chemgoddess1
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D Luxx….squeeeeee!!! Thank you for posting that cirque devol site! I am moving to the Raleigh area within the next 6 months.
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What kind of pole?
I had my LM out in my garage for about 3 years. I know some have had issues with some of the older X poles (not the XJoint ones) and also some of the older PS poles (stainless) with rusting but I have not heard much about it in the last few years.
If it is humid and hot in your garage you will not be able to do much anyway as it will either turn into a super grippy mess or a super slick mess.
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In dismount I was taught that when you are in inverted crucifix, put your neck and hands in position (hands by crotch) then crunch your legs down until your knees pretty much hit your hands and then release the pole.
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How do you consider fish an endangered animal?
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Then how do you expect to be able to move into any other position? Excuse me for being blunt, but if you cannot do an inverted crucifix then you NEED to work on this FIRST, before doing anything else. This is a safety move. This is your "Oh shit, things are about to fail horribly" escape move. Using your legs to hold you is what ALLOWS you to be able to get into those other moves.
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I will suggest working on a reverse handstand. Once you are there and can hang in an inverted crucifix then you can start working on moving around. If you do not have a strong inverted crucifix then you really should not be inverting and trying to move around at all.
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Congrats!!
The only thing that has ever freaked me out a little on stage poles is reverse grab. This is the only move where I have really made the pole wobble. About the only other thing you will not be able to do is a death lay or anything that requires the ceiling (walking, splits, etc). And yes, you can use it outdoors but I will warn that both the pole and the stage get very warm in the sun.
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Define cheap stainless pole
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On their website? http://flygym.com/
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Check to see if there are any circus schools in your area.
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I have one and while I will say the first few minutes is excruciating after that I kinda like it. I got mine after my boss brought me one that she got in Poland that has real metal spikes. Yep, real metal. I have a couple of guys over on a bodybuilding forum that I got hooked on it also. I got mine off ebay for $10-15. I see a bunch on there now going for under $5 with $5 shipping.
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Dietary cholesterol has very little effect on blood cholesterol. What we have been led to believe for so many years is being proved wrong daily.
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As fir the textured surface, I have an experiment for you. Get a nickel and a quarter. Now take the tip of your finger and press into the edge and move the coin down the length of your finger tip. Which one is easier and which one is harder? With a textured surface on the top of the texture is going to create friction. It is the same reason we wear minimal clothing…more skin = more grip. In much the same way, more surface = more grip. With a textured surface you only have a small portion that is coming in contact with your skin, the rest is an air pocket.
And me being the geek I am found a paper written regarding static friction and human plamar skin on grabrails. The abstract is kind of interesting:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the static friction properties between human palmar skin and five grabrail materials (chrome, stainless steel, power-coated steel, textured aluminium and knurled steel) for dry, wet and soapy hands. Thirty subjects (15 female, 15 male) participated in this study, their ages ranging from 19 to 45 years with a mean age of 28 years. The normal force, friction force, and coefficient of static friction were determined by measuring three-dimensional forces while slipping the palm of the hand over the surface of a grabrail. A repeated measures ANOVA indicated that gender, age, hand size and trial effect had no significant influence (p >0.05) on these results. The coefficient of friction (p <0.001) and friction force (p <0.001) were significantly lower when the hand was soapy than when it was dry or wet. The normal force applied when the hand was soapy was significantly greater (p <0.001) than when it was dry or wet. No significant difference was found between dry and wet hands. The two textured materials displayed superior friction properties when the hand was soapy, while the smooth materials performed best when the hand was dry.
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And as I read this that first statement sounds a little harsh. The statement is not meant to be an attack on anyone's intelligence.
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If you knew anything about metals this would never work. First off, chrome is a coating, not a metal in and of itself. Second, the morphology of the metals is so vastly different there is no way this could even be accomplished.
And texture on metal does not increase grip. Ask anyone who has ever poled on a brushed steel pole (or even the first brass XPoles that came out).