amberpoledancer
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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
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My pole school was asked to take part in a fitness study into the health benefits of pole dance in terms of heart rate and cals burned per min for the university of Stirling ( Scotland UK in 2011) this was done over several days with 30 students of different skill levels. Each class was 90 mins and included warm up, pole moves (of that skill beginner, intermediate advanced and super advanced) and cardio filler/traditions and floor work and a cool down. Each student wore a heart monitor throughout. The results were interesting despite skill level and having rests inbetween moves and waiting your turn to go on the pole ( some students shared a pole although no more than 2 to a pole) they still burned a large amount of calories. Although super advanced folk did burn slightly more cals than beginners it surprisingly wasn’t much more. And despite some folk having a few mins rest whilst waiting to have a go on the pole the cals burned did not decrease as was previously thought would happen. It infact backs up the theory that the best way to excerise is in short bursts of energy followed by a small rest period then a burst of energy again and so on rather than continual exercise. The study also tested the heart monitors on students in a body combat class, body pump and an areobics class. It was found that on average a 90 min pole class burned approx 600 cals and infact burned more over all or was on par with some of the other fitness classes. Thus proving that pole should be recognised as a sport in its own right. Hope this helps ladies xc
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Think it is pretty important just shows you how easily it is to cause all sorts of problems using one side over the other, it’s gonna be hard to train on my right side especially for inverts! I’m not very good at them on that side but it will be a new challenge! X
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Think it is pretty important just shows you how easily it is to cause all sorts of problems using one side over the other, it’s gonna be hard to train on my right side especially for inverts! I’m not very good at them on that side but it will be a new challenge! X
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Ok guys so I saw the physio today it is muscle imbalances due to me using one side mostly over the other when poling! They discovered when I stand up I tilt slightly to the left side, my left shoulder is also higher as is my right hip bone, this causing lower back pain on my right side! Pretty annoyed at myself for relying heavily on my left side too much! I will be retraining on my right side from now on to try and balance things out and will be making sure my students do this more too! Just realise how important it is to perform moves and get them strong in both sides .
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Thanks everyone for the advice, that hip bone alignment sounds crazy iv never noticed one higher than the other ill have a good look tonight! Veena that sounds interesting I don’t have a webcam on my laptop though x