byrdgrrl
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Hot shower works too, then put on sweats and do some foam roller. Ahhh. . .
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@https://www.studioveena.com/users/view/4e1eed92-13c8-4147-8a17-0f240ac37250,
This is a link to a post about a video of a one-armed pole dancer.
https://www.studioveena.com/forums/view/500e785d-e3bc-49fb-8b19-4db50ac37250
Limitations are all in peoples' minds!
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Something by the Beatles
Memphis by Janis Ian
Make You Feel My Love by Adele (Bob Dylan wrote it, but she sings it better, I think)
That's all I can think of off-hand.
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I have a Zen Swing Suspendulum. If you go to aerialdancing.com, Rebekah has a link to the site. Scroll down the home page a bit and look under "free standing rig".
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Do you have a yard? I have a portable rig that goes up to 20 feet tall I use outside. It can be set up shorter too for hammocks. It was a bit pricey, but in my opinion totally worth it. I can set it up myself without a ladder in about 15 minutes.
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I've found that ballet is kind of like pole or silks where there is a learning curve. You do plies and tendus for a while to build the muscle memory and the alignment for the basic steps, then you can build on that. Just like with pole, you have to learn to just walk around the thing before you can spin and you have to climb before you can invert. Try to stick with it for a while, you might suprise yourself.
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Ah, okay. I consider my hands to be pretty small as well and don't have much trouble with the 110 inch wide silks. Second OzarkSiren and talk to the person or site you purchased your siks from. Also, if there is an aerial school or instructor in your area, you can try to talk to them.
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I would work on your grip strength as well. I have a rock climbing squezee ball that I use. You didn't mention how long you've been training, but just getting your hands used to holding your weight on the silk. The best way I've found is just to hang from the silk. Also I've found that stretching my hands and arms during and after my workout helps with the soreness.
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@Pippi
I hear what you are saying about having silks move on you. I usually train outside, and some days I have to give it up because it is too windy. I spend all my time chasing my tails, instead of practicing. 0_o
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Keep in mind that some of Veena's strength lessons can be done using a doorframe instead of a pole, and most places pretty much always have at least one door.
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I only did pole for a little while before I switched to just silks, but I found that I needed more hand grip and more upper body strength with silks. Withi silks you are going a lot of pulling up and holding on. One thing with silks, at least for me, is it doesn't matter how sweaty my hands get I don't lose my grip. Good thing, since I train outside in the desert. I never got the foot pain from footlocks or form pole climbing, though. Maybe I'm just strange.
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Have you considered that you're feeling like this because it's something that you are new at? Before, with jazz, it was something that you had done for a long time and were good at. Now, you are having to go back to being a beginner and having to go through the process of learning new skills. Maybe you're feeling like you should already be "good" at pole because you were a dancer before. Pole and jazz are two different things with two different skill sets. Some of them do overlap, true, but give yourself permission to be a newbie and learn the new skills that you need for pole. Remember, even Jamilla and Kym and Jenyne had to learn their skills too, and some of them came from dance backgrounds like you. Hopefully that was helpful, and not just more confusing
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nbcolympics.com also has video for folks in the US. You might have to wait an extra day for it to be posted though.
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Strengthening your hands and forearms will help you a lot. If you go to a sporting goods store or a rock climbing shop, they should have a range of items that you can use to work your grip. I have a red squeezie ball that lives on my bed that I try to use every night. Veena also has some good tips for working on your grip in the Lessons, if you have them.
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I am originally from Tucson and I started at Tucson Circus Arts. http://tucsoncircusarts.com/
There is instruction for poi and stilts and other arts available too.