Poledancefan
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Is this the spin that is also called the "Falling Forward Spin?"
If it’s the one I am thinking of, then the momentum of the spin can be used to pull the extended leg up and out into a butterfly invert. Boomloulou has a video doing this move on You-Tube.
Joel
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Congratulations, Glitter, for having the bravery and guts to do the competition. You know…I think I’ve seen those two sisters on a billboard–along the Stevenson Expressway– advertising a club out in Aurora, LOL! Maybe they were having a slow night at the home club and just stopped in to steal your glory!
Sounds like you were the REAL winner!
Joel
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Pole-twista…
I make an effort to watch vids from everyone I know on the forums. Sometimes people use different screen names and I am not current on all of them. For example I know tigiee is actually azriel…and so forth.
Please PM me your screen name via my You-Tube name Poledancefan. I LOVE watching pole videos and try to make specific comments about moves.
Joel
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Ha! I didn’t read the thread very closely and I kept flipping back and forth to the pic and the forum, desperately looking for the tell-tale signs that it was photoshopped. Like, you know, Sascha’s hand would be flipped around backwards or something, LOL! Then I saw she was actually in Cali! Hmmm…I have an idea what it might be. Does it involve another poler in California?
Boy, you ladies sure looked cute inthose Studio Veena clothes. I know one gift my wife is getting for Christmas, LOL!
Joel
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Nike golf shoes, lol! (I removed the cleets)
They are 100% real leather so they do have pretty good pole grip. I have too much dangerous hardware at the bottom of the homemade pole to be safe in bare feet, so the shoes provide good protection from the two mounting screws at the base.
I’ve kind of screwed up my ankles and achilles tendons from so much bike riding, so the supprot of a solid shoe feels good.
Joel
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Ok…I hope I get a pass on this….
For the record, even though I have a bachelors in Psychology and am not a nurse, I’ve worked 25 years as a public health professional–the last 22 years inspecting nursing homes (all components of the inspectional tasks, from photographing garbage dumpsters, reviewing charts, investigating physical and financial abuse, to observing psychosocial therapy groups). I am also the Determination of Need screener for Supportive Living Facilities in Southern Cook County for Public Aid (now called Healthcare and Family Services)
So my interest in incontinence issues is purely professional..not prurient.
Incontinence tends to be one of the primary threshold issues in families making the decision to place an elderly relative into an institutional living setting (i.e., nursing home). In addition to the "cosmetic" issues of odor and appearance,etc…, incontinence can be the gateway to skin breakdown and the formation of pressure ulcers ("bedsores") in the perineal/coccyx area. So anything that a person can do to stave off this problem is quite beneficial from a medical standpoint also!
Believe it or not, but the technology of Kegel exercises now permits patients with difficult pelvic floor issues to connect a device to their PC via a USB connector. The device will measure pressure on different areas of the sensor to tell you if you are "squeezing" the right area and put a graph up in your spreadsheet program. These devices are VERY expensive and mostly limited to rehab professionals–but a few are available to consumers on line.
There is now a Kegel device that will "talk" to you via a Bluetooth wireless headphone. It’s called the "Peritron Precision Perineometer" and it runs about a thousand bucks. (No, really…I’m not kidding–google the name!)
Probably not a necessary item for the average person (unless you are the ultimate gadget freak, LOL!)–but a useful kind of device for individuals with more severe issues and a need to "train" and "learn" where the muscle groups are located…
Men can benefit from these exercises, too. I’ve learned from hundreds of sceening interviews that elderly men are rarely honest about low level incontinence issues (dribbling is how it usually starts), so denial is a factor. Guys won’t do the exercises because they don’t ever admit they have a problem.
Joel
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I LOVE the new screen name.
I have to admit that sometimes I got a little confused with the old one. I’m just a slight bit dyslexic (I’m a letter reverser when I read/write/type) and I could never get my brain to settle on Mrs. Trone or Mr. Strone when I would "say" it inside my brain! Yes, my brain is screwed up, LOL!
So, Roxy~Pink it is! It’s got class and style…
Joel
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Welcome Serenity Lyn!
I love your screen name. It is calming and peaceful just to say it out loud!
Joel
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Congratulations, Veena!
I haven’t really gotten used to the idea of Studio Veena as a video hosting site, yet! Let me say I am REALLY IMPRESSED–shocked to see so many newbies getting started by posting their vids on SV. I guess I’ve got to get with the program. I’ll be off work in July for vacation and I hope to get some vids up on SV, too!
Great work, Veena! You are blazing the trail.
Joel
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Glitter,
I’ve stayed mostly out of this thread because I wasn’t sure if you’d be comfortable with a guy making a comment. But when I saw how Azriel had offered support by calling all the way from Greece, I figured it was time for me to step up to the plate!
You were very courageous to seek the medical attention right away. If I had been half as smart and brave as you, I wouldn’t be looking at shelling out big bucks to replace a bad tooth. I’m scared even to go to the dentist!
I hope everything works out well. Best wishes to you and get well soon!
Joel
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Pole practice interruptions are a big pole "nemesis" for me. It’s one thing that I really like about the health club as opposed to pole practice in my basement. Everyone at the health club is there to work out. Even when you see people you know, if you get the vibe they are seriously into their workout, you just give ’em that little "wave" and move on to your next weight station. It’s all about the business, no idle chit chat while you are working out.
But at home…it’s the doorbell…or the phone… Or I’ll have the TV on in the background and get into a show and totally lose focus, LOL!
It’s one reason I’d like to try a class, if one were available for men here. I think I would be more focused.
Joel
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I’m 48, I weigh 197 lbs as of this morning. I have two kids seven years apart. My son is 20, a sophomore in music at the University of Illinois (keyboard/organs), and a 13 year old daughter who is in eighth grade. My wife is 47 and teaches Biology in High School. We’ve been married for about…hmm, I always forget…22 years?
Joel
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I just read an article about Tinnitus in a major magazine–cannot remember which one– (New Yorker?). Anyway, there is a lot of new research suggesting that it has a powerful neurological component. Possibly, neurons in the part of the brain wired to process sound become "locked in" and continue to "fire" after the sound stimulus itself has gone away. One of the scientists interviewed has had some success in using specially prepared sequences of tones designed to suppress the sounds. I wonder if these are available as downloadable files to an I-pod or MP3 player. He plays these tones to experimental subjects and some percentage of them get relief from the symptoms without medication. The beeps and musical notes are designed to "quiet down" the neurons by overstimulating them–in much the same way that Ritalin, a stimulant, "calms" down the cortex in hyperactive children.
I get minor low frequency rumbling around allergy season. I’ve always assumed it’s congestive in nature (not Tinnitus) because Sudafed–or even a triple shot of Espresso from Starbucks–will make it go away. Problem is–try sleeping a full night with the amount of decongestant you have to take to stop the rumbling sound, LOL! Fortunately, it seems to hang around only for ragweed season (Sept) and new grass (May)–so it’s just a few weeks of the "hum" and it’s gone. Red wine and any kind of pilsnerish Beer (like Sam Adams) does it, too. Somebody told me that Sulfites or residues in the fermenting process can make you allergic and stuff up the ear canal.
If I remember the citation, I will post the name and date of the magazine…
Joel
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I have never been to a strip club! But since taking up the interest in pole dancing, I’d really like to see a pole dance live. Isn’t that funny…? I mean, I’ve watched thousands of videos, know the names of all the moves, started pole dance fitness myself…and NEVER seen a live pole dance. Unless yuou count watching myself in the mirror.
I asked Laurie flat out if she minded if I went to a club. She said she was OK with it. She definitely wont go WITH me, though–although we have gone to a few burlesque shows together. Laurie doesn’t play mind games or anything, so I know if she objected to it, she’d say so. Which isn’t to say she thinks it’s a great idea–but she understands my curiosity and she’ll tolerate my doing it without giving me a hassle about it.
I actually had the chance to go this week–Thursday night there was an amateur night contest that’s part of a six week long contest at a big club here in Chicago. But I chickened out, LOL! I wouldn’t say this anywhere alse but here or on PJ’s, but I guess I ‘m just a little scared to go. It’s just an unfamiliar situation to me. I mean, I go to music clubs all the time, talk with the waitresses, BS with the bands, all that stuff. But I guess the strip club feels a little intimidating….
I think you should go with your husband to the club. Try to set up whatever boundaries you need to feel comfortable. I’m ashamed to admit it–but you ladies are right about one thing–there’s not too much complicated going on in the male brain.* The whole idea of having his wife along with him in the strip club is probably a bit of a turn on. It seems fairly harmless and it’ll probably make him very excited and happy!
Joel
* Footnote–although, I do think some of the ladies on the forums DO underestimate how much men are turned on by SMART women. Honestly, seduction…it’s as much mental as anything else. We should start another thread for that convesation!
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Oh boy, I’ll probably get in big trouble for this post, LOL–but I’m sure it will reveal a key difference in how guys react to things versus the way the ladies do!
…Because the first thing that popped into my mind when you talked about your husband pulling the batteries out of the phone was that you should do the same thing to his television remote!
OK, I know…that’s not nice…but a little retaliation is fun sometimes, LOL!
::Joel blushes in embarrassment as he reveals he sometimes acts like a child::
Joel