chemgoddess1
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Raw milk is illegal in most states unless you own the cow. The stuff I get is lightly pasteurized and non-homogenized. I do not drink a lot of milk, however my husband does. I cannot drink "regular" milk any more.
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Yeah, see I have a guy here at work who raises cows and one who raises chickens. The chickens are strictly for egg purposes and he calls them "his ladies". Since we camp a LOT we tend to find farms that have their own meat shops attached to their house. Even the milk I but right now is the closest you can get to raw milk in the state of Ohio and I have been to their farm.
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While I admire what that organization is doing, did you see their fees? I have a hard time believing that any small farmer would pay them what they are asking just to get their stamp of approval.
BTW, $75 application, $600 inspection fee for the farm, $700 fee for the slaughterhouse, and then there is a per head certification fee. If you raise less than 25,000 cattle a year that fee is $1 per head. And these fees are yearly.
Maybe it is because I live near and know so many farmers that I am jaded to organizations like this.
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Best option is to buy local. Visit your local farmers market, they typically have fresh meat or know where you can go to get it.
Also slaughterhouse is not the correct term as all animals end up there; that is the term used for where animals are killed and hung and then butchered.
Talk to Lyme, she just recently bought a half cow if I remember correctly. She also just had her first "organic" beef (I used quotes because organic is not a typical term for animals).
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Vent away. But also, have you brought this up with the studio? Explain to them that they will be losing money because they do not offer enough classes for the need and you routinely get shut out of class. A good business owner will take a look at things.
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Usually the only reason a studio cuts back on popular classes is when they do not have enough instructors. There are very few instructors up here in Cleveland and if you are talking about the studio I think you are, aren't some of the instructors preparing for competitions? That alone will tear up your body, not to mention having to teach on top of it. Trust me, I know it sucks. Cleveland is going to be losing an instructor as of July and she covers classes at 2 studios.
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Very few studios can exists as just pole studios. There is not a single on in NE Ohio and I want to say even into eastern PA that teaches just pole. Not even the Columbus studios either. It is much easier to make the rent when you can teach a Zumba class to 30 people as opposed to a pole class to just 5 or 8. The studios that are teaching burlesque and twerking and aerials actually are keeping students because as they get further in most students want to learn these skills so the ability to keep it in house is just good business sense.
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When you perform you never know what the climate is going to be. On top of that typically it is in a big open space that is kept of the cool side, especially if there are lots of spectators.
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Having slipped down the pole last year during my performance I would say no. With how hot the studio was along with the window open right next to the pole + nerves I would rather be stuck to the pole than slip off it. I was third row and was standing on the side next to the windows during some of the performances video taping. I wish I would have known who you were as I would have said hello!
I just tore the crap out of my hamstring muscles and honestly paying for a sports massage is probably the only reason I am walking without a limp right now. I know there are a few threads on here about polers who have had issues with tennis elbow. If it is that painful then it is best to rest it. Yeah, it sucks, but doing more damage sucks worse!
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What class were you scheduled into? And what moves cause the pain? Can you work on the opposite side?
And where were you last weekend for the showcase??!!
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She may also be seeing stage poles.
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Korinne, you made me laugh! While you may not mention your ass, I certainly will.
Korinne has a perfectly bootylicious bubble butt. And her flexibility pisses me off (but in a good way). Oh, yeah, I also have been known to show off her perfect boobs, and she is all too happy to oblige. (another one of those awesome people that pole has brought into my life)
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Lots and lots of threads on here for and against grip aids. Simply put, they did not exist when I started poling. BUT, I have used them for pretty much every performance I have ever done. I also found that when I was working on iguana mount my hands would sweat like crazy….a problem I do not normally have.
I have pretty much all of the grip aids out there that I keep in my bag. I have 3 that are my standards depending on the situation; , liquid grip and my own powder from here at my job which is similar to mighty grip and dry hands combined.
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You may also be seeing people on an XStage or PS Star Stand Alone, which are free standing poles.
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No, there are no qualifications that anyone needs to open a studio besides money.
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You ever want to visit a thread and like every single post??
And Stellar, your ability to split in any direction impresses the hell out of almost all of us! Good to see your face here; its been a long time.
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1. I love my legs
2. I think I have a pretty nice butt
3. I can rock out a wife beater
1. My ability to flag pretty effortlessly amazes me
2. I am proud that I have stuck with it this long
3. I love the friends I have made because of pole. The community is truly amazing and I am reminded of that daily.
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What do you mean by "swinging around the pole"? It has been proven time and time again that dynamic warm ups are superior when doing strength type workouts. So depending on how you were swinging around the pole may have been her warm up.
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Any time your body is away from the pole you are going to slow down, this is simple physics. Many of the moves you have listed move your body away from the pole. On top of that if these moves are not spot on perfect where you are using momentum to get into them you are disrupting the energy in the pole. If you create any sort of wobble you are taking the perfect concentric spin that the pole is used to. If you notice in most performances polers do not shoulder mount aerially, they will typically use the mount that you would use for a spinning chopper.
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What is the combo?
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I will also say that the experience of being in a place with all of the pole energy alone is worth it. I had more fun hanging out at the bar and getting to know people than being in a workshop with them.
Just my 2 cents.
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My take on workshops that happen ANYWHERE:
Do not go in thinking you are going to learn all this new stuff and be able to do it. What I get out of workshops is watching and taking in how to do the moves for the future. I also learn all sorts of new ways to warm up my body. Be honest with your abilities and do not go into workshops that are above your capability. If it states that you need to be able to climb and sit and invert then make sure you can do these CONSISTENTLY. There will almost always be 2-3 people per pole. Do not think you are going to get more than 5 minutes of individual attention. Realize that there will be instructor hogs; some instructors are good about keeping them in place, some are not. Realize that there may be some unsafe teaching (sadly, yes this does happen). Lastly, are you taking the workshop just because this person is your idol?
I hate to say this, but I probably got more out of the $5 bendability workshop than I got out of the 2 other workshops that I took in Detroit. I am not saying that I did not learn anything out of the other 2, I am just saying that I learned more for where I am right now in pole in the stretching workshop. And I really wish I would have taken the lapdance workshop, just for the sheer fun of it.
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If it does not screw back together as it should then I would not use it. This is why we stress getting a good pole to begin. If it is gapping and flexing that is a weak point and the reality is the pole will probably break at this point if you do any aggressive move and/or spin on it.
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What kind of pole? There should not be a gap of any kind at any joint.
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Too bad you are not going to be there a few days earlier. Amy Guion is having workshops at Infinity the weekend before that.
