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I have a homemade pole in my basement. I made it out of pipe from the hardware store. It runs through a board that is screwed between the floor joists and is screwed into a flange that is bolted to the floor. I have also made a “stand alone” pole but I found that one to be VERY difficult to stabilize. I couldn’t do aggressive spins on it or any moves where much of my body weight was far from the pole.
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When I teach mixed level classes I try to have a different variation of the same move for everyone to be working on. For example, if we’re going to work on inverting, the very beginners would be laying on the floor working on arm and leg positioning, slightly more advanced would be working on standing tucks to build strength, more advanced than that would be working on basic invert, then chopper, then swirling the legs up into chopper, or spinning invert or aerial invert. That way everyone is working on the “same” thing without having to do exactly the same moves.
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Didn’t know about this either! I’m always sending my students to Studio Veena!
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I do use what I learned from the lessons in teaching, for sure! For additional instructor audio I was meaning things like “here’s tips on how to spot this move safely” or “here’s a different way of explaining/thinking through/breaking down this move”. I just know that every time I hang out with other instructors I learn a ton and get a bunch of new ideas just by hearing/seeing how they cue students and correct problems. So that’s kinda what I was thinking…. I have no idea how/if it would work – it’s just additional content that I would be willing to pay for 🙂
And yeah, we’re still doing doubles together – PDA competition and (hopefully) Midwest Presentational this fall! -
I had the lessons for a little over a year. There’s several reasons I didn’t renew.
1. At the point that my subscription was up I had mastered everything on the site a while ago and hadn’t used the lessons for several months. I understand that there is new advanced content now, but it’s hard to justify the $99 to learn one or two new moves. I, however, think the $99 is an amazing deal for someone who can use more of the lessons and always tell my students about it!
2. My focus has become doubles pole and any “for me” pole time I have away from teaching is focusing on doing that.That being said if there were “how to teach” this move lessons on here for pole instructors I would be signed up in a heartbeat! I love how Veena breaks down the moves, explains points of contact and what muscle groups are being used. Even if it was just a supplemental audio to the same video with her talking through how she would teach a move.
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Little late to this as well, but I also live in MN!
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Any time Thursday evening before 9 CST/10 EST works for me.
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I like the It Works ProFIT protein powder. I really like that I can bake with it – so most of the time I make homemade protein bars to have after my workout instead of having a shake.
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I would definitely be up for that! Any of the days would work or Thursday evening. Either on Veena or Skype would work for me.
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I’ve found that practicing by grabbing farther down my shins helps me pull into a more arched position.
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I’ve had a lot of success with having people get into it from shooting star/jasmine. That way the hips are already mostly turned. And the push out with the bottom hand allows you to grab the pole above your top knee with the top hand. Then it’s just a matter of arching your back and letting your hips drop.
As for exits – if you’re flexible enough you can reach back and go into figurehead. Or you can lean forward and drop down into Gemini -
Everything I’ve read is pretty much what Flighter said. Indian and Chinese pole were practiced primarily by men as a form of training. Then they moved to the circus, then to traveling burlesque acts (which often traveled with the circus and used the same tents – and hence the poles). And then moved to clubs as the traveling shows went away.
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Definitely sounds like more of a “can’t get the position right” thing. Do try it up higher. I can’t do machine gun from the ground yet. I struggled with it till I tried it up high and then it just clicked.
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This is the best Machine gun tutorial I’ve seen so far – she does a great job of explaining how/where to place the legs. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=387604378044035&set=vb.130524217085387&type=2&theater
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I use the term to describe the type of pole that my partner and I do, since it combines elements of acro dance and acro yoga with pole. Very much like Lina Spiralyne said, the “floorwork” is where the heavy acro influence comes in. I don’t think something being acro means that it can’t be sexy. I think a lot of acrobatic dance routines are sexy. This one is the first example I could find quickly on youtube… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaZxZqPprtw