Rylonn
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Yeah, and also, if bruises are holding you back, then practice different moves, so you can let them heal.
And if you had an intense session and your muscles are screaming with pain the next day, just gently massage/ice/stretch it, whatever feels good, and again work on some different things involving different muscles if you can
If things really hurt, take a nice break, it really sucks to feel held back by pain as you may have noticed 🙂
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Unless your "routine" is more like a guided freestyle, then I guess it doesnt really matter and you could just practice the moves to made up counts
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My own instructor teaches with counts, and we practice a few times til everyone seems to get it, then we practice it with music, then move on to the next counts, and so on. But I suppose if doing by counts is difficult, you could teach the moves and sing along, to get the timing down, my instructor does that as well 🙂
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I completely agree with Koidragon. I injured my back a month ago, and was still determined to pole even a little. Even shoulder engagement for basic spins and especially climbs and inverts were so darn painful.
I finally managed to convince myself to take a few days/weeks off with zero kind of exertion, and within a week or so the pain was reduced to a much much much more manageable degree. Of course your healing time will be longer or shorter depending on your own injury. But yeah. Dont bother with poling. Your time is better spent resting. 🙂
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Yeah after trying some stuff out, I think my shoulder are very inflexible when it comes to putting them over my head like that. And I suppose my triceps are weak since they dont get used as much in pole. I'll give it a shot. Thanks everyone so much!
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@Nataschja, did the rhomboid thing actually end up being your problem?
I too am suffering from crazy back pains from inverting. My instructor said that once for her, her back muscles got so darn tight from her shoulders being constantly back and down, and she didnt stretch out her back enough. The muscles were so tight they were pinching a nerve or something. Anyway, I went to see a physiotherapist and he told me my back muscles were super duper tight, and a few weeks of massage have alleviated the pain halfway. Yeah. Thats my experience with it.
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I think what fixed it for me was really hooking the pole into my knee, and that transferred all the weight to my thigh and bottom ankle would just be..there. I hope that was correct.
Except after a couple practices, now I'm not quite sure how to position myself to allow my knee to get a good hook on the pole. I can hold myself away and hook my top leg, but then when i swing my other leg to cross over, I lose it, and the pole ends up between my top calf and my bottom ankle, which was causing me the pain in the first place.
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Oh okay, I adjusted my position a bit and now it doesnt hurt at all! Thanks!
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Sorry to revive this post, but does the pain actually get better with time? Because the pole is against your ankle bone, isnt it?
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Oh and things like knee hold side crunches and layback situps are also good
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Sometimes Ill take time to just use my pole to condition. For example, climbing up and down a whole bunch of times really works out your arms and abs, or doing pole-ups, and such. I think Aerial Amy posted a video once upon a time upon conditioning for pole. I like this kind of workout because I like doing exercises using my own bodyweight as resistance, and I find it also trains things like grip 🙂
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Ive heard of Indigo Dance. I saw it linked on another poler's facebook. Its a magazine dedicated to pole, burlesque and aerial and I believe its based in the UK. Not living in the UK, Ive never had a look at one, but worth checking out, I suppose.
https://www.facebook.com/IndigoDance?directed_target_id=0
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How is the meat intake for you guys? Im wondering about protein powders and such, and I pole around 5 days a week, 3-4 hours a day, but I am a pretty guilty meat eater, so Im not sure if those will even be necessary for me unless I cut back on the meat.
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Oh hahahaha! Yes, I feel ya, I had to discard a few shirts because I couldnt get my newly bulging biceps through the sleeves 😛
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Should I expect to wear the bandaids everytime I wear the shoes, or just until theyre broken in?