chemgoddess1
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I dislike brass….it is either too slick or too grippy for me; there is never a middle ground. Brass seems to like being dirty. Probably the quickest way to tarnish brass is with ammonia. I would try that before trying to sand brass. Brass is a very soft metal and I am not convinced that sanding it would be a good option.
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Are you looking for home or studio installment? I have only been on PD's installed poles, not on their party pole. I have heard that their stainless has the grip of chrome. Their brass is very grippy and is well known at strip clubs. Their spin option is off the hook being the fastest and smoothest on the market that I know of.
Both poles are quality and both companies have great customer support. As PRD stated if you can try to find a studio near you that has PD's to try out.
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Look up instructions for installing a sex swing and follow them.
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There is not a single book out there that I know of that is worth anything. No amount of words can help you and I have found that trying to read something, interpret the pictures and then perform it is extremely difficult. Hence the reason there are so many instructional videos.
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A little over half way down in this thread there is a post by X Pole Tech that will guide you what to look for: https://www.studioveena.com/forums/view/91
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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).
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Smaller diameter means less area to cause surface tension. This is a common problem even with changing from 50 to 45.
Here is a thread (with another one linked inside it) discussing the smaller diameter poles: https://www.studioveena.com/forums/view/4e8c33b9-495c-431b-84ec-71ef0ac37250
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Ky Kieu Le – there is a place called Smash Gyms (http://www.smashgyms.com/about.php) that looks very interesting between Santa Clara and Sunnyvale (although it looks like they are not a "lifting" gym). Look for the gym where the professional bodybuilders work out and there is where you will typically find the good trainers.
I yelped Bodybuilders in Santa Clara and came up with this: http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=bodybuilding&find_loc=San+Jose%2C+CA#find_loc=santa+clara,+CA
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You did not get this far in 2 weeks to begin, right? No, you will not atrophy in 2 weeks.
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Yes, the problem with the XJoint has been fixed for over a year. I have pictures in my profile of the new design.
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Do you have any idea what your body fat content is right now?
What specifically are your goals? Are those goals realistic?
The question that you posed is really broad and without having some initial information about what you feel slimming down and reducing body fat means this is difficult to answer. There was just a good thread about a week ago with lots of information regarding body perceptions and body fat. I might suggest reading through that first: https://www.studioveena.com/forums/view/Lower_Abdominal_Exercises_20121210075628
And I don't recognize your screen name so I assume you are fairly new, so WELCOME!
