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yes please hannah! for giggles seeing as I got it all wrong! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cheers.gif
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ohmygod my shoulder is so sore today girls! roxy I am definitely getting the old shouldermount learner feeling again! owwwww
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yeah thats the one! I can already see from your vid V where i’m going wrong, I was taking my legs to the wrong side of the pole! Thanks!
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I use this sometimes with some of our orthopaedic patients who aren’t quite getting the range of movement they should be, and it usually works really well and you don’t even have to do a particularly strong muscle contraction. The only time it doesn’t work is if the person is very ‘guarded’ and doesn’t let the muscle relax afterwards, or is compensating by contracting other muscles instead. Just be aware that it is possible to overstretch using this method if you aren’t careful.
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if you can’t find a place that does lessons, buy some and learn yourself! We don’t have anyone that does them in the island I live on, so I bought some and am learning at the mo, and they aren’t too expensive either! Plus there is a really good french book on how to do all the move / drops https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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wierd how we all find different thing easy/ hard!
Hard: https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_pale.gif
Knee hold – being able to hold it for more than 2 secs
iguana mount – I can do it, but not hold it for long
Superman from side V
Jade – and anything that requires hip flexibility
Handspring
Elbow grips as it usually gives me a compressed nerveEasy: https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
Cartwheel mount
TG
Forearm grip
Ext Butterfly
Superman from inverted crucifix
Sh mount
spins
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Hi Porscha
Really sorry to hear thats happened to you, thats rubbish! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_sad.gif have you had it x-rayed or scanned to confirm it? They could prob do a small op to move it if it was really bad? For the past couple of years I’ve had on and off horrible stomach pains (the doc was wondering if I had a twisted bowel but it was never confirmed) but only at night, and always about the same time. It seemed to coincide with periods of stress, but I did notice that if I went on a pole that evening it would be so much worse, esp if I was doing inverts as you have to use your core muscles so much. I think something i’d eaten / stress was affecting it, and then the added pole-ing and muscle contraction of my abs on top of it made the spasms much worse afterwards. When mine happen I take buscopan (a muscle relaxant), co-codamol and omeprazole that the doc has precribed me, and it really helps. Touchwood I haven’t had an episode of it for about 3 mths now, but I really sympathise with you and hope it gets sorted really soon. Go back to your doc and demand they do something to sort it!! -
thanks! that one was taken in the Swiss alps, after 4 days of hiking for my queens scout award. I was so knackered I couldn’t physically manage anything more than the wrist seat…. also didn’t wanna risk falling off as there was a cloudy chasm to my left! This was the first time the guys from my network group (scouts over 18) realised I pole-danced…. they were a bit bemused and I’ve never quite lived it down, but they have since all come and had a lesson! lol it was very entertaining. I should post some pics here really! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cheers.gif
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yay it worked! Nice one Bertys! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif love the other photos guys, esp the one with the rollerstakes and the ones on the parking meter!!
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aaaargh I wanna post mine but it keeps saying ‘could not upload https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_sad.gif anyone know why?? I have some cracking ones, up a mountain in the swiss alps, up a tree, on a marquee tent etc etc wanna post them! I need to get one on the rugby goal-posts while my team are playing, that is my next challenge!
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I have my dominant hand on the bottom for the cartwheel mount, and on the top for the TG. I think it comes down to personal preference. Why no try it both ways and see which you find easier? https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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I find it a wee bit dodgy that the study was just ‘terminated’, surely a proper scienitific study can’t do that?? Wouldn’t they need to show the long term results rather than just short term? I’m always tentative on seemingly easy fixes! If it works thats great, has anyone here used it and can give us a review??
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There is a lot of debate about passive stretching and whether it can hinder increasing flexibility. I think the thought is that if a stretch is pushed too far that the body an go into overdrive and try to repair itself by laying down calcium in the stretched tissue. Also I guess if you stretch too far and cause microtrauma to your muscle tissue, scar tissue could be laid down to repair it and scar tissue is inflexible. You should be ok so long as you take it slowly and don’t try to push too far. A stretch may cause a bit of discomfort but it shouldn’t be painful.
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It might be that if you wear heels all the time you tendoachillees has shortened a bit. Wear flat shoes for a while, it may be uncomfortable but it would be better in the long run to stretch them out now or you may get problems later on. I work with loads of kids who come in with flat feet and have pain, and a lot of them walk up on their toes as it creates them a medial arch (they’re compensating for the lack of stability in their flat feet by doing so). When you wear heels it similarly creates an arch on the inside border of your foot, it may be that you are overusing the muscles that support the arch during the day while doing this and at night they go into spasm due to overuse. I would try and wear flat shoes for at least a portion of the day, or regularly take your heels off and have a walk barefoot to stretch. Or when you take your heels off put them in warm water and then stretch them, should help with the cramps, but this is only what i’d try!
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I’d say crossed ankle release, crossed knee release (so long as you lower yourself and don’t drop into that position works your abs eccentrically), shouldermount, and chopper if you curl up into it rather than jump up into it. Also i’d say handsprings/ cartwheel mounts are good for core stability when holding the handspring, but they’d more work your obliques (muscles to the side of your tummy – sculpting your waist) rather than pure abs. Also the chair spin, as you have to keep your knees up when spinning, toning your hip flexors, and also the teddy is a pretty hardcore abs worker!!
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I have learnt most moves only on one side, as I have 2 plates in my left arm and one of them sticks out as a lump by my wrist and clashes agaisnt the pole (poor surgery!) on most spins, and its purely too weak to sustain any inverted moves. I have to say I now have a muscle imbalance, my right arm is bigger than my left, and although its (hopefully!) not noticible unless I point it out, I am incredibly paranoid about it.
I would advocate if at all possible doing moves on both sides as you can build up an imbalance seriously quickly. Muscle imbalances can set off all sorts of associated problems in other more proximal joints so I know its hypocritical but i’d definitely try to learn things on both sides! -
thats awesome, thanks! I’ve found a french silks manual that i’ve ordered, but those ones you’ve found look good so I might have a look at those too. I’ve just subscribed to you on youtube! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
Don’t worry, I plan to be super careful, I’ve done a bit of trapeze before, and I used to do acrobatics and gymnastics and have had lots of injuries in the past so I’m def plan on being more careful than I used to be! Plus I think Gsylass is going to learn with me so i’ll have a spotter.
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Hi Guys! sorry to resurrect an old thread but thought y’all might like to know…..
I added Deb Riley on facebook and today she posted a pic of her on an r-pole, base and all. I have to say it looks fab and i’m v interested in more info if anyone has any!
The base is round and looks like a thin spongey mat in 4 sections (a bit like a pie-chart).
She is doing a handspring on it, and there is no bend on it in the photo like there was in some of the previous ones i’ve seen. Wish they would give some more info on the website!! -
Ha ha thats so funny! Bless your dad!
WHen I told mine it went something like this….. (raises eyebrows) ‘you’re gonna get a reputation!’ Then as soon as he saw it he absolutely had to have a spin and now respects it for the great fitness it is.
My boyfriend…. ‘F*** yeah! My girlfriends getting a pole!’ he’s lost interest now hes realised that its all about the fitness and not about him lol.
My step-dad….. ‘I want a go’ https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_eek.gif because he’s seen men doing chinese pole (at least thats what he says!)
Mum was totally cool with it and has come and had a go, and strangely the best reception i’ve had is from mums friends, who are all really interested and wanting a go too. Actually thinking about it (touchwood) thus far I haven’t had a negative reaction from anybody https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cheers.gif
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I’ve caught mine on that tiny hole in the x-pole (where you tighten them with the rods). Only once though, and it was only because I was being silly and mucking around. I wouldn’t recommend having a bellybutton bar in for any exercise, as they can catch on clothing, equipment, everything! That said I still love my sparkly bellybutton after 8 years! I woudn’t let pole-ing get in the way of having it done if its something you really want. At the end of the day once its healed you can take it out if you want/need to?
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Love it!! all the time! I drive my poor boyfriend nuts lol. Trees, playground poles, road signs, anything! My fav one is a pic thats in my profile (it wouldn’t let me attach it to the thread) where I found a random sign up one of the mountains in the swiss alps we climbed while I was on my queens scout expedition…. there weren’t many people around to see that tho!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cheers.gif
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oh man, I used to know the whole dance to thriller, my mum used to teach disco dancing and taught me it all by the time I was 10!! Wonder if I could remember it…. or how to put it onto the pole?? I could get mum in on it too lol!!
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Yes!! I noticed the same thing a few months ago!!! I put bio-oil on them and they only seemed to last a few days and weren’t noticeable as i’m a bit pasty (being a redhead!). The only thing I could pin it to was that maybe the pole was stretching my skin in a way it isn’t used to? Mine seem to have disappeared now though, so maybe my skin got used to it?? Stretch marks are just scar tissue, so theoretically I guess once its scarred and remodelled and faded they might not recur? I dunno, but you def aren’t alone!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_confused.gif
