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Some new brands we discovered at PoleCon last June:
(1) Zweet Sport — my boss liked these so much too that we set up a retailwr account w/them & started carrying their stuff @ our studio. Their website says they ship internationally via UPS Global. I like that they attempt to be very “green” in their biz approach, have interesting & unique prints and designs. Good quality too (washed & washed, still like new) — price & otherwise, totally comparable to Mika (even in their size & print/color availability — yes, sometimes frustratingly lacking…)…(2) Vertical Edge — spent a bit of time getting to know this owner/designer, & browsing her stuff… Liked what I saw & heard, VERY UNIQUE designs, diff looks from everyone out there (Mika, BK, Zweet, even that Etsy one above), so that excites me… Also smart well-thought-out designs that I think will be flattering on all kinds of (real) bodies… One huge drawback to these guys in my book: lack of color options. Everything is for sure available in basic black, but otherwise only other options are in hot
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Yes totally for ur body. I know seems crazy, but got that direct from the source @ PoleCon in June. They called it a “body slougher” or exfoliator or s’thing like that. Funny too bc there were like 2 other xPole employees + 1-2 pro polers + my own studio owner + 1-2 other bystanders all there looking at me nodding and saying “yeah, it’s a blah-blah” like in other words, “duh, didn’t u know?”… So I was like, “ok… I’m clearly the moron here” so I’m happy now to see it’s NOT so obvious to others… LOL
That said, I will tell u that I personally like that thing for a cpl reasons/purposes (no, not dishes): I personally enjoy a good hard scrub when I bathe, plus helps w/my blood circulation which I’ve always had issues with… Hence I tend to like that black abrasive side just for that reason alone… But with this in mind, where that spongey-heart thing has come to live is in our camping gear — again, NO, not to wash dishes… But, you know how u don’t always get around to showering daily when camping? And maybe tend to get extra grimey? Well this thing is AWESOME precisely in that situation, which I’m in quite a # of times a year bc we go camping a lot. Another huge plus: it retains almost NO excess water, so dries SUPER fast, and no matter how deformed it gets wherever u pack/store it, returns to original shape no problem. Nifty little item…Now if only xPole could design that BRASS pole as effectively… Hmmm… (sorry to rag on ur brassy again, xPole… But Please, we can’t have that woble! Esp not at that pricepoint!)
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Ok I wasn’t gonna say anything more but this has now gotten quite entertaining, so I can’t resist! Glitter, luv ur passion! Thx for getting my back. So some funny add’l background for u to enjoy the soap opera further: on the characters… The original mom who “outed” me was “just invited” to that party, so she can always back herself up w/”not my idea, I just went for my friend”, plus she happens to be a loud, in-everyone’s-face, majorly conflictive drama-queen of a personality… So no, it is NOT in her nature to ever shut up abt ANYTHING… 🙂 As for the husband in question, ironically my 1st interactions w/that guy happen to be in recruiting him onto the school’s finance committee (I’m also known for volunteering insane amounts of my time at this struggling independent school), of which at the time I was doubling as interim chair as well as Treasurer of the school’s
Board of Trustees. On days of our FC meetings, I was not in studio so not wearing any pole garb whatsoever (no need). His (and his wife’s) only knowledge of me was this role I had, given my educational & work background (couple math degrees & many yrs as a statistical analyst). Haha, and as for me, numbers-geek-turned-pole-dancer, very deep down BENEATH the very-much-on-the-surface sense of offense taken at what I think was somekind of jab at best, full-on attack at worst, secretly I have to admit feeling flattered… Oh well, I’m a hot mom juggling priorities and struggling to strike balance as much as the next, and I may not have a lot (materially). But in the process, I’ve prioritized the health & strength of my family & myself (nevermind the sleep part), so we eat great, have healthy energetic lifestyles, and I’m blessed to have the pole be such a big part of my daily life. Helps me feel and look fantastic. And luckily, in part due to all the right focus of said priorities (for US, anyway), my hubby and I enjoy NO LACK of passion and fun and TRUST and major love in our relationship. Thank God, and yay for us… And sad for them that I sense maybe DO lack this. -
At a “Mom’s Night In” w/like 12 moms from 1 of my son’s (3rd gr) classes, this topic came up (I’ve taught at a local pole studio for cpl yrs now). In my mind, I was like “oh please no, here we go…” while the mom who “outed me” sometime back told the story of the private party she came to at our studio and I happened to be the instructor for their party… Anyway, she was floored and felt compelled to go and tell everyone @ the school the very next day… Ayayay, I had specifically kept this under wraps bc I could already anticipate the variety of reactions, most of which I just don’t have the energy to deal with… (I have a busy household plus 2 other jobs & regularly get 3-6 hrs/sleep per night, so I pick my battles carefully.) Anyway fast-fwd to this evening a cpl weeks ago. We’re all seated around her huge dining table, and at this point the other mom (sitting right next to me) who is telling the story of “discovering” my pole dance job now has everyone’s attention of course. Then, sitting clear across the table from me (so picture 1/2 the crowd on either side of us), the hosting mom (her family is new to our school this yr) says “No wonder! One day my husband came home & said someone at the school was wearing a jacket/shirt that said ‘Pole’ on it & had images of dancers on the pole” (yup, our logo) then she exclaims “so that’s YOU!” I didn’t say anything this whole time, mind u… But here’s the kicker: she goes on saying I don’t remember what, then ends with “well, if you don’t mind, please stop wearing that stuff around school, because some of our husbands don’t need anymore things to be fantasizing about!”
OMG… like I said, I didn’t speak the whole time, but even if I’d wanted to, after this my stomach wouldn’t let me anyway. I was already in a “mood” as it is, before walking into this gathering… I stuck it out thru the rest of this “party” (like any good tough poler would), even lingered a bit in the end to politely help clean up & thank her for coordinating & hosting this. But of course, I am now more self-conscious than ever walking in & out of school every M, W&F at drop-off & pick-up, as those are the says I teach AM classes in the studio. More interesting still tho is that ever since that night, this 1 mom in particular has REALLY gone out of her way to be friendly w/me, stops me in hallways & emails me to ask random ?s or see about getting my son involved in a sporting activity w/her son, etc… Kinda weird. Told my boss @ studio abt this and she was shocked, but also suggested the crazy (to me) notion that maybe it’s this mom who is the one fantasizing abt me (gotta love her — um, my boss I mean)… Who knows, but oh well… Anyway, never a dull moment in the pole world, that’s for sure! There’s no stopping the love we have for what we do, friends, so let’s keep holding out heads up high & enjoy the journey no matter what it brings along… -
Post-class report: um, MOTH is hard! & scary (kinda) & weird… Maybe bc new? But I feel more tangled up in it than in b’fly, where I like (& count on) being able to open my whole body (hips & all) up outwardly, away from pole. W/”moth” I’m stuck centered acing
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Haha, abt to go teach a class, & totally gonna try out the “moth” w/my students. LOVE IT!
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Wow chem is that u? Great picture (and pose) whever that is. I want to try that, seems like a bow & arrow from iguana hold, but one hand released to regrip by shoulder. Is this the move/pose u are asking abt? Don’t onow any kind of official name for it myself either.
@shana ur profile pose to me looks like an extended eros — extended bc top leg is gripped @ ankle instead of @ knee, the way u’d do a basic eros (Brass Monkey-style) — just like extended vs regular butterfly… I feel like in Butterfly whole body needs to be on one single side of the pole. Eros 1/2 body is one side, 1/2 is on the other.
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Yup agree w/all said above, esp abt Arnica — so funny someone called it a Poler’s heroin, it sure is! I’m a total Arnica junkie, I’ve even tried everything available (topically and ingestive!) only to whittle down to what seems to me to work the best… which so far are:
(1) the oil by Weleda — an organic & biodynamic brand from Germany, which we now even stock @ studio where I work & sells pretty well
(2) and these tiny pellets by ….(3) Also, I almost nightly DRINK the stuff — my nearby Sprouts (think While Foods only WAY more affordable) sells dried Arnica flowers in these little packets for $1.69 or so, in the Mexican food products, a brand called God’s Garden/Pharmacy or s’thing like that). So I have a steeper that I put abt 1/2 tsp of that loose dried Arnica in per cup of tea (delicious too, and super relaxing, possibly more than good old Chamo, so watch out — at least for me has the tendency to knock me out, & I tend to be a night-owl, sometimes even on the insomniac side).
Also, I like the tip above abt ice-then heat, and I’ve heard abt the iron pills before (be careful if u tend to struggle w/bowel movements tho, this can make things “harder” — sorry, but we’re all family here, right?)… As mentioned, really anything to support the blood flow, hydration, cardio-exercise, and even sleep.
I really need to take all this advice myself bc I taught a class last Fri focused on the Apprentice move, variations, & transitions, and OMG I may never do THAT again! Have these CRAZY mean DARK bruises on both my hips, yikes! I think possibly the worst I’ve EVER had! And I’ve been poling for 3 yrs! That said, like also mentioned above, I agree no matter how long you’ve been doing this, you venture into “new territory” w/moves, be ready for new bruises too if it’s an area of your body u hadn’t trained yet on the pole. For me in last couple months was knee-pit holds. I only had Cupid, but felt so limted. And sure enough I’ve even now gotten my 1st Marleys that I just was resigned to thinking I’d never be able to do. And oh the possibilities that have opened up on spin-mode from this are so great! Next frontier: armpit/torso holds — little by little getting there, and SURPRISE: no matter how hard or how much I practice those, no real (or significant!) bruises — go figure! Yes, indeed we all do have our “areas” that bother us more than others, and everyone is so different that way.
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Interesting ?… Where I teach, there is no set policy on whether we promote anything in particular or not, it’s really an independent matter that varies by person. I know 2 others there have told me they are not fans of SV for their own unique reasons, but marvel that I get so much great pole-related info (just in general, besides learning how to do things on the pole) out of it myself! I find this phenomenon quite curious… I don’t know about the other instructors, I don’t get to interface much w/them… That all said, since I myself AM a fan, I do promote it in my own ways, and not really intentionally either. I treat SV just like one more resource for polers, just like any other, like talking abt grip aids, or pole clothes, or good places to go see strippers, or pole events/competitions/etc… So I certainly mention it if it comes up or I remember bc of s’thing relevant. Like for instance, when I 1st discovered the Janeiro pose on here, I was so excitedly sharing abt it w/a bunch of our students while 5 of us were in a car together driving to a local event. Similarly w/Orion move… A couple times I’ve even forwarded links to some of my students (or fellow instructors) of discussion threads on topics they are specifically dealing with (pole brands/finishes, grip problems, hosting showcases, and so many more…). So I’m not saying “oh go to SV and buy her lessons” – that’s their call. Actually, I lie, bc I did do that once w/a great student who was just starting & wanted to continue but was moving across the country to some new town where she’d already checked & found NO pole studio there. But I am making people (in general) aware of its existence by sharing info/resources w/them off SV — up to them to even check out what I share w/them! I also agree w/person above, that when I’m w/students in front of me, whether actively teaching a class or not, OMG I am non-stop busy, so this is all only really a matter of whether “it comes up”.
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Bless u for a great topic to gather info on and document!!! And a FUN one at that! Oh and I could go on and on here as this is definitely a matter that automatically brings a smile to my face (as well as my kids’ and husband’s and mother’s and mother-in-law’s and… faces)… But my story starts out similar to the one above who mentions her 5 year old son that she can’t keep off the pole… I would say little boys in general (of which I am raising 2! Currently 7.5 & 9.5 yrs), but really I believe it goes beyond to include ALL children, as even my little 1.5 yo niece is SUPER intrigued by it and always wants to touch it and hold herself on it & can’t stop laughing w/joy when (we help her) climbing it! Ok so here’s what I think you’ll find (same that I and so many of my students w/kids, namely if they do own a pole at home): this all just goes back to our “monkey instincts”, that’s all it is — and also, consider that what is exhilarating and fun for you & I, likely is also for children. Maybe even moreso for them! They don’t care what they can/not do, don’t care abt how flexible they are/not, if they look good or know a lot or are strong or weak, or blah blah blah… This is just a section of “monkey bars” as far as they are concerned, and they simply want to hop on it and PLAY! As is what many consider the “work of children”, since they are naturally drawn to PLAY, and rightfully by design learn & develop so much THROUGH PLAY… And how much more FUN when an adult who is important to them (parent, sibling, aunt, etc) ALSO gets lots of enjoyment out of playing in the same way!
So that premise set, yes, my 2 monkeys — ah-hem, sons — spin, climb, invert, even do static holds, etc. On the pole… And have built the foundations and coordination (& I guess strength, but not sure I can credit that to the pole exclusively) to do so over the last 2.5 years that I’ve had this fun “toy” installed in my home (or travelling w/us when we’ve spent extended periods away). It’s definitely quality time I can spend together that, gosh, especially my younger son can’t get enough of!!! And I can go pretty hard for pretty long! He really does amaze me in particular because of his strength and passion for the pole, and it helps that he’s already by nature a rather fearless & tireless creature, that LOVES being upside down, and also happens to have a really good sense of where his body is in space, & just good physical instincts, per se (also happens to be — probably no surprises after summing all this up — the more athletic of my two kids).
Ok I really want to wrap this up bc I feel like maybe this is all more than you care to know… BUT if my little guy knew I were writing this, he’d definitely want me to share the following w/u:
— he can climb GREAT and do an inverted crucifix, gemini, scorpio, chopper, AERIAL INVERT (yes, really), front & back hook spins, and any variety of “inside-planted foot” based spins
— oh can also hand- or forearm-stand into pole (actually this is really not so exciting since well before a pole entered his world, he could already do a free-standing headstand — and yes, I know developmentally this is not ideal for him to be doing, but this crazy child figured it out on his own one day, and since then, try and stop him… Ayayay, at some point I have to trust in Mother Nature…)
— he LOVES when pole is in spin mode
— things he wants to learn or work on more: butterfly, side climb & side (knee) holds, electric switch, probably much more I can’t think of right now…
— shoulder mount: we’ve tried this, and interesting discovery… So he definitely has the (namely core) STRENGTH to pull this off, HOWEVER, the 1 or 2x we tried this (of course me holding/spotting him), he started crying so bad bc it REALLY hurt him — and sure enough it seemed to get really bright red around his clavicle bone area. Needless to say I was mortified, and told him NO more of that until he is way older (and hopefully less scrawny, more bulky & able to withstand that pressure, and also NOT be at such an early stage in his physical development)…
— he & I have even started working pn “doubles tricks”, like spins & holds (haha, mostly results in an EXTRA workout on mama who more often than not has to support most/all of his weight while attempting these!)
— he loves bragging about ALL of this, and loves that there are all these moves w/all these interesting-sounding names (resonate w/anyone?)…
— he makes a “pole” out of anything around, at school, anywhere around town, my mother’s banister… Again, it’s all a game for him, and the PLAY never ends… ah, to be a child…Hence the smiles… 🙂
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Yup commented on YT… brilliant, well done & FUN! We have a showcase at our studio this coming Sunday (come join us if you’re in the area — tix still available!) & we’ll put on a couple group routines I’m responsible for, including a Zombie one… Hope we look as good as this! Well, ours is not an advanced routine, but… Still if we could be as clean & sync-ed up as u all are that’d be great. Maybe if we are, I’ll even post the vid here on SV — I never have before! So wish us luck!
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(and hence, “high-risk”?)
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OMG should I worry abt the toothpaste I get on the skin of my lips during the 3min I brush my teeth? 2x a day? Everyday? So 10x/wk = 60min/wk? That is if I’m practicing good oral hygiene… Hmmmm… Just guaging this risk vs that of 10-15 secs of tp on my hands maybe 2x-5x a week? Even everyday that’s maybe up to 120secs a week = 2 min/wk?
Yeah I think I feel the odds are low-risk enough vs using toothpaste in (& inevitably some ON) my mouth, that I feel confident & comfortable advising my students to try this approach of rubbing the stuff on their hands & rinsing right off.
BTW Anyone know the safety of our skin’s exposure to iTac? ? X-grip? Dry Hands? And at what point is our use of any said products (used as directed, of course) excessive?
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OMG @Tovah, I doubt u no more…
Of course I’m such a geek I couldn’t leave it alone & went Google-ing it… And boy did I come across some info on this indeed… Ok maybe less (or more?) funny, but if ur interested liek me, check it out — but be warned for there’s some KNARLEY graphic stuff out there, like here:http://male-health.org/penile-fracture-can-you-really-break-your-penis/
Yikes, ouchy… Ok kinda sad really… Or is it? esp when u read about the disproportionately high cases of these “fractures” documented as resulting from extra-marital affairs. Hmmm…
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Ok wait a second!!! More on the fractured penis story!!! That is almost TOO much, but… Can a penis be fractured? I mean there’s no bone tissue in there, right? Or pardon my anatomical ignorance if I’m wrong, but I could have sworn there’s no bone, just a lot of nerves & muscle & other tissue & blood vessels & such… If this is correct, then can u “fracture” a part of ur body that has no bone? Like, can’t “fracture” a boob for sure…
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Weird, where I mostly need grip help is in my knee & elbow pits (so dry & slidy!). Ok abt to hop in shower w/tube of toothpaste & finish those two areas off w/the toothpaste, as I have a rehearsal later this afternoon for a show our studio is putting on… Question is, will the effect last thru the next 8 hours? (I have a hair appt & wedding to go to in between…) Well, I guess I will let u all know afterwards if it worked! Toothpaste! LOL
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1st of all I hve to say, Elektra if u’r getting even 1/2 close to doing this trik, u r badass. 2nd, maybe u already noticed this, but just in case u haven’t I’ll point it out. In that pic looks like she’s actually pushing away from the pole to some extent w/top of ankle of her BOTTOM leg… Could that be what gets her butt away from the pole?
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Oh, 1 more thing (yes sorry, just 1 more thing):
Our studio retails a LOT of x-poles! And we’ve had so many inquries abt the new brass offerings, which we don’t yet stock bc of these failed experiments on our own end. So needless to say we as a policy (at least right now) do NOT recommend/endorse the brass finish to people who want to buy them. How could we confidently do so, considering how insecure they seem? They may indeed be more secure than they look/feel, but we aren’t about to test that out on the backs (or necks!) of our patrons! -
Hi dearly-beloved fellow polers, and not-always-so-dearly-beloved x-pole. So I have to chime in here based on experiences we’ve had at our studio w/brass over the last year — and yes, I guess we JUST missed that 2-month-ago switch, so all below comments pertain the the old “matte” (not polished) finish…
*** POLE #1 : brass x-stage ***
This one got very little use initially, up until recently, as in about 3 months ago, suddenly we started to use it ALOT. In the beginning it was impossibly slippy! But THEN… well, we’d heard people say “u just have to break the brass ones in, and once u do, the grip is AMAZING”. Oh SO true! We all came to crave that grip & resent other poles! That said, I started to also notice in me that my skin perhaps didn’t agree w/that finish, as I would get really strange bruises from doing moves I’ve done 1,000 x’s & that stopped bruisimg me ages ago! Weird. However, I should also add that after noticing this and also similar experiences from playing on powder-coated Lil Minx poles earlier last summer, I’ve developed a theory that skin tends to bruise up more from poling on a new/diff surface that ur not very used to. Maybe that sounds crazy? Can’t think of any other explanation.Ok onto…
*** POLE #2 : brass 45mm ***
Again, great grip, even better than our 1st experience, almost right from the get-go. Even our sweatiest students got on there to confirm this, LOVING that pole! EXCEPT…
THE WOBBLE!!!! WTF?!?
Literally I mean, nice & securely PRESSURE-MOUNTED, u could feel like the hulk the way anyone could just go up & grab that thing & make it jerk to & fro! & unlocked to spin mode: WORSE! You could have 100lb-er on there, daintily spinning w/all the control in the world, & still that pole really bowed while spinning, holy cow!
So off that pole goes, back to the -pole offices to take a look & give us s’thing better. They checked by rolling it on the floor (make sure surface is flat) to see if any wobble or other unnevenness was detected (duh! We never considered doing that!), saw a problem w/the one we had (w/only 1 week’s worth of BARELY any use on it!), gave us new pieces to replace the “bad” warped ones, & off we go back to studio…
*** POLE #3 (kind of): #2 w/new pieces from x-pole ***
NO improvement at ALL in wobble. Upon completing the installation of it, from the very 1st spins (on static & spin mode) & set of trix, the pole was already swaying around. Ayayay… And this time we ourselves did that “roll on the ground” test to insure that it was indeed perfectly straight and not already bowed (it wasn’t). All that rigamarole (& time lost?!) for NO change! We tested & talked about it to quite a degree, but in the end, it was bad enuf that our studio owner was like “no way, this is a liability & can’t have such an insecure-looking & -feeling pole in the studio for general use”. So (sadly) we took it down & back it goes into it’s travel case…I’ve been keeping up w/the threads here on x-poles, stages & brass to see if I can learn more & understand better what is going on with this. I read, for instance one person’s explanation of how brass is an alloy mixture of 2 (?) diff metals, I guess making it inherently softer/weaker? So I wonder if that’s part of the problem? I will also add that we SWEAR the brass pole on our x-stage is NOT wobbly like this! I mean, we are pretty certain of this, even normalizing in our minds for the fact that there is some invevitable wobble on a stage pole by design. We swear we feel more secure on that stage than on this ceiling-to-floor pressure-mounted thing. Then again, maybe the pressure-mounting ITSELF is the problem? Would a permnent-bolted set-up be optimal for this alloy???
Anyway, anyone else out there have issues w/that wobble? I’m so surprised that I have not yet seen anyone mention this (unless I’ve just missed it).
Well, I’m off to CPDC in abt an hour, & expect x-pole reps will b there. If so, get ready, bc here I come — I’ll be making a bee-line straight for your booth quite a conversation abt this!
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Call me naive or crazy, or both… But couldn’t this be as “simple” as starting from a wrist-seat? Then 1 leg goes up, 1 goes down, & fold ur spine backwards like it’s made of rubber. 🙂
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Surprised no one has mentioned PDI (Pole Dance International). I met the editors/owners at PoleCon in LA last June. Seem like good folk… Tho it hurt, I forked out the $10 for a copy of their mag that they recently re-invented/re-designed. Looks good, reminds me of like a "dwell" or s'thing, cover is matte rather than glossy… Anyway, they seem like publication pros, and I'm anal about things like that, so that right off the top gave them points in my book… but ouch that price point… If I recall correctly, they claim to be the oldest pole mag out there, and to have been the 1st to cover International pole news/events/performers/etc…
Anyway, that said, admittedly, I've been ridiculously too busy to even just SIT for 1 hour to finally give that mag a nice relaxed but thorough perusing, so can't speak much to the writing at this point. Nice photo shots. They also claim to NOT be affiliated with any once single pole organization, so that was another major point in their favor for me… And smart of them, I think… the whole reason why I am now embarrassed to have purchased an annual subscription to Pole Spin for my studio owner (as an x-mas gift last year) is precisely because of its affiliation with the APFA — which I learned only 1-2 months AFTER buying that sub about all the controversy around that organization (particularly stemming from their requirements that APFC finalists refrain from engaging with the exotic/adult entertainment world), even legal issues (something to do with some problems with the Susan B Komen foundation), poor management (owned by Tinu who has apparently made some really infantile public comments and really lacks professionalism) — nevermind the disappointing quality of the mag itself… Needless to say there will be NO renewal of this subscription…
Can anyone else out there weigh in on experience with PDI? One more claim from PDI I will throw out there that let's see if I can relay accurately: they will publish details of ANY and ALL pole events they get info about from anyone who submits… Any comp/show, etc — True? I wonder? Again, anyone else out there have any 1st-hand experience with this?
Last thing: I know Pole Spin is issued quarterly, no idea about PDI (geesh, for the $10 I spend you'd really think I ought to pull out that mag and finally LOOK at it a little more carefully, huh?). I also think it is NOT quite as expensive as PDI, but I could be wrong. I know I spent about $30-s'thing on the annual, so I suppose the price is not actually that far off…
Good forum topic, thanks for starting/continuing it… https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_heart1.gif
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@Rixi – yup, more upbeat indeed, which I also love. Same reason I love Allegra. Because I too am a hyperspazz on the pole. So I love seeing it in others, who can make swift movements on the pole look attractive (nevermind what everyone says about how I need to try slowing it down — I personally don’t want these ladies to “slow it down”).
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damn! well-deserved win indeed. You are bad-ass, Charlee, take your place right up there at the top among the best, baby, you belong there for sure. I remember her from PoleCon, she entered the Trix battle, and did that crazy 1-handed flippy thing, nuts. So cute, she told the MC that she called it "the shocker" or s'thing like that… Those kinds of "POW!" moves remind me of Flying Laura… then I saw Natasha in her with that elbow-hooked "Jallegra" as I've seen it referred to here on SV… and a little of Mai Sato with the crazy flexy moves later in the routine back on the spinner… and beautiful rockin' REMY move with the insane back-bend hold (what?!?!), that by the way she DROPPED into!! OMG… the more I think about it, the more I'm like, wow, memorable performance… inspirational dancer…
on an even more accessible level, what a gorgeous side climb at the beginning! Charlee, if you are out there reading this (or people on FB maybe can relay this for me), please contact me if you should find yourself anywhere in San Diego/SoCal in the future…
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eek how scary (info from chemgoddess)… ugh, but it feels SO GOOD to be upside down! what's up with THAT?
you know, I wonder how this phenomenon might vary from person to person based on their individual makeup/design? Where I'm going with this is that I, for instance, am one who since my teen years have had a bit of circulation issues in my legs (started getting mild varicose veins early on, exacerbated by birth control in later years, then pregnancies, etc)… In *spite* of always being VERY active and fit, and just generally having a pretty great metabolism & general state of health. But it's such that in college I started having to really be careful about how much high-impact excercise I engaged in (too much would result in some scary big red and HOT swelling)… Anyhow, what I found with pole (and yet one more reason why it is so up my alley), as with activities I naturally gravitated to since I was a small child, like playing on the monkey bars, skating, biking, swimming, and dancing… is that the "lift" I'd get off the ground from pole dancing (hence the low or even NO impact), especially when that lift was getting those heavy (and problematic) legs either at the same height as or even above my head, is just such a comfortable thing for me! In fact I now wonder how much has to do with me forcing more blood to pump to muscles in the more upper zones of my body vs the lower half — perhaps this is a bit of relief for my system, circulation-wise? I swear hanging upside down (which I can happily do for quite a long period of time) is such a relaxing state for me, I even get some nice "adjustments" (read: major clicking!) in my spine out of some positions/moves, so much that I feel like it was an instant visit to the chiropractor! (oh that blessed brass monkey! especially weaving into it from a Gemini!)
ok, well sorry for the TMI all, as I guess I am maybe just a weirdo this way… but was just inspired to share and maybe see if anyone else had any further insight or experience related to the whole "hanging upside down is great for me" angle…
I *can* see though how that is probably NOT the norm, and it's good to have read all the above and have it in my consciousness. I now get how when I teach pole conditioning classes and realize after a while of having students do exercises in upside-down positions, why most of them start struggling to sustain that… and I'll be like "c'mon! what's the problem? keep going!" oops… guess the problem is most other (normal) humans are not designed to hang out like that (unlike strange vampire-me) for long…
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Hanka u make that video awesome (even in spite of the creepy gawking dudes… Ah, oh well, what r we hot pole dancers to do? We certainly can’t help but have this effect on people!). Anyway, excited to be on this forum w/u!
But I’m even MORE excited that NO ONE else has mentioned the video by the QUEEN herself that has some hot (albeit brief) pole dancing in it — one of my FAVORITE videos by one of my (and everyone’s!) favorites of all time:
MADONNA! Of course she would have a video somewhere in her repertoire w/pole dancing in it! Check out “Music” (oohh, such a hot song too!)… There was a time I would just replay this vid over & over just to watch that one part in the club… And it’s DEFINITELY got that female empowerment slant we are all wanting to see more of…So there’s another one for the playlist! Check it out & enjoy! 🙂
