Club Dynasty
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Cool! I’m moving to South San Francisco for a new job in a few weeks and was wondering a) what kind of support there is for Pole Dance Fitness enthusiasts and b) if I would meet Veena since she lives in SF now. This is perfect, will definitely attend!
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@clubdynasty will try to post the Jan challenge there!
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Hi Polereveur, check out the thread: “Any “plus size” polers here? Who makes cute workout clothes/shorts that cover a BOOTY?” and my video where I model some of my fave outfits for some tips.
https://www.studioveena.com/videos/view/5438d967-459c-4dbd-ac59-06fb0a9aa0eb -
I had to take a day off to rest my body, but I finished both programs on the 31st! Yay! To celebrate, and to fulfill a Freestyle Friday request from my mom, I recorded a video, https://www.studioveena.com/videos/edit/5454995d-2464-4d0e-b7e3-61720a9aa0eb. I was supposed to include a move where I do my straight leg V invert, courtesy of the ab conditioning from the 30 day ab program, but the clips ended up on the cutting room floor LOL. Instead, the invert that made the cut at least demonstrates I can do them more consistently without momentum, which is something that was lacking before (I’ll be writing a testimonial on that).
My plans now are to redo a portion of the ab program, substituting aerial V legs for knee tucks and shoulder mount tucks and V legs for the roll ups. I will also do Veena’s new sexy leg and ab routine and the side splits training. These conditioning routines are the best, thanks Veena!
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How exciting for you! You know, this is an interesting request from her. I’m assuming that she can tell from your FB page that you are not a professional dancer? More like an amateur dancer? I’m going to suggest that you bringer her your usual resume and a portfolio. I say bring your usual resume because she might be able to infer stability (how long have you been at Whole Foods, or any other jobs), communication (have you been in sales, have you trained before, customer interaction), and leadership (have you been a trainer, were you promoted, did you handle a shift by yourself?). Or any number of things that could come across from the resume or she may ask you questions from it to see how you handle things. If you have enough experience to make a resume for dancing, go for it! But if it were me, I don’t, so I would put together a portfolio, probably electronic so I could show it on my iPad. Like I would have pics or vids of me doing certain moves, and my progress, or things I’ve participated in (competitions and showcases), maybe recommendations from my current studio. I guess I would talk her through it, and email it to her before the interview or afterwards. This may sound like a lot of work, so do what you think is most applicable. For your routine, I’m with DB, you want to give her a taste of your style and leave her wanting more, so don’t unleash your whole bag of tricks! You want to do something comfortable and familiar with a couple of shockers. Also be prepared to communicate how you would explain the tricks/spins/moves you’re doing to students. I’m not saying she will ask you, but you never know, so pick things that won’t leave you tongue tied.
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Hi there! I think it’s cool and courageous of you to start your own pole studio, I’d like to do that one day too. I started going to my studio because of a birthday party event. I had moved, and although I went to a couple of classes in my original city, I hadn’t thought to look any up in my new city. So that was a great intro for me to the studio. Then they had a contest, I won and received a gift certificate to the studio, yadda yadda yadda, I began going regularly. Now I host parties, and I see that the owners offer a 2-class punch card, complimentary, to the guest of honor (bride, birthday girl), or to the one who coordinates the party (girl’s night out), to increase customers (the idea being that she will bring some of her girls with her to the class?) My studio does not have classes on Fri or Sat, just parties. They used to do girl’s night out events for the community, they would charge $25/$15 for members for essentially two classes. But these would be simpler choreo routines to intro girls to the poles, and chair dance, and girls would dress up like they were going out. There would be refreshments/apps, and there would be a theme, like red hot night, or masquerade, or glitter and glam. I thought these were cool. I don’t know how much business was generated, but it was a fun time! The last thing I’ll mention is that the studio offers pole tricks, spins, choreo, chair dancing, flex and fitness classes; there are girls I see that only come to the fitness class and not the others, so perhaps offering diversity in the schedule will help maximize the appeal.
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K ladies, I haven’t seen any action on the thread in a few days, so here goes: I’ve finished Day 22 of both programs. The ab challenge has really increased in intensity, but the 30 day take off is transitioning to pole dancing, which really feels like a reward after the hard work of the first couple of weeks. I am happy to say that I can now do a straight leg invert, after despairing of NEVER being able to do that. I’ve been doing straight leg V raises instead of knee tucks; with that and the hip flexor conditioning, i’ve been able to do it. SO. HAPPY. It’s really great that TropicalPole started this thread to encourage us to return to the basics. It’s so easy to lose sight of the fundamentals in the quest for acquiring exotic tricks, when so much stems from the fundamentals.
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Hi guys! Re: the hamstring tear. As with any injury, it’s best to get a diagnosis from a health care professional for therapy and healing, but one thing that worked for me was Active Release Therapy or (ART). What happened is I injured my hamstring during an aggressive front splits attempt w/out proper warm-up. I don’t know if I tore it or not, but I do know that my flexibility in that hamstring was impaired (couldn’t stretch it like I used to) and time did not make it better. What happens with my kind of injury is that when the muscle fibers are injured, they heal, but in a knot. That knot will impede the stretch. With ART, the chiropractor or massage therapist stretches the muscle and tries to straighten those fibers out of the knot. When the fibers are stretched again, you’re able to stretch more. For me, after a few sessions, I found remarkable improvement in my hamstring stretch. Between the targeted massage therapy sessions and the ART sessions I was back to my previous stretchability, and have continued stretching more. My studio instructor, who is a dancer, suggested this to me. ART is a trade name and practitioners of it should be licensed or certified in it in order to offer it as a service. ART is a technique that is different from general massage; if you are getting massages, ask your provider if they do it. I found a chiropractor licensed/certified to do it, it takes about 20 min. She did it (ART) on my shoulder blade too, where I had been having neck/shoulder blade pain from attempting to do those elbow handstands, and she solved that one too!
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Ahh, day 15 of both done, halfway home. This is getting intense!
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Awesome suggestions from everyone, will also be on the lookout for more fab fits. I’ve also wondered how lines like Vertical Vixen and Bad Kitty fit plus size polers, b/c some of their stuff is really cute.
@Veena, thanks for adding the video to the discussion for me, now that I know how it’s done, watch out world LOL!
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Hey ladies. @Chitowngal (where I moved from 3 yrs ago, northern suburbs), I took pics of 4 of my fave outfits. It didn’t really show how they looked on, so I made a vid of me modeling them for you! You’ll have to go to my profile to see it, the title will be the name of this thread or “Any “plus size” polers here? Who makes cute workout clothes/shorts that cover a BOOTY?”
In pictures:
Outfit, upper left: Blue, black and yellow. Shorts, Bebe Sport, yellow drawstrings make the shorts ruched, which is slimming.; Bra, Zumba
Outfit, upper right: Black with Bebe Sport signature lettering. Shorts and matching Bra, Bebe Sport. Love the fold over top and the pink drawstrings make the shorts ruched.
Outfit, lower left: Magenta. Shorts, top, and bra, Zumba
Outfit, lower right: Hot pink. Shorts, WOD MMA shorts (Amazon); Bra, Zumba (LUV them, fit and design); Net shirt = lingerie storeIn video:
1st outfit: Hot pink.
2nd outfit: Black with Bebe Sport signature lettering.
3rd outfit: Magenta.
4th outfit: Blue, black and yellow. Leg Warmers = dance wear store
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Hi guys, checking in with you. I have a big butt-my measurements are 37-29-40! So shorts that cover the cheeks make me feel more comfortable. I started out just rolling up loose pants 🙁 But then I found a pair of Danskin shorts at Wal-Mart for about $7 each, XL. They are a little shorter than biker shorts, so you can roll them up as high as you need to and they don’t make your thigh flesh look like a muffin top, upside down. Also, they can be high waisted if you like, so you don’t have a muffin top, up top!
Once my Danskin shorts got faded and stretched out, I explored MMA shorts. Got them off Amazon, look up WOD shorts for women. Again XL. They come in colors, are shorter than the Danskin, more durable, and yes, more expensive (about $20 each). But, I love them! I still roll them up a little bit, now that I’m doing thigh holds and such. As I’ve gotten leaner, and lost weight (more on that later), I’ve still been able to wear these shorts, but they are gapping a tad, where my belly and booty stretched the material. I’ve also gotten nice gear from Bebe Sport and Zumba Wear, believe it or not. If you want me to post pics of some of these shorts and outfits, LMK, I would be more than happy too. As a larger sized girl, I have had to search for things that are cute and sexy yet functional, and feel that I have done a good job in this area.
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So many beautiful tats, and so many that represent meanings beyond what we see! Thanks for all sharing their wonderful work and the symbolism behind them.
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Hey, I will join you guys–I will do the 30 day abs and the 30 day to flight. But I will start next Monday as I’m traveling this week.
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@MajikMyke–such an eloquent comment! The background you shared was fascinating, as well as how your thinking about getting a tat of your own has changed. I do find that females tend to spend time in contemplation re: their tats, and attribute a special or symbolic meaning to them. This always makes for an intriguing conversations.
Looking at the tats posted here, as well as the tats-to-be that have been discussed, including yours, I wonder if there is a correlation between pole dancers and the size of the tattoos. It seems like we don’t just want tattoos, we want TATTOOS. These pieces cover large areas of space and are show pieces; is their largess reflective of our passion for pole and/or our passion for our pole selves? Hmm…
