RobynPoleDancer
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LOOK UP
Can you see that in your torso, the furthest thing from the pole is your shoulder? It’s not so stable in this position. Use your bottom hand to push up like a handstand so your butt is the highest/furthest point.
Also bend your top arm slightly to start using your bicep more. This will take the pressure off the calf muscle that is currently doing the job of holding you *in*, once the bicep starts working, this will start doing this job instead. -
HAHA that user manual is hilarious. “Pls” instead of “please” on the front. How professional.
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Good point on the direction of the spin!
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I’m opposite to veena, I mostly go direct to inside leg. make sure you’re not “inverting” yourself too much, and keep the pole in your side/back as you go over. I hook my leg around and my back is parallel with the ground.
If I go from outside leg, I have to spin/rotate about 90 degrees (on static pole) to get the pole out of my armpit and into my back, so on spinny pole, maybe you’re not catching up with yourself? -
Yes definitely HIPS UP, your hands want to end up by your pants, not halfway up your thighs.
2 things: 1 work on the abs to get the hips higher (TUCK tightly before tipping backwards), 2, work on the shoulders/arms so you don’t drop out to straight arms, your arms will still be slightly bent even when you are completely inverted. -
Don’t squeeze your toes. Toes should just extend away. Pull the heel up towards the back of the calf.
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It’s usually from overly tensing the wrong thing. VERY common when trying to point the toes, but using the wrong muscle to do so. It’s a muscle confusion, often because you’re trying to contract a muscle at one end, while trying to lengthen it at the other.
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Exactly what Kesarini said! I’d do the private, and start with climbing and basic inverts (I like to dress this up as warming up the the body for pole and strength-building – we do them at the beginning of every class anyway), then maybe butterfly (and this is usually the sticking point), and then just working at the level that needs work. Throw in some handstands (and I LOVE to talk about how important handstands are before you’re doing arms-only moves), and I bet you’ve filled a whole hour without even going near an Aysha.
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Just a case of drills! Tuck up and down with control. Get yourself into a little ball BEFORE tipping back. Learn to use your shoulders to take your weight so your feet can just lift off the floor.
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You don’t want to use anything “sticky” if you are sweaty. you need to use something “drying”.
For sweaty thighs, the best thing is a drying powder. I can highly recommend Metolius Eco-Ball! (Chalk is messy, and can end up pasty if it gets wet). I use it on my thighs, belly, neck/shoulders in the summer! -
WOOHOO that’s me!
Marley is the wrong grip tho. (it’s inside thigh grip, where brass monkey is outside thigh grip)
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I wish I could make my stretch class that long. We stretch for an hour but I can’t fit in everything I want to do! It usually slips to about 80 mins, but I’d still want to do more!
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All the hex nuts are a size larger too.
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Bendy Kate did it once. And Someone did it in SWAPC (UK amateur comp) last year.
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Acrylic AFAIK. I have 2 pairs.
Dunno if it was the batch I had or what, but the elastic round my stirrups was already dead when I bought them. 🙁 but now I just tuck the stirrup part under my foot in my shoes and then the rest of it slides down the heel to cover everything (love this look).
But because they end up loose round the bottom they are slightly annoying to wear barefoot.
Like I said though, may have just been the batch I bought. -
If you’re washing your hands a lot, this could be working against you. (remember how your skin goes wrinkly in the bath or while washing up? your hand skin holds a lot of water!)
Make sure the soap you’re using doesn’t have moisturisers. Cheap-ass washing up liquid is the best bet! -
Watch out with Surgical Spirit, as most of that you can buy in pharmacies in the UK has CASTOR OIL in it!
In class I use microfibre cloths, with a spritz of water, we add Dettol to the water to keep everything fresh.
If I really need to strip the pole down, Metholated Spirits is great as it evaporates very readily, and cuts through grease really well. -
If your wig is not secured, it can fly off pretty easily (remember Pantera’s NocNoc performance!?).
I french-plaited my hair and then used bobby pins through the mesh of the wig into the plaits to keep mine on!
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Bottom hand needs to be MUCH lower. Also top hand lower. This brings your body into a slightly inverted position, meaning that you hang away from the top hand and use the top of your left leg to lean away from, and your right leg can completely let go of the pole while you turn over.
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Most of the people who have ordered one in the UK are still waiting for them to arrive. There was a “FAULTY” batch which meant they may have to wait over another month.
I know one person who has received one who said she would write an honest review.
I am worried because the manufacturers have been so vague about them, and lots of questions about them have not been answered.I did hear that they were supposed to be used for a competition recently, but they were deemed unsafe and the competition was cancelled.
I want to be positive about new poles to the industry, competition for the big manufacturers can only be a good thing. But it sounds like a lot of kinks need to be worked out.
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Yes the wording can be confusing – I teach a strength-building prep from the very first lesson, I teach leg-positions from the floor for muscle memory, I teach visualisation techniques… but when it comes to their first invert, I teach a step-and-tuck (it’s not a swing or a kick). Some of them I’ll just get them to lift from their first time, but as long as they are showing good stability in lifting up into a tuck, I’ll teach them a step just to get a bit more lift into the tuck and turn over.
Check out this article “in defense of momentum”
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Personally, I’d say that (while you “should” train evenly on both sides, you will always have one side that you prefer), if you are right handed, you’ll start hugging the pole into your left side. This puts your strong hand as the top hand in so many moves, including Butterfly, Switch-Up, and Superman. It also means your strong invert side matches many of your spins (to create spin-to-inverts).
Keep training the inverts both sides tho, you’ll be thankful when you’re looking at doing torso swapping aerial tricks! -
Definitely get it on some of the popular Facebook pole groups. I can recommend making a picture of it with a PRICE and LOCATION. Pictures get lots of attention and are easily shared.
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The knocking trick is fine. but it’s not just “knock until you find the joist”.
First you must establish which way across the room the joists run (usually across the shortest width of the room, but not always). If you can get into the attic to see, that’s helpful. If it’s just another floor above, remember that floorboards run in the opposite direction to joists.
Knock across the ceiling until you find something promising. If you don’t find anything going in on direction, try again perpendicular.
Now this is the important bit; you need to find the others too: so keep knocking across until you find another promising spot, and then in the other direction too. Your 3 spots will be EQUALLY SPACED. (if you can do even more then great!)Also, if you have plasterboard, the nails are sometimes visible through the plaster skim. Nails are always in a joist!
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I teach “magic finger”, I’ve never known anyone to have a problem with it. It aligns your wrist to keep it neutral.
I did hear of someone saying it was dangerous “because if you fell blah blah blah”, I didn’t catch the other half of what she was saying.
I KNOW that if you don’t keep your wrist aligned, your bottom hand can crumple down, you end up trying to grip just between your thumb and forefinger.
