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I HATED this move when I was first learning. It was not until I watched the Vertical Dance dvd that this move finally "clicked". In that dvd they teach you to only concentrate on lifting the leading leg, the second leg will instinctively follow. It is the same type of thing as you do with fan kicks. I am also like Autumn who is better at split grip on my opposite side.
Rune also has a good comment with the hollow C.
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1. Come to NC
2. Get into split grip ayesha
3. Have me spin you
4. Have me let go
5., Repeat
I could have sworn I had seen you do this on spin in the past!
I can't remember but you are able to get into ayesha from caterpillar right? For some reason I am thinking of a night where one of those you could do from cartwheel but not from invert. How are you with the other grips on ayesha? Can you work on spinning invert to ayesha and get comfy with that before trying handspring/cartwheel?
BTW, how is your TG lift going? We seriously need to set up a skype jam!
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An X pole will NEVER free spin with just a hand flick. They never have. However when you are on the pole it is very different.
I can think of 2 possible things, first is that you have over tightened the pole. Second is that one of your bearings was not manufactured correctly. There are 2 bearings on the pole, one on top and one on bottom. If those do not move smoothly then you may have a crimped or defective bearing. I know the following image is not the typical ceiling dome but it will give you an idea of what you need to look at. In the center you see concentric circles, that is the bearing. That should be able to be moved easily with just your fingertip with almost no effort. There is one in the dome and one on the bottom of A pole. Check both of them.
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I have been on PS brass but not on X so I can comment a bit. First I will ask, have you ever poled on brass before? I happen to dislike it in a ridiculous way. I cannot stand the smell of brass and it is an all or nothing for me in terms if grip. There is no happy middle ground.
1) X is no longer a matte-is finish. They are both polished now.
2) The X joints are redesigned and no longer have the slippage issue. The only time you will still see posts about this is people who have already damaged their pole from the original design or those that still have the old style joints.
3) PS redesigned their multipiece pole a few years back. There was a compounding of issues, one was the threaded section was not very big and two the threaded section was very thin. While I do not have pictures of one that it happened to I personally have seen a pole that this happened to. (BTW, PS blamed the studio owner and would do nothing because the multipiece "is not designed to be used in a studio").
4) Can't help as the old PS poles that I had been on were not recently manufactured and I think they are quite different now.
5) The spinniest pole on the market is Poledanzer. I want to say the PS is spinnier than X and that is all of their poles.
6) I believe that you have several inches (maybe 6-8) that a single piece can be adjusted. I have too many friends that have owned the multi piece PS and have had issues since day 1, and I am talking even fairly recent purchases (but not brass, stainless). I will also note that for the most part PS customer service AFTER PURCHASE still sucks. And I mean BAD. They had a good thing going when Erica (I think) was there however she is no longer with the company. And yes, the single piece is just that. a single piece. You can have a machine shop cut it shorter for you however you will never be able to make it longer than the 6-8 inches that is built into the pole.
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Sunshine!!!!!!
Webby hit one very important point, you have to understand your business and business in general to make anything successful. I cannot tell you how many people I have talked to in this industry whose biggest frustration is people not being professional. Look at the pole drama thread that has been going on. How many people have called a studio and not gotten a call back? How many have had classes cancelled on them? How many have been treated poorly when they walked in the door? There are so many that really need to take a class on professionalism and on basic business practices. Even the most water tight business plan can sink if you are unprofessional. -
What you will find here is a lot of strong women with a lot of knowledge and a lot of passion. When you get that combination and without knowing personalities the written word can come off as different than what one intended. Trust me, I speak from experience. What makes my heart smile is that instead of us giving her all sorts of garbage that was fed to us by the media even a few short years ago we have come on here and chose to give a damn about a total stranger and make sure that she heard some things that may have been difficult to hear.
And as far as “clean” and “dirty” eating, there will be a difference if you eat minimally processed foods compared to foods that are still close to how they were grown/ raised; one will be more nutritionally dense than the other. Some people believe in paleo, some believe in eating clean or raw or what have you. They ALL have the same message…..quit putting garbage into your body and get back to what our body needs. -
Koi…I have a poochy belly and my husband thinks it is sexy as hell! I am one who holds weight on her belly…the rest of me is pretty low BF but unless I eat a STRICT diet there is no getting away from the pooch.
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I am answering for her so it is just a guess but Lyme moved and I want to say that ceiling height is probably different. She also had I think 3 poles in her old space and probably only has room for one now.
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I am going to start this by saying that women are not genetically designed to have flat stomachs. We are designed to have a layer of fat over the belly as a built in protective layer for bearing children. That said, that area is the hardest to get rid of and it is 100% diet. Your bodyfat has to be under I want to say 15% and with some even lower. Any type of carb rich meal will make it poof along with anything that is highly processed.
Now don't get me wrong, I know women who have super flat stomachs and most of the time they are just kind of born that way (effin' Korinne), but if you are not that way then not only getting it but maintaining it is not going to be easy.http://aerialamy.com/blog/2012/09/13/pardon-have-you-seen-my-6-pack/
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That is very similar to what Pandora says but then goes on in another part about no studio usage.
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A mix of both is really ideal but with chats and skype easily available now there is no reason you cannot learn on your own. One thing that classes do for me is push me. It is so easy to get lax when learning at home but in a studio I will press on because I took time to get to the studio and also pay for that time. There are also spotters readily available for those scary moves.
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Nilla, if you read the terms of service for the Pandora account it specifically states no gyms, studios, aerobic classes and such.
Due to the terms of our music licenses, the consumer version of the Pandora service (including Pandora One) cannot legally be used to play music in a commercial setting, such as retail stores, restaurants or spas.
However, we have partnered with DMX to provide a legal, licensed way to use the Pandora service in the vast majority of businesses and commercial establishments.* However, this service is not for use for bowling, skating, choreographed or organized dancing (such as dancing in dance studios, ballrooms or discotheques), instructed health club classes, and aerobic or other similar forms of entertainment or physical activity or where an admission is charged.
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I want to say that there is an option on Pandora for business use but I am not sure how that all works. This is one option that I know some studios have gone to. With Pandora you can tailor "stations" but not specific songs.
Wait…forget that. I just read on their site that you cannot use it in any studio setting. A quick google search found this: http://rockbot.com/
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Dew point is basically glycerine and water. It mimics moist warm skin.
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Not controversial, you will see that every time someone says chemical free I post the same thing. We are all made up of chemicals so it kills me a little bit inside when someone says chemical free.
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Just a note, I had a LM powder coated (not the Veena obviously) for years and used isopropyl alcohol on it as a cleaner without issue. Did they state why not to use it now? I wonder if they changed their process.
I am going to state this and then get off my soap box….there is no such thing as chemical free, You are made of chemicals, water is a chemical, the air we breathe is a chemical. That being said, Windex is about 5% isopropyl alcohol. If you are going to make your own though I would suggest using distilled water so that you slow the amount of bacterial growth. You being a biologist should know how quickly our tap water grows out and even over time any window cleaner that you make will have growth without added antimicrobials. Alcohol has to be at least 70% to stop it so that is not a fix.
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I suggest looking at the lesson for the reverse handstand. From that work into releasing your hands. Once you are comfortable with that I would say you can work on it from an invert. There is a lot more going on in an invert…removing your hand from behind your legs, twisting the body, and then finally inverted crucifix. If your legs grip is just so so then you are screwed. On top of that, planking down is not easy. Most people when just learning twist down as it is easier and safer and teaches you how to control your leg grip. These are all small but essential steps that should be learned.
As for getting over the fear of heights, that will come with confidence. I HATE ladders and being on edges of things but I can honestly say that ladders do not bother me so much any more since my balance and ability to hold my body weight is solid. When I first started going to a studio it used to freak me out to go higher on their pole than on my pole at home….not so much climbing but aerial inverts and such. Once I was totally secure in my safety moves and ability to abort without crashing to the ground that fear lessened. And probably the #1 inverted safety move is inverted crucifix (going back to earlier). However I will say that at close to 6 years in I still cannot handspring/cartwheel.
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http://aerialamy.com/blog/2012/01/20/the-10-commandments-of-a-pole-student/
Having been an instructor for a short time, this is kind of where your inner bitch needs to come out. I can see helping if someone struggles with getting a move that was demo-ed. Sometimes another person explaining things a little differently or saying "you know, I had that same issue and this is how I overcame it" is what makes it click. I have had students where no matter how many times I tried to explain something it just was not computing. I will take what the other student said and keep it in my bag of tricks for future reference. That is entirely different than working on something that has not been shown. I personally would not be that rude unless it was a time in class where you were able to work on other things and the instructor maybe taught that in a previous class. Back to inner bitch mode. It is difficult for some people to take command of a classroom but it is essential. If you do not have the respect of your students then you are nothing more than an advanced student. Start the discussion during your warm ups. Just state your rules of the class. Do not single people out.
I also can be a pain for some instructors because I have been active on forums since the beginning and have taken workshops and classes with so many different people and have a lot of knowledge of moves and their "tricks". There are moves that I simply will not do and I make it known. But I am also the type of person who can look at a move that someone is struggling with and see that their hand needs to be elsewhere or they need to turn their hips a little. I will offer up this information. But I would never say show someone how to invert who has never inverted before. Stuff like that needs to be nipped.
If the rules of the classroom are communicated and there are still issues then the owner needs to be made aware of it and he/she should be the one to make the correction.
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PolePixi…is yours the old style or the new? The new style has the X Joints and is really easy to get unstuck. If it is the old style you really need to purchase the heavy duty tube release tools. http://xpoleus.com/store/tube-release-tool-2x-p-507.html There are a ton of threads on here about how to loosen the threaded style XPoles and what to do to keep them from getting jammed stuck again.
BTW, this is the video for getting the new style unstuck: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M3jmHUosR0
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Worst case scenario is that you unscrew the 2 hex screws that they tell you never to touch. The top 3 (above the adjuster cover) unscrew the pole from A pole, the 2 that are on top of one another under the adjustor cover unscrew the pole from the base. You have to be sure that you re-screw that section into the base when you get it unstuck though or your pole will lose some stability.
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Correction…when you get *artists* involved in anything. There is just as much drama with guys (see the martial arts post).
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When I injured mine the only thing that helped me to walk was to get a deep tissue massage. I do not see how this could harm, but I also am not a doctor.
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That surprises me about the martial arts as the school that my husband went to did not allow crap like that. It was out of RESPECT that you did not go to another dojo without first asking if it was ok, but in no way were they ever out to get one another unless it was at a tournament. But maybe it is also the style at the dojo. I know that many are all about the fight and not about the message.
I guess I have been lucky thus far. In Cleveland the schools all work together and realize that each one has a place. They share instructors and students and many times events. Here in NC while I am still new, I know that many of the students attend workshops all over and there is a push to go and learn all you can. After all, the instructors job is to make a great student and without outside influences that just will not happen.
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No studio owns a client. Is this the owner that is doing this or the other students? I would personally sit and talk to the owner about it. They should not be bringing their own personal drama and instilling it in the students. Sadly I know this to happen all over though. If the owner is smart she will stop this because in the long run it will only hurt her business.
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There are 2 that I know of, one is http://insurance4poledancers.com/i4pd/ and Aerial Amy has another one but I cannot remember who it is.
