amberpoledancer
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I have 3 pairs and love them, Ellie is SO much more comfortable and better fit than pleaser the glitter heels are Ellie shoes. Only downside I will say is they do not cope well with heavy floor work. I’m am Alethea Austin fan and use a lot of her floor work style the giltter on my heels starting wearing off badly after a month or two so much so I could see the original shoe pattern underneath so I’d say be careful what floor work you do in em or the glitter won’t last as long.
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Ok it’s starting to make sense now thank you folks! I was hit with so much conflicting info my head was spinning, I prefer karols physique but I don’t know if ill get that lean although pantera is awesome I wouldn’t want to look that muscular if you know what I mean, but I’m not training like a body builder or anything so think there’s no danger of that . Ok will stick with the shakes and try to eat as healthy as I can you are right about relaxing a shake with a snack they really do fill me up at night after class and stop me snacking on crap xx
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Yep I’m heavier too due to my pole muscles, but the same dress size or smaller. What I mean Is will my muscles get even bigger with the shakes ( I don’t think I could cope with bigger thighs, they are nice and toned and just now and I’m happy with that) I’m just looking for definition and obviously to be more productive, look far leaner ect.
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Sorry it’s http://www.fusionforpole.com
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Hey this is what I’m drinking just now http://www.fusionforpolefitness.co.uk can any of you ladies tell if its any good? I’m still confused as to wether ill gain weight from drinking these 🙁
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The pole ones I drink actually taste really nice so I don’t mind the taste at all, it’s 100 cals a recommended scoop ( high protein / diet) version I chose. Just so worried ill actually get bigger! I’m told that’s nonsense and that girls don’t bulk up but then I hear other things that suggest otherwise, I’m not fat, far from it but I’m hardly skinny either, last thing I need is to look bigger. As said before I want to loose fat and look more toned. Ideally avoiding kidney faliure along the way
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After 30 years of not being able to do the splits at all I just got them last week. As a child I could never do them and kinda gave up trying, however I always naturally had flexible hip flexors ( I often sit in a butterfly stretch when watching TV as I find it comfortable) and can easily put my legs over my head however I learned my hamstrings where really tight hence the reason I can’t do spilts. I tried stretching a few times a week when doing pole for 2 years and got no where. Then I discovered a love for yoga and aerial yoga and I literally got bendy over night! With in my first week of joining a yoga class my splits where much lower to the ground, two months later I can finally do it!!! It’s still a bit of a struggle ( i need to do it after a good pole workout and ease into it slowly and it’s not perfect yet but I’m so happy!) can’t recommend yoga and aerial yoga enough if you want to get bendy for pole!
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Thank you we are going to phone x pole (uk) today and hope they send me a new part, as I said iv never had any problems with x pole like this before so hopefully it’s a one off. X
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I’ve just googled it, seems I’m not the only one with this problem! Sooo mad some of the tiny flakes got into the sole of my foot tonight and it feels like glass! Totally not safe! Will clear nail varnish help stop it peeling in the meantime?
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Guys I’m wondering if you’ve ever came across this before. One of my 45 mm spinner x poles (4 months old) has started to peel!!! Like tiny chrome flakes are coming off like bits of foil and the pole now has a gold looking patch underneath where it’s peeled away! It’s one of the poles in my pole studio. Never in my 7 years using poles and x pole have I seen this happen. It’s 100 percent genuine x pole ordered from x pole themselves so I know it’s not a dodgy fake. We intend to phone them to see if they will return it but I’m NOT happy with this! What if it happens again? What could have caused it? All my other x poles in my studio are fine. 🙁
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Hi I own a pole school and I organise our annual pole show every year, it’s stressful but worth it. Here’s the things I always do/organise.
1. I always hold mine in a bar/club venue as my studio would be too small to hold all my students plus they’d friends and family coming to see them. We typically get around 100-150 people coming to watch the show. Things to consider about a venue, will you need a stage pole or x pole set up, is there room? How much is your venue costing, what times will they allow you in and to what time. I’d avoid a strip club ( I love them but it sends the wrong message to say someone’s mum or dad coming to watch their daughter perform)
Advertise, get tickets sold and get people to put their names down for performing well in advance. I typically start doing this 4 months in advance. Be prepared to have to help students with choreography and performance ideas.
Sort out a DJ, lighting assistant ( if needed) photographer, make up artist/hair dresser for the night. It need not cost you a fortune and I rope my friends in to help, your students will always know someone who’s a hairdresser/photographer who can do this for free or a good price.
Other dance acts, again it can be good to get a few non pole dance acts in to entertain at breaks between pole performances again I have friends who are burlesque artists and contemporary dancers who help me out.
Theme, it’s always fun to have a theme for your showcase.
Goodie bags, as a thank you I provide each performer with a hoodie bag which contains nail polishes, lip stick, chocolate, ect ect it’s nice and makes them feel appriciated ( this can cost a bit so try not to go crazy) … Oh and asking various pole related companies to give you samples of pole grip ect is a nice touch too plus gives them free advertising. Think that’s about it! Lol hope that helps … One thing I don’t run competitions it just a show. 🙂 -
Hi I own a pole school and I organise our annual pole show every year, it’s stressful but worth it. Here’s the things I always do/organise.
1. I always hold mine in a bar/club venue as my studio would be too small to hold all my students plus they’d friends and family coming to see them. We typically get around 100-150 people coming to watch the show. Things to consider about a venue, will you need a stage pole or x pole set up, is there room? How much is your venue costing, what times will they allow you in and to what time. I’d avoid a strip club ( I love them but it sends the wrong message to say someone’s mum or dad coming to watch their daughter perform)
Advertise, get tickets sold and get people to put their names down for performing well in advance. I typically start doing this 4 months in advance. Be prepared to have to help students with choreography and performance ideas.
Sort out a DJ, lighting assistant ( if needed) photographer, make up artist/hair dresser for the night. It need not cost you a fortune and I rope my friends in to help, your students will always know someone who’s a hairdresser/photographer who can do this for free or a good price.
Other dance acts, again it can be good to get a few non pole dance acts in to entertain at breaks between pole performances again I have friends who are burlesque artists and contemporary dancers who help me out.
Theme, it’s always fun to have a theme for your showcase.
Goodie bags, as a thank you I provide each performer with a hoodie bag which contains nail polishes, lip stick, chocolate, ect ect it’s nice and makes them feel appriciated ( this can cost a bit so try not to go crazy) … Oh and asking various pole related companies to give you samples of pole grip ect is a nice touch too plus gives them free advertising. Think that’s about it! Lol hope that helps … One thing I don’t run competitions it just a show. 🙂 -
Yup the comments left on that vid are pretty awful! The usual about strippers and sluts ect, iv seen other music vids that are more sexy pole than this one, I’d say this one shows strength, skill and beauty rather than sexy, but there’s always gonna be idiots out there leaving ignorant comments.
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I agree with ronia and platinumATL the newest and quite possibly best use of pole Dancers performing awesome moves in an artistic/hypnotic way to a cool tune is the links they posted, it’s a music video by diplo feat lazerdisk- party sex-set it up. I’m sure there are quite a few famous polers in it.
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Ok dokes I will try this out with my student and also the strengthening exercises too, glad I could get more info on this to help her out xxx
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Thank you everyone for the helpful info you’ve been great! Just to clarify micro bending pretty much means just bending the elbow slightly to make it look straight as opposed to over extended? Would those of you who do this recommend this technique for moves like flatline Scorpio, butterfly, catterpillar, apprentice/jamilla
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Hi there what DVDs is it you have? X
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Hmmm ok I did have a suspicion that any protein shake would do and that I wouldn’t have to buy a pole related one, as you say it’s just marketing. Well I’m a pole instructor and studio owner I manly teach at nighttime and keep day time for my admin and other business stuff I need to do, so drinking one during the day would prob be a waste of time ? I figure if I have one on the way home after the last class ( instead of a bad snack ) this would help my muscles and be healthier? X
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Hey does anyone with a 40mm find handsprings especially TG handspring easier on the 40 compaired with 45 or 50? I’m contemplating getting a 40mm for this very reason. I have been trying my TG handspring for nearly a year now and getting nowhere at all, I need to use a 45 when I practice it but think my grip could be better, it just doesn’t feel secure. Iv gotten it into my head if my grip was more solid I’d have more strength to get mysel into the move. What do you think? Does it make a difference or is it wishful thinking on my part? X
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Hey you haven’t said where in the UK you are looking for a job/want to live in. Do you have an idea of what area you are looking for? X
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As far as I know historically traveling carnivals would have hoochie coochie dancers as part of a stage show for paying customers, girls would dance on stage and strip off. It’s thought that the girls would sometimes use/dance around the tent poles of the carnival as part of their act which some argue this is where the origins of the sexual pole dance started.
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Cool I’m going to defo get one! I learned on a 50mm years and years ago and I now favour a 45mm over the 50mm things like iguana mounts and superman are far far easier I feel on the 45mm. Been trying and failing with my TG for months and months now and I try every day, iv had every tip under the sun of how to get into it including tips from famous polers at masterclasses and still nothing, I’m a studio owner and i like to think im fairly strong as I teach every day several times a day, but I don’t seem to be making progress at all. I do find that I feel my grip is a little unstable like if the pole was thinner it would be solid hence the reason I want a 40mm! X
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Iv been wanting to buy a 40mm for a while now I love the x pole 45 and wondered what the 40 was like, was just worried it would be too small. However Iv been having the most terrible time with trying to get my TG handspring with no luck and wondered if anyone found it easier on a 40mm? Xx
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Hey there I had one deaf student in my class last year. At first I was worried how I was going to teach her but it turned out that it wasn’t much of a problem for her or me communicating. She could lip read so I just made sure I always faced her when explaining a move. Generally the way I teach is this. I say the name of a move. I demo it around 3 times slowly. I come off and go through points of contact on the pole pointing to the relevant body parts. Then I get the students to try, correcting them when nessary. I also have printed handouts explaining each move too. If you think about it learning pole is mostly watching the instructor and what she does so I don’t think you’ll have many problems teaching her. Xx
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I’m sure it varies somewhat depending on class structure, length of time and what you do in class, definatly think more research should be done into pole and it’s effects ( good and bad) on the body but yes I was pleasantly surprised with our results I was only expecting maybe a 200/300 cal burn
