RobynPoleDancer
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We had a lot of fun with Rodney! It was an interesting dynamic that had a guy telling girls how to move, and to believe their movement.
He does ask for payment in advance now, which can be difficult for some people. I took a chance and was the first place in the UK to book him.I would message him on FB – as he mostly has conversations on there for bookings. He was managing his own tour when I booked him.
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Yep if you can get into the space above, you can at least see the spacing and which way they run!
Just realised I should have typed “small holes are easy to FILL” (not find)
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I bought about 30 bottles of Dewpoint and had it shipped to the UK for about $90.
I LOVE DEWPOINT SO MUCHIf anyone in the UK wants any, please get in touch, I have loads! Same price as X-Pole, but I HAVE STOCK.
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Even in the UK, the new instructions say directly under one joist now.
I usually start finding a joist by knocking across the ceiling. If I don’t find anything sounding different, then I try in the other direction. If you find something dull sounding, then try to find the next joist across too (should sound the same).
to be sure, try to stick a pin into the ceiling, if it hits a joist, it won’t go through. It should easily pop through plasterboard alone. Tiny holes are easy to find.
Also, your plasterboard is tacked onto the joists and then skimmed with plaster. You can sometimes spot the little circles in the plaster where the tacks are. -
Oh I def have a booty! (even more so since injuring myself and sitting on my butt for 5 months in 2012)
I go from Cross Ankle, wrapping into my armpit. I look over my shoulder AT MY ELBOW, I’m aiming to get to pole right into my armpit and my upper arm completely horizontal. I then start to drop my hips to the side, catching my top foot onto the pole as I lower. Watch your hip lay onto your elbow. before letting go with your top foot. Top leg very much needs to GO BACKWARDS as it lets go.
Make sure your butt does completely pass the pole. As your weight goes over, the weight lifts from your bottom hand (you may have to experiment with where to place this at the start that it’s not too low and pulling your head/shoulders end down).
As my hand comes off and I get into the final position, I continue to look over my shoulder and I have to engage by back, pulling my legs back to bring my centre of gravity closer to the pole. -
I am officially the Pole Dancing T-Rex. I’m about 2 inches shorter in my arms! (I can’t sit on the floor with my back straight and reach the floor with my palms.
The girls always laugh at me because I can’t reach one hand above, one hand below when holding the pole between my legs! Last week we tried some floor planches, my elbow was so far from my hip/middle that there was no way I’d be able to balance (however I can balance it if I go into a split and bring the weight of one leg over my shoulder)Anyway to my final point, I can Janeiro, even with my T-Rex arms (somehow!)
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Rainbowstars, could you buy the little insert for an xpert and then the xpert ceiling mount? I’m not sure if it might rotate a little because of the way it locks at the bottom though?
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Remember you need a little bit of movement from the base 7’4″ height to rotate assembled pole from diagonal to vertical in to the space. I’ve only been able to use a pole at this height when I’ve got a step/stage or lower beam in the ceiling to slide the completely vertical pole in from the side.
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Yep, make sure your 3 hex screws ABOVE the cover are undone, then you should be able to screw it all the way back down. (undo the cover and put it down to the left side of the pic, otherwise it might get in the way)
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This is an easy answer.
You enter Intermediate. You already said that there are moves that you can’t do for the top category – so you wouldn’t be competing to win anyway.From my experience as a judge (for this comment, in amateur competitions) there are a lot of competitors who put themselves in a higher category just because they can do one or two advanced level tricks and want to show them off. But their polish and execution tend to let them down.
Just because you can do some advanced level tricks does not mean that is where you should compete.You should TRAIN at the very top of your ability, to push yourself. But COMPETE in your perfection level – the tricks you can do with your eyes closed.
There is nothing worse than having to watch competitors attempt moves in competition (stressful situation) that are not 100% perfect. This attracts the attention of the judge that the move wasn’t performed perfectly, and you will get a lower mark, even if the trick is super-hard.
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You will need a permanent ceiling mount of some sort (the pole can still be easily put up & down, but the ceiling mount stays attached to the ceiling)
Or you can get “competition” build-a-poles, where each part is longer than normal, and reinforced inside (dual lined), to reduce flex along the length.
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Sorry, loads of my spacing got removed there!
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This is an image of all the parts you should get:
http://www.360poledancing.com/USERIMAGES/xpert-set.JPG
Pictured:
Pole A-Piece
Pole B-Piece
250mm Extension Top Adapter 125mm Extension
X-Joint 200mm X-Joint 200mm X-Joint 180mm
Manual Foot Allen Key Top Dome
BagSome of the parts may be stored in the place they will be used (like the joints might be already inside the pole pieces)
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Been running a weekly stretch class for my girls since the summer, so now actually stretching regularly! (even if only deep stretching once a week, it’s more than I was doing before)
Seen some gains, but this is definitely better than it has been before!https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=598686700185784&set=a.418957148158741.104898.176402985747493
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I have an extension piece of that. The colour is quite dull, and can look like it’s not been cleaned – or like it’s a really old/unloved pole of another finish. It is a bit grippier than chrome, but I find that’s only when it’s really clean. 🙂
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This is fun, I’ll try to make a video later!
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This is definitely a thing! You need handspring/aysha top hand to be what is your outside hand on your straddle invert. Make sure your hips are really high, by the pole and your hands so that when you take the inside hand off the balance stays right.
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Brass Monkey – The phrase “so cold, you’ll freeze the balls off a brass monkey” – Some references say that the brass triangles that supported stacks of iron cannon-balls on sailing ships were called monkeys and that in cold weather the metal contracted, causing the balls to fall off.
(the source I c&p this from actually says that this is BS, but it’s the common understanding of the phrase) -
If I was to recommend somewhere, I’d say Ecole de Pole too.
But have a look at http://www.polepages.com for a pretty comprehensive list (with area postcodes within the London area). I’ve not updated the map in a while (sorry, it’s just such a big job), but the list was updated this week.
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The "D-Pole" is most definitely the knock-off 45mm X-Pole. There is no such thing as an "unbranded X-Pole". It is a FAKE and a COPY.
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If you're doing 2-arm version, make sure your elbows are "stacked" so the inside of both elbows are making equal contact.
1 hand will now be on your opposite shoulder, the other under the arm on the other side. You can use these to hold for now to feel more stable.
You've just made a triangle with your arms, yes? Lean back / try to get your back further away from the pole, you should be able to see the tops of your shoulders, don't hunch. Don't pull IN or you won't create the push/pull effect.
PUSH your belly forward to counter this – it is easier to start if you get your belly to grip too, but later you won't need it as much.
You might sink into it as your take your legs off, which is why it's harder from the floor I find. -
THE List
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I had a Labral tear (cartilage) from a partial dislocation. I now have a screw holding it all together.
I also had a hugely inflamed Supraspinatus (RC) and Long Head of Biceps. As well as a Bone Bruise (one step off a fracture) that was never explained from the injury cause!My problem running up to surgery was that I kept telling myself that "it couldn't be that bad" and "it would get better with rest" (except I refused to take time off work, and even though I was working 1 handed, it wasn't really "rest").
Being strong meant that I still had a lot of movement range, and it stayed in socket 99% of the time. It was only when I was under anaesthetic that the muscle was able to relax enough to show the true damage!
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Wanna see my shoulder surgery pics too? I was always going to need surgery after I injured myself – but I kept trying to tell myself that I "just needed to rest it" hahaha. nope.
4 weeks is nothing. 2 months only able to use 1 hand while I waited for surgery, 3 months completely off everything while I recovered, followed by 2 more months 1 handed as I built up strength and flexibility again. A year went by between me being able to do a handspring in my sleep, to even attempting it again.
