ShonaLancs
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Haha excellent, at least it will be done properly 🙂 I had a joiner come round this week to price up a job in my spare room, he saw my pole and was like, ‘is that supporting your ceiling?’ Hahahah should have seen his face when my fella told him I do pole dance…love it!
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When I was training for cartwheel (we call all of them a handspring in the uk but I’ll use cartwheel here to differentiate meaning) my left leg or free leg was the problem. I would swing the inside leg for the momentum and then not do anything with my outside leg so I would keep dropping and donkey kicking, which eventually caused me an injury :-/
Make sure you push off the floor with that outside leg like you are jumping. Also make sure your shoulders are level. That helps you to not tip to one side when you finally do get up there! I think I have a video of my handspring/cartwheel issues and success somewhere on here…
Also, I don’t agree with tucking into the ball first because after being able to do it for months I have only just mastered going straight into a tuck yet could do any other version, so see what leg positioning works for you.
I agree that working on caterpillar, ayes has, straight edges will help you build muscle memory for this move. Also extra core work, especially on your obliques to help balance you. -
I am in shock… I didn’t realise that as a woman I am also a sheep who follows and makes no decision of my own , of course I have been hoodwinked for the last 2 years of my life. Thank you for telling me Swansea SU committee!!! Bleeeeeeeeep!
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Ridiculous excuses. Excellent response from PDC though!! Go on!!’
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You can also do them against the wall to build strength until you can do them on the floor. On the floor start on your knees rather than on your toes. You can also use a gym ball to rest your legs on (higher up the leg easier, lower down harder) and do push ups on that. My push ups were awful for a long time, keep at it and eventually they will improve. Remember quality not quantity is what’s important- 1 proper push up with good core engagement and correct technique is better than 10 without 🙂
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I have filmed routines, freestyles and tricks. I don’t mind watching my routines as I have usually practiced them loads so am just pleased I have remembered them to be honest. As for tricks, again doesn’t bother me as I need to know what it looks like to improve. BUT, when it comes to recording me free styling, UGH! I look awkward, uncoordinated and feel that I look like I have been poling for a week not 2 years…. Meh! You can’t be good at everything right? Besides I only pole for myself so it doesn’t really matter, but it would be nice to watch it and think, BOOM I look mint! Lol 😀
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Keep a video / written pole diary. Look back every few months, you will realise you don’t ‘suck’, you are better than you were and will only continue to improve if you keep trying. Keep up the good work x
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To prep for TG handsprings I did a lot of catapillars into TG straight edge, ayeshas, jackknife (anything) and holding it for as long as I could to build the arm/shoulder strength & muscle memory for HS. I also did some extra work on my obliques-core exercises using my own body weight and backstroke using 1kg weights.
Also, you need to make sure your shoulders are level in the start position that might help prevent more stress on one shoulder over the other.
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Can’t wait!!!!
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I think about 10 poles Hazel x
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I think about 10 poles Hazel x
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Yeah DFA studios in Great Harwood, which is a lovely studio with massive poles!
Will check dates ASAP girls as I have literally just landed back in the UK X -
I get home Tuesday Raven x
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September would be better for me 🙂
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I am back at the start of August, think I am pretty much free whenever but can’t say as I don’t have my diary with me in Thailand!! Will let you know ASAP though x
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Also, we now have the screws to make our 4 50mm xpoles static so if we struggle we can always use our studio in Burnley now
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Loving this news lizzie!! Also loving that Hazel is in there with one of the potential studios- BOOM! Looks like we’re jammin poletastic lovelies! 🙂 I think I am good for all weekends in sep… Will check diary tomorrow though. Exciting 🙂
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There’s 3 of us coming 🙂
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Lizzie, that postcode doesnt exist, I googled the street though and it came up with SK 2HY, is that the right place? Dont want to miss out on pole searching for you 🙂
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I know what you are saying, once you see progress you want more, I am the same. BUT remember that to build muscle you have to let it repair, that means rest. So you could do exercise everyday but you would have to focus on different muscle groups allowing the others to rest and repair and grow.
Pole is a journey to be enjoyed. I rushed mine in the beginning and got injured – tendinitis in my forearms and a pulled hamstring. Both forced me to rest and move on to different things in my pole journey. I learnt a valuable lesson to take my time, there is no race. I think people underestimate what an intense and hardcore workout pole is. You are lifting & holding your entire body weight even just in beginner moves, you wouldn’t walk into a gym and start lifting 9 stone everyday would you? Pole is exactly the same.
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I pole at least once a week (my lesson) for an hour, and if I dont do pole again that same week I will do something else, usually core exercies. But it really depends on how I feel, I usually do fits and starts, like this week I have done an hour of pole, an hour core, then yesterday did an hour of silks followed by another hour of pole….
Sometimes you just get the buzz and want to be on it all the time and sometimes you cant be bothered. When I started I did at least 2 hours a week to build strength but now I am just chilling out and enjoying my journey…if I do 4 hours ace, i must be in the mood, if I do one, life has taken over…
So I have never done it every other day but I have been doing it for nearly 2 years and have built a lot of muscle (see my abs progress pics!) without going mental on the exercise 🙂 just try a regime for a few weeks and see how it works for you. But, most importantly enjoy your journey and time on the pole. Have fun
Also, see Veenas lessons for suggestions on frequency of exercise and search the forum because there are a lot of existing threads discussing this topic x
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My diet had changed since I started pole 22 months ago. I have always eaten relatively healthy when i have made food for myself but liked takeaways at weekends and chocolate (sugar generally) was a big part of my life.
When I started pole I noticed muscle forming and because I had a layer of ‘chub’ over the muscle I was starting to look a bit bulky (in my eyes) and I wanted to see the product of all my hard work on the pole so I started making changes to my diet. I also got a lot of indigestion. Now this is pretty much where I am:
Breakfast – weetabix / toast (occasionally a bacon butty, it used to be both days on the weekends, now it’s maybe once/twice a month)
Lunch- I make my lunch for work now rather than buy a sandwich. I usually take tuna or chicken with a variation of salad / vegetables and sometimes add low amount of brown carbs (pasta/ cous cous/ 2 slices brown bread/ potatoe)
Tea – meat and vegetable based food with max 40g brown carbs. I don’t restrict fats such as those found in oils or dairy because they taste good and as long as you are eating the lower fat or better fat (olive oil vs vegetable) and not eating the entire tub they don’t make a difference to me!!
I have cut out processed sugar where I can- all drinks are sugar free, no pre made fruit yogurts, ice cream, sweets, choc are all no no through my working week then I can have anything at weekend. At first I binged now I’m not bothered as my taste buds seem to have changed?! It has taken me 2.5 months to get to this point with regards to the sugar thing.
Anyway, all of this has been for the same reasons as above, I want to feel light not heavy for pole, Feel like i have energy, and i have lost weight but that wasn’t my goal. However I have achieved losing the bulky feeling and I can now see most of my abs! Another bonus has been that I don’t suffer from indigestion anymore, and have found that it is directly linked to processed sugar for me, so that’s a super reason to keep it out of my belly!
Oh and I feel generally loads better with much more energy 🙂
I defo think the processed sugar reduction has made a massive difference to my pole performance, so I would suggest trying that for anyone who suffers from sugar addiction like I do or did! It was very hard to do, harder than giving up smoking for me! -
I am very excited 🙂
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I don’t think it’s rude. It’s a statement, an observation ‘you can tell its level 1’ like ‘you can tell its blue’, well yes you probably can tell its level 1, but that’s not a bad thing, you might have kicked ass at level 1!!!
Men say what they mean there is rarely an alterior motivation to their comment.. -
There’s 4 of us coming 🙂
