PinkPhoenix
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RoMo, I heard that you can download her dvd’s from her site AletheaAustin.com, but I haven’t tried it, but you can check it out. I just bought the dvds and you can get those from so many venders
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I have all of them and I love them. Anytime I want to connect a little more sensually I pop her dvds in.
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I have thigh high boots that I bought waaaaay long time ago (Zip ups not lace ups) and I have big thighs too, so what I do is I take my hair dryer and I put it on medium heat and I heat the material a little before I put them on right at the area where my thighs are , then I put them on and start to zip them up. If I need it a little warmer I just turn on the blow dryer and continue to heat, so it loosens the material a little and i squat and bend while I do it. I would put the hair dryer any where where it’s tight. Just don’t use high heat I did that once and it really scorched my skin. Not injury scorch, but Man did I feel the heat. Maybe try not to lace them so tight or so high, maybe try to gradually get further up the leg, so the material has time to stretch and mold to your legs.
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Since you are feeling some discomfort I would rest for a week or so. That’s how I hurt my shoulder. I thought that maybe if I babied it while I still trained that it would be ok. Yeah not really. I had to go to physical therapy and I was out of pole for like 2 months. So maybe if you rest your hip now, maybe your hip won’t hurt.
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At my studio they have flex class after a pole class because usually we stay after that class and we’re already warm, so we just warm up a little more and we get to it. I once did a flexibility work shop and then later had a regular pole class and I never experienced any pains or issues. i think that it kind of varies on the person and maybe what your doing when you are poling. I guess maybe you wouldn’t want to do like a “power trick” class after a flexi class, but I think a regular choreo pole class would be fine.
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I GOT IT! It is so good. It is really challenging, but I love it. There is a section where you are rocking back and forth. Lol, yeah that is non-existent for me. To do that it takes back strength that right now I lack, but my back will get strong again. I do agree with Skull Pixie that some areas seemed a little rushed, but all I did was pause the dvd until I felt like I was ready to move on. Sometimes you have to hold positions longer than what they hold them to really get that stretch. I needed a good shoulder stretch because one of my shoulders got injured last year and it has been really stiff. I like it. I have natural back flexibility, so this really helps me progress.
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Jay Robb is a good brand and if you want to go Vegan Vega One is surprisingly really good. You can also go to bodybuilding.com and find great brands. If you don’t mind the price isagenix is a good brand, but it is pricey and you have to basically buy from an affiliate in your area.
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Happy Belated Birthday!
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I can’t believe I spelt Sails wrong. lol SAILS not SALES. ROFLMBO!
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Wow I’ve never done Lyra.
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Maybe it’s the studio you are going to. Try another studio if you can. Shop around a bit. Also when you aren’t progressing the way you hoped it tends to take the wind from your sales. Think back to what made you want to do pole in the first place. For me I like to look at other performers beginner to advance and I get so excited and jazzed that I’m like I have to try that. Even if I can’t do it at that time I just keep at it. Once you get overly frustrated with moves etc. take a break. it’s ok to lose the motivation from time to time, sometimes you get burnt out or other things get in the way. I stopped poling for a year because I was moving from an apartment to a house all by myself. My hubby was on deployment, so I didn’t put up my pole until last month. Let me tell you I feel like a beginner all over again. I’ve lost strength, gained weight, and I lost some motivation, but then I realized how good I was before I had to stop and I told myself if I did it once I can do it again. =)
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You might have to get one special made. The studio that I go to used to have 18′ poles and she had to get them special made.
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I’m right with you. I moved in to a house almost a year ago and we finally ripped out the carpet to expose the hardwood floor underneath. I’m excited and nervous to reunite with my newest and dearest friend. It’s been about a year since I’ve poled. I feel brand new all over again. Also I lost some height from the last place I lived, so I can’t really climb. I get 1 1/2 climbs. I’ve gained so much weight myself. Within a year I went from 128lbs to 161lbs. I’m ready to get the weight off and get back to it. Yay!!!
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looks like a tik-toc move. Oh someone already answered it.
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I messed up my shoulder a little. Immediately I went to my doctors office and he referred me to physical training. Where I got a great shoulder massage every time I went. Oh it was heavenly.
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Not every guy is going to like it and you know what I say to that? Fine. are you doing this for you or are you doing this for him? As long as you are doing it for you then he can sulk and be rudy-poo all he wants. You keep learning and training and having fun. Don’t let his view of what pole is take that away from you. Even if he doesn’t like it he should support you because it makes you happy. He can poo-poo it in private or in his journal. I’m with Tesar, what other dreams, goals, and hobbies will he stomp on just because he wants to not be impressed by it? I don’t want to say dump him because he may have positive qualities that we are unaware of, but if he continues to be rude and negative about something you truly like then you may want to revisit why is he your boyfriend if he can’t support you in some way? We aren’t asking him to fall back on his butt gobbed-smacked, screaming, “WOW THAT WAS AMAZING HOW DID YOU DO THAT? I’M SO IMPRESSED!!!” I know a win for me is if he can glance at me and not sneer or say a negative remark while I’m practicing. That’s a win for me.
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Juna I used to live in Henderson CO over by the South Platte. My parents and sister still live there though. Now I live in San Diego. I joined the Navy and now I’m Navy spouse.
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ROFLMBO! The new drunken party trick!
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Firebird,
You lost me at the numbers. Are those like run times or mathematics. Either way I don’t do well at either one. If I saw that on a car. All you would see me do the blink, blink then lean over to my hubby and ask very quietly I don’t want anyone else to know that I don’t know; “What does that mean?” lolI thought that was great advice too.
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Well it’s like stated before it’s all on perception if you see it as a snarky my wife is better than yours then oh well that’s you. my hubby wears it cause he loves that I pole. It’s no different then the cross-fit stuff that is out there. Some merchandise gives off the “If you don’t cross fit then you aren’t working hard enough. I don’t see it that way, but some people do. Remember that uproar over that lady that was in a bikini with her 3 children and the caption said “What’s your excuse”? So many people thought that she was “Fat Shaming” I didn’t not feel that way. I mean dang she has 2 businesses and 3 children, and she was in phenomenal shape. I however don’t have any kids and I work one full-time job. Why am I not in better shape. (Not her shape, but better shape). So what is for one person isn’t for another that is society and reality, it’s where we live. If you can’t do it that has nothing to do with me. That’s ALL YOU. There are classes and lessons that will teach you how to do it. Then you will cross over from not being able to do it, to attempting it and if you stick with it, being able to do it. People aren’t going to always like what we do. I’m just not sensitive, to what people post. My Hubby better think that I’m better than someone else’s wife or I may have a problem. Hello! =)
I’m not out to appeal to other women’s husbands, i don’t think any of us are, but if we feel sexy, strong, and confident doing this then screw the haters! Let them sit in there self doubts and whatever low self-esteem that they got going on and you do you. Make no apologies. Life’s too short to overly care about what people think of you. As for comparing I did it with a 9 year old. Lol, I was in a contortion class and it’s mostly kids and the little girl did a chest stand and brought her little feet to her head and said, “Can you do this?” Knowing good and darn well I couldn’t. So I smiled at her and said, “No, but I can drive and stay up past 9P.M., can you?!” That was snarky and funny and we had a good time in our class together she gave me one of the best pieces of advice. “Don’t eat before coming to class cause you don’t want to fart on your head.” We compare even when we don’t know it, we may not always say it out loud or post it for all the world to see. We’re all different we all live our lives differently. If you don’t post things like that, good on you you’re not that type of person. If you do rock on, but be mindful that not everyone is going to like what you post. -
I don’t take it as I’m better than you. I see it as someone being proud of their accomplishment no matter what it is. If I took everything I see as a “I’m better than you gesture”, then I would have to take time to myself and figure out what is missing in my life that I see this person’s choice to post their accomplishment as a Nananana-boo-boo? That’s usually why people hate on others anyway. It’s negativity in themselves (which ever fashion it should show up, bitterness, jealousy, self-hate etc.) that is rising to the surface. Other times it’s just what people were taught to believe and never challenged it. To each it’s own.
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Your hubby is correct it all comes down to perception. I got that for my hubby in shirt form and he knows who he can wear it around and who he can’t. His last command was a really laid back command, so everyone thought that it was a cool shirt and that I was the coolest person that they ever met, but on the flip side he would never wear the shirt around some of his relatives because they are still in the dark ages of pole dancing, so it would not go well. people are going to hate if it’s not “normal” to them or if it doesn’t fit into their perception of life and behavior. If you like the sticker and you know that you aren’t skeezy then leave it. If it’s starting to wear on you then maybe you should take it off and just put it on your fridge or something. When you post things you open yourself up to everyone’s opinions.
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My husband has it on a shirt and people love that shirt. He is in the military and he just make sure for the sake of the ear noise that he only wears the shirt around people that are not up tight. I served as well and one of my friends actually stripped when she was on liberty. They can’t do a thing about it as long as she didn’t wear anything that pertained to the military, so maybe it’s the Army sticker next to it that upset people, but if people truly wanted to get bent out a shape I would think every service member would be brought up on charges because you aren’t allowed to copulate in any other position other than missionary, so people need to gasp and clutch their pearls over their own OMG’s.
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I’m sure your doing great. Don’t get overwhelmed.
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I don’t diet. I find it a waste of my time and stressful. I was SO STRESSED OUT with weighing and being so nit picky that I still wasn’t reaching my body goals and then THAT STRESSED ME OUT! I do eat A LOT, but now I’m better about it. I like to call it lean and clean. Instead of “dieting” do a life style change. I’ve notice that with myself and with my friends that when they say, “I’m dieting”; it never lasts and then they stop doing it and they gain extra with the amount that they just lost. By saying lifestyle it truly is a lifestyle change. With poling I have recently started doing the 21 day fix because the maker of this lovely product gives you containers so you don’t need to worry about the scale. If it fits in the container you can eat it. It gives you a little mathematical equation to tell you which container program you belong to. That determines how many of which colored containers that you are allowed. She also gives you a list of fruits veggies proteins etc. The closer to the top of the list it is, the better it is for you. So I have made it my lifestyle to do better portion control. So since you want to put on more (right? or am I wrong?) then you would to the second option of containers. It’s really cool you should check it out. One thing I do as well is I give myself a treat every week just once a week. So if I want ice cream, I will buy the tiny little ones that you can get at the store from Hagen Daz (the 1 serving size) and that’s it. I don’t care if it’s craving or not. I deserve it there is nothing wrong with it. But one of my favorite people to follow for lean cooking is Brenda Leigh Turner from YouTube, she is Awesome! I make my meals over the weekend and then I put them in containers and all I have to do is grab and go. I also like to cook more Mediterranean. I grew up eating that way and then I left my mother’s house and well I started to fend for myself and didn’t really pay attention to what I was eating. My favorite snacks is hummus and Veggies, Mary gone crackers is amazing, cucumbers and home made guacamole Autumn Calabrese has this amazing chocolate kale snack that is on YouTube, so yummy.
Maybe you could also see if you have any food allergies. Get with a dietician because the foods that I can eat you may not be able too. Like cheese.I don’t have an issue with cheese, but my hubby is lactose intolerant. I can eat bananas, but my husband can’t, so I think finding out the foods that you have sensitivity to is key. A dietician can put you on the right path. Drink water every chance you get. Flush out those toxins.
I flip flop with my exercise routines too, it keeps things fresh and FUN! I do Ashtanga, and Vinyasa Yoga. I used to have body envy when I first started cause they were in those tiny little shorts and had flat stomachs, but then I could do way more then them and then they were envious of me. =)
So I have to say that I had a strut for a good little while.I would start doing some weight training. Weight training will tone you and then what you eat will trim you. An example of body weight exercise is pull ups, wall sits, push ups. All the exercises that you don’t use weights for. You are using your own body weight for resistance.
