Saeth
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I’ve found with poling that any drop in my food intake, especially if on the lower end of the carb spectrum that it will bite my butt. Same for water. I always cramp if my water intake isn’t very near to two litres. If my food has been low then I just don’t have as much power and endurance in the lesson, I feel disconnected and not as efficient and/or I come out shaky. Poling is very demanding on your body, it needs good high quality fuel and plenty of liquid. I was coming out of classes starving hungry and attacking the chip shop (Something I just don’t do!). Increasing my carbs without going mad solved this along with ensuring I ate plenty of food that day in the run up to lessons and ate well the day after. It taught me to ensure I support my body through correct feeding so it can pole well. Of course sometimes your appetite does drop (sickness, stress, meds) and I really believe it’s important to ease off a bit when this happens. No harm will come from being gentle and kind to our bodies, being mean and pushing through things could do the opposite though!
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Yes Veena, it was when I was looking at your climb lessons that I realised, “Hang on, the comp climb is what I started to do originally.” It might also explain why I was one of the last ones to reach the ceiling! Took me eight weeks while others were getting it at 3-6 weeks using another method (one foot behind the other at the back of the pole). I might try and post a video this weekend but I’ll see how I feel tomorrow, I’m not sure if I’m going down with a cold. I really hope the comp climb or a technique correction will solve this foot issue. I’ll soon find out I guess. At least I have full access to the fantastic lessons now so thanks for those and the sale, Veena!
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I haven’t personally used one but my instructor said they are great for those who are held back by fear of slipping, for those trying new and tricky moves for the first time, those who have low poling confidence or those who turn up to class with fully covered legs 😛 She said something about spins, I think it was negative but I’m not entirely sure, sorry.
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I’ve no idea, Phoenix. I have some concerns about how things are being taught but there isn’t a lot of choice for me regarding studios due to my budget and lack of transport. I’m signing up for Veena’s lessons around Christmas so I can have some good guidance. If Michelle Stanek is doing it wrong, that’ll be the day I quit pole dance lol!
Lola, bracing the forearm made things much easier for me and I didn’t drain as fast. Also it felt more natural and didn’t look bad. I was disappointed when I felt I had to stop it because of the pretty feet it enabled you to have but now it seems it could also prevent my injury, but we’ll see, it may not even do that.
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It’s funny, reading through all the replies I realised this problem of getting bleeding cuts on my foot only started when I used the “flex to lock” method, I think. Before that I done what seems to be the competition climb as a result of watching a lot of Michelle Stanek on youtube! My teacher used to say, “It looks very pretty but it’s not correct.” So, I switched. I recall shin pain from that and this may have motivated the change also. I will try changing back to my other method. I will also post a video on the weekend on both the methods for feedback. I do know sometimes I don’t bring my leg around in front of the pole enough which I suspect could be responsible for some of the slip. If none of that works I’ll have to invest in ankle protectors. It may be a body conformation thing too, I have a vein that puffs up a lot on that area so it sticks out quite a bit!
Pole dancing feels like detective work at times lol
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I had thought of getting them but I think, being relatively new to pole, that maybe it’s a technique problem and I’m wary of using something that could cover up a technique fault. I did switch feet but then cut that one too, though not as badly so it was far more manageable. It was more like a graze while the other one was bleeding :/
