling and jumping around, which she loves! She’s even started asking me about teaching her some spins, but I know she’s not ready yet to really think about how she’s holding her body, so I don’t want to teach her anything much right now. But even as I write that, I realize I could teach her a grounded toe spin and that would be very pretty. I am just not qualified to teach, and I certainly don’t want her to get the shoulder problems I’ve had since starting pole.
Not to hijack here, but how do you all teach your kids to pole safely? I stress no lotion, using the level, and keeping the pole clean. What else would you recommend?
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I’ve been working on stretching for splits a lot lately, too. It’s definitely improving – plus, the added benefit is that I find my legs are less sore at the end of the day (since I’m at a computer so much).
One other thing I’d add, though, is massage. Sometimes that’s the only way to really loosen up knots or soothe tight muscles. It helps me a lot – even if I usually just get one from my boyfriend and not a professional massage therapist. I figure there’s got to be a reason why professional gymnasts get massages, right?
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I’m no expert on this, but it seems to me that sometimes the wrong butt position can masquerade as poor hip flexibility. In the boomerang, for instance, when I let my butt go out from its usual tuck (so it goes back a bit), my legs can come up much higher.
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If I think of them as gorgeous permanent brass poles (sigh), I’d consider myself a Carmen Electra pole!
Yogabeachbabe, if you’re a Carmen Electra, then I’m a Peekaboo! But I aspire to be a Titanium Gold X! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif
Glad you liked the interview – Charley caught that I hadn’t posted contestant info, so that link is now there, too. I’m really excited to see what they do with the show.
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Oops, what happened to the link in my last post? It got all code-y.
I’ll try again:
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Hey all –
I just posted an interview with Vertical Pole Challenge’s exec producer, so it gives all the details – how the show came about, what the judging criteria are, and so forth.
And, Jungle_Cat, men ARE welcome to participate!! (I asked especially for you!)
Here’s the link: http://poleskivvies.com/2009/09/vertical-pole-challenge/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Jennifer
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Yea, I was wondering that, too. It sounds so fun!
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I don’t know the details of this study, but my masters is in epidemiology (the study of creating health trials), and it is common practice to terminate a study early, if the early results show very clearly that the exercise (or drug) is either significantly helping or significantly harming the study participants.
The line of when to stop the trial varies by what is being studied and what harm is being caused, but it is considered unethical to continue a trial once it is already clearly showing that using it – or, in this case – not using it is causing harm. It looks like that was why it was terminated in this case – because those using the exercise were being helped in such strong statistical numbers over those not using it.
I only read the article, not the study result itself, but the fact of its termination in this circumstance is not a red flag.
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Glad you thought it was useful – I’m going to have to start incorporating it into my workout, too. My tendons hate me sometimes. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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With your background, have you considered getting a pole and just getting the occasional private lesson to check your posture and teach you the advanced stuff?
PoleCat Power and Yannori are both excellent – tricks and sexy stuff, both, plus lots of safety training. I hear S Factor is good, but less about the tricks.
