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Great question.
I recently just started to get into a routine. Focusing on flexibility monday, wednesday and friday and try to fit in some sort of cardio other days (Dancing, hammock, walking).It’s not really set in stone, but i’m just working my way up as I havent been doing a lot of fitness the last couple of months.
My main goal is to be healthy and more energised.
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My whole family knows. It was pretty easy to tell people.. But I’m very wary of telling people at work or people I hardly know. It’s not a major part of my life but just enough to tell family. Whenever my family come over, the boys always take the pole for a spin haha.
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As soon as he comes over, he runs straight for my pole room and drags me and his mum with him. It’s very cute. And then reaches his arms up so I can lift him.
When I have kids of my own, classes will definately be on the agenda as long as they want to but my pole will still be up for them to play on. I’d love for them to grow up around pole, hammock and hula hooping.
For now, I’ll enjoy spending the time with my nephew and hopefully when he is a little bit older, he can do some tricks.
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There are kids classes near me and they also have mums and bubs classes. It’s more focused on the tricks rather than dance moves. I agree, the sensual side of pole isn’t appropriate for kids, but using the pole for doing tricks would be a fun extra curricular activity.
The pole actually was used as an apparatus to teach my nephew to stand and walk. Now he wants to learn how to climb haha.
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Welcome. Firstly I understand where you’re coming from, whilst I’m not tall, I’m on the heavy side.. A lot of the time, I don’t have full strength to hold myself up.. And when I try, I tend to lose grip after a second.
Personally, I have been on and off the pole for about 3 years and still consider myself a beginner. But I have gained a few other hobbies from studio Veena and I’m very happy with alternating hobbies. I really admire others dedication to pole, but I always have trouble dedicating myself to it.
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Veena, I can relate to the whole ‘being too young’ comments. I got with my partner when I was 19 and we got engaged when I was 20. I got comments about how I was still young. Not by my family but by strangers. We’ve been together almost 5 years now, whilst not married yet, we definately still flirt with each other and tell each other everyday that we love each other.
I also got a lot of unwelcome comments when I had a miscarriage ‘oh you’re still a baby, you have plenty of time’. Well regardless, it doesn’t change the fact that I want kids.
As you said, with anything, people will make unwarranted comments like this.. Whether you are too young, too old, too big, too skinny. We are dealing with a bunch of goldilocks where everything has to be ‘just right’.
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I agree with Veena. I have a friend that’s a mum and she told me that once I have kids I’ll probably stop pole dancing but I agree, you don’t stop being sexy just because you’re a mum.
I know I won’t be a traditional mum either.
Also regardless of whether or not you want children, you are an individual and you shouldnt be treated any different.
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Hi pushandpole.. I don’t own a studio but I have studied business and currently in the process of venturing with a small candle making business..
Through my research, I have found that the general rule of thumb is to add the cost of material and production and double it for wholesale and triple for retail. Of course, if you believe that the price may be too high, you can always readjust it.
Also, you can either add the price of shipping into your product or seperate the cost.
I hope this helps.
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Yes take it down. I live in a rental and my landlord has been trying to sell the unit.. But I had kept my pole up while people were inspecting the house.
The landlord was fine with me having it up as it wasn’t causing any damage.. They were having trouble selling (not sure if my pole had anything to do with it) but a couple of weeks after I took it down, there was finally an offer on the unit. Might be worth taking it down.
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Yes. Sometimes life can get busy and it’s very hard to do 2 passions at a time because they really do take up a lot of energy. I too have been off the pole for a while because of a few things going on.
Fortunately though, the plateau doesn’t last forever and it’s actually healthy to be away from your passion for a while especially if you’ve got other things going on. When you do get back on the pole, you’ll remember how much you love.
I’ve learnt that accepting the fact that I won’t always want to be on the pole does really help.
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So sorry you had this experience. I know the feeling of discouragement. Not with pole dancing but with something else.
A good instructor guides you through each movement and even gives an alternative move. When I was doing lyrical pole and I couldn’t do a certain move, the teacher always gave me an alternative move to try.
If you are paying for an experience, they should not stress over how you point your toes. Especially if you’re not competing and just doing it for fun..
I have done a pole class where I’ve felt Dissapointed. Unfortunately it happens.
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Practising things like body rolls, isolated hip movements and isolated core can really help when wanting to do freestyle. They are my go to moves when I feel like doing something sexy. Try to keep it simple. Maybe in your warmup, Practise the body rolls etc.
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Cantetinza17 I know where you’re coming from. My dad was a personal trainer when I was growing, so I would get some remarks about my weight. My mum also had weight issues. Growing up, I wasnt particular big, but my sister is naturally thin and she doesn’t workout so that’s just her structure. A lot of the time, I think I was compared to her.
In high school, I remember getting one remark from a fellow high school student about my weight (even though I wasn’t big), but I wasn’t skinny either.
Unfortunately because I was very naive, I never really embraced my body. I was scared to wear a bikini or clothing that shaped my body.I got a lot of body negativity from my ex too. Things like ‘your body doesn’t really appeal to me’ even after I lost 10kg.
He constantly reminded me and told me he was embarrassed of me because when we went to his friends parties, he told me to go change into something more appropriate (because I decided to wear trackies to a house party).
I guess that still is stuck in my head and it replays constantly. I realised after that relationship that I shouldn’t need approval from a man, only approval from myself. Lucky enough though, I did find someone that constantly reminds me how sexy I am,even when others have told him that I’m a bit on the chubby side.
I guess the only way for me to have gotten to a point where I can be confident with my body, is to have gone through the body negativity.
Just like you said, some things just need to stay in your mind rather than spoken out loud.
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I never really thought about it that way but I definately understand that people can often say certain things to fit in.
Lately I’ve just been hearing it in the lunch room at work, but I never really get involved in those conversations.
I didnt know about the 10% thing either.
I used to be very negative about my body until I made the mirror my best friend.
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Definately Japan has the weirdest gameshows, but they are definately entertaining.
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Very true.
I was reading an article the other day similar to this topic but about weight loss progression photos on social media.. It showed two photos of the same girl at a 30 second interval.
She was just in two different poses. When her posture was firm, she looked leaner.I used to get so easily discouraged but took a social media detox and it was the best decision. I felt like a weight just lifted off my shoulders.. Unfortunately hopped back on the social media bandwagon. I think I need to do another social media detox.
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Oh nice.. Yeah Australia has them at various places.. Some have x trainers.. Would love to see an aerial specific one though.
I suppose you could hang a yoga hammock on those bars. And there’d be enough room to put an outdoor pole there.
There’s a playground in my street that I’ve been eyeing off for ages thats similar to that photo..
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My old dance teacher is pretty amazing (miss Filly)
Amy Hazel is another one I really like. I love their lyrical pole dancing… They are very mesmerising to watch. -
This Is a video of a compilation of the Pony challenge… It’s basically creating a little clip of you dancing to the song ‘pony’
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Firebird, I know what you mean. The only times I really speak about pole is when someone asks what I do as a hobby or if someone asks how my pole dancing is going.
I used to get defensive when someone made judgments but I think it’s really up to you whether or not you let it affect you…
The people that I’m close to know that I do it and they haven’t said one bad word about it, just encouraging .. I think that’s really all that matters, Because everyone in this world has their opinions… My partner and I, for example, have many opposing opinions, but we agree to disagree.
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Hey there, I know the feeling!. I’ve lost motivation to lately. And most of the time its due Pms (last month I had it bad)… The hardest part is starting again. I notice I cash regain my motivation after talking myself into doing at least one type exercise, even if it’s doing 1 set of 12 squats.
Because sometimes I tell myself that I have to complete a hard core workout for the day, it puts me off and stops me from doing any exercise at all… Another motivator for me is putting some music on and don’t some house cleaning (the music helps with moving your body to rhythm).
Hope this helps.
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As Tara Lee pointed, that behaviour says more about them than it does about you.
You are very brave to post videos on social outlets. It sucks that these trolls hidden behind a computer screen can affect us this much.
Their view is definately not of value. As someone mentioned, studio Veena is a much more safer environment. For some reason, people are much more opinionated on social media and they are not afraid to speak their minds.
Unfortunately people have forgotten the good old saying of ‘if you’ve got nothing nice to say, don’t say it at all’
I hope you feel better about yourself.
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It sounds like your partner believes that this is OK even though you stated that you are not comfortable with this situation.
As Veena said, communication is important, that includes listening to each other and letting each other have a say.
I’m so sorry that you are having to go through this as it can be soul destroying.
Unfortunately, you just telling him that he shouldn’t be doing something will most likely end in him resenting you.
You don’t have to try to be cool about him going to a strip club because jealousy is completely normal.
If you do try to discuss your concerns with him, write everything down before your discussion and think of ways you can put it across to him without sounding like you are attacking him (I know it’s easier said than done).
As for pole dancing, learn to do it for yourself 🙂
I hope this helps and good luck with everything.
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I also just started the 30 day program. After each session, I usually watch the videos for the next day and write down notes of what I need to do the next day.
I’ve only been sticking to the 30 day take off so I don’t get so overwhelmed with other exercises.
Everything you need is in the 30 day take off.
I used to be able to do the pole hold with ease, but now I struggle with it.
I try to stay focused on what I’m doing for that day, otherwise I tend lose patience and give up when I become eager to learn more than what I can.
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Will definately be starting the 30 day take off program.
I also had a look at some of your hula hoop videos and look forward to trying it out.
