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Thanks sooo much everyone for your responses 😀 All Your comments are sooo nice! Yes I am definitely trying not to let her get me down and I’m sure she was jealous which is crazy to me because I’m nothing special really! I just feel bad for fat shamers, women ones especially. I’ve gotten so much support from the community and the veeners that it can’t be ruined by one super rude person!!!
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I am so glad you posted this because I have the same problems as you!!! The yogini is a move I just don't do because I don't have a long enough torso and it feels like a million pounds of pressure are being compacted into my torso. I am not even five feet tall!!! I posted here a while ago asking if my short torso could pose an issue and to my surprise some advice that was given was for me to just re-adjust myself and keep trying because my short torso would not stop me from doing the move even though I was experiencing the most intense pain and burning sensations ever! So I overruled that advice and just don't do it, I have pressure on my ribs when trying the allegra also and I can barely wrap my torso around, my allegra looks like a flatline scorpio because I don't have enough back to wrap myself around the pole the right way and lean back for that nice pretty arch. I feel your pain!!!! I hope your ribs feel better!!!
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Ohh I also should mention in four days I will be singing backup for Aunt Flo and the cramps *glances down shamefully*
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I thought about it more and realized I should give it more thought and we should go to counseling before we do anything. I was super upset when I did my original post and I made him out to be a huge jerk when 95% of the time he is really nice and everyone I know loves him and totally approves, he is my best friend and i have a better connection with him than anyone else. He does open the car door for me etc. We could move out money would be tight but we could do it so I know he would find a way to make it happen we have just gotten comfortable here and with a wedding to pay for its a little harder, but I’m also starting a cupcake delivery service (delivering them dressed in a 50s outfit lol) and shipping and hoping it takes off enough to make at least some side cash, there’s nothing like that where we live. It’s nice knowing we aren’t the only ones in this situation though!! Thanks again everyone for sharing your stories and advice 🙂 seems like communication is what we need to really work on and having a mediator is good. But most days I do look forward to getting married and making him my husband so my doubts are in the minority. He still wants to get married but said he would go to counseling so we can work on our issues.
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Thank you ladies for all the great responses and everyone that shared their personal stories, I knew I could turn to my veena sisters about this. After things calmed down a bit we talked and I asked him if he would be angry if I told him someone flipped me off to which he said yes and he could see the point I was trying to make. We are going to counseling and hopefully that will help us sort some stuff out. Zoey’s comment basically hit it on the head about what were going through and I hope it’s just a phase due to our living situation. I will keep everyone posted thanks again ladies you are the best!!!! xo
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That sucks! Have you showed them any Videos for reference points?? Hopefully they come around!!
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VEENA! I get dibs on the three of us rooming again my dad could probably get us that double room we stayed at that one time altough might be far from everyone else but we will figure it out….love baby is back! haha
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Omg how cute!! I actually just did my first group routine to this song this weekend in a showcase too! Except it was more like a thriller flash mob, no polers 🙁 I know how hard it is to have everyone together and our group part was way shorter than yours, great job!!!!! Mine is below if you want to see my take on the same song!
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To follow up Megan's thread above don't even get me started on those freaking TV show pageant moms, our society is seriously f'ed up if we can have a drag queen parade puke all over a five year old and throw her on stage to be judged, scored, and valued based entirely on her appearance, but make sure they don't go anywhere near a pole workout class because that's not normal!! A POLE CLASS MIGHT MAKE MY CHILD WANT TO HAVE SEX ONE DAY!!! NEVERRRRRRR!!!!!
Maybe if Honey Boo Boo took a pole class people would feel differently about it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I used to do belly dance when Shakira first came on the scene and people reacted similarly, and now it is way more acceptable, so I'd like to think that *could* happen with pole. Interracial marriage was not as widely accepted not so long ago but now no one blinks an eye, a lot of things people used to care about seem to fall by the wayside sometimes when they realize it's really quite silly. But then there will always be those people who's minds will never change, I feel like they are a lot of the same people that give me dirty looks for being tattooed, and people that are closed minded and hate anything fun. I think the strip club connotation sadly is what does people's minds in about pole as fitness. Stripping is damn hard work and it makes me angry that people judge because I actually think they are business women but that's another argument. But there are a lot of closed minded people out there and I think it's really hard to change the way people think.
I have a bumper sticker that says "my other ride is a pole" on my car and I love driving around wondering what the person behind me thinks about it!!!!!!!!!!!! Sometimes I even look in the rearview mirror and and try to decide by looking at them if they would hypothetically approve or not LOL. I get upset when people say stupid crap about it but at the end of the day I know I am having way more fun and probably enjoying life a little bit more than they are by not taking myself and everything so seriously. Anyone getting that bent out of shape about a metal piece of exercise equipment needs to find other things to worry about!!!!!!
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Does she still have it?? I’m 99% sure I can take it off her hands 🙂
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My hands are crazy sweaty and I just ended up messing up a competition performance because of it!!! Grrrr!! So I am going to look into some new grip aides, I never heard of dirtygirl poletice until Annieloo's post but I got a bottle of it in my competitor gift bag a few weeks ago. I haven't used it yet but I will use it soon and report back! I also got tite grip and I have never tried that either. I think different products work for different people because your skin chemistry is different and reacts differently to the grip aides.
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There are many slow sultry versions of santa baby although I'm guessing that will be the obvious choice. I like covers of christmas songs that don't sound like the original, that way if people have the same song it's usually a different version. Brian Setzer does a really cute swing/big band version of "you're a mean one, mr. grinch" that i've always wanted to dance to, it would work great for a cheeky cute number! Good luck!
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Oooh I might be interested!! I need a second pole and want a 50. This is the domed version? Do you know how much use it has gotten? xox
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Thanks so much ladies!!!! You are all making me feel a lot better 😀 I will try to post my rehearsal video here, the live video is on don curry's youtube channel. On the plus side, I was photographed and videod by him for free and the newspaper photographer got some kickass shots of me also, that I can use for websites etc, so that was worth it by itself.
I forgot about Natasha's fall! Also I can't imagine how Jenyne felt after nailing her entire worlds routine until the very very end and she took that awful long fall…….I think she may have even beat Felix with that routine. I always felt really lucky I had never had any falls or major mishaps on stage so I think it was gonna happen eventually. Hopefully I got it overwith for a while!
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How bendy do you have to be to do this?? I can do a regular front split but that doesn't seem like it would cut it for this??
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OMG that was crazyballs!!! I loooove the POTC series so the theme made it even better for me!
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Yes go with PoleFitMom she is freaking awesome and I wish she could teach me!
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I think sometimes people tend to blame pole cleaners, room temp, etc before they will admit they were having grip issues.
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Thanks everybody! I am definitely being hard on myself but I feel very sad I didn't get to give the performance I wanted to give. If I wasn't at least a little disappointed in myself I wouldn't grow as a performer but I do feel way better knowing I still placed in the top half.
To be fair, people watching it live were saying similar things about the pole cleaners not doing a good job BUT I don't personally agree with that because my hands sweat really bad anyways and that was part of the issue, so like I said earlier, some stuff was under my control. Also the pole cleaners for my division were actually people I know and students of Michelle Mynx who coached me, I was actually surprised they were allowed to clean for me. So if anything they would have done an extra good job for me considering they knew me already. I am going to explore some options for dealing with my hands sweating so bad, it was hard to get through a routine with no tricks because usually those give me time to dry my hands off. I also never asked how they were being cleaned, what they were being cleaned with, or if I could give any specifications as to how I wanted it cleaned. if I would have known that info ahead of time I could have prepared, I also felt I was at a disadvantage because I had to go last. Girls who went 1, 2, 3rd said the poles were perfect. Someone told me they cleaned the pole and it didn't smell like it was being cleaned with alcohol which is what I am used to using. The stage had lights this year and I am not used to dancing on a stage like that but like I said, I learned a lot and now I can try to avoid this same problem in the future.
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I started because I went to a strip club with an old boyfriend and saw a girl do an inversion. I thought it was awesome and went home and googled it, and came across a video of Veena. A few days later I went to Home Depot and bought a pipe for a homemade pole. I learned basic spins on that and then got an X-Pole about a year later, the same one I am using today.
I had taken up somewhat of an interest in fitness before pole so it wasn't hard to get started, but it is the only workout I have stuck with. I have been doing it on and off for about 4 years now. I have no dance experience besides 8 weeks of ballet/tap class when I was 8 and a few years on and off of taking and teaching belly dance when I was in high school/college.
Pole has changed my life and allowed me to travel to places I never would have visited otherwise. I have met the most fabulous people and pole has helped me find a part of my personality that never came out before I became a stage performer. In high school I was too fat to run the mile, now I am a 2 time pole fitness competitor and performer with a title and a trophy. My fiance and I are thinking of moving to Vegas so I can be a performer of some kind, pole has opened me up to discover other styles of dance like burlesque and re-visit belly dance. I got my stage name tattooed on myself so I can remember how much fun I had doing this https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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I loooove VEENA! I got into pole because of her, I have been following her youtube channel since before SV even existed, I used to frantically check my youtube for new videos from her sinbabylk account, her gimme more video was the first full length pole video i ever saw. Secondly would be Michelle Mynx, I think she's really not known enough and has toured the country poling on stage as a doubles act with her partner with the Dresden Dolls and Margaret Cho. I have had the lucky opportunity to be coached for competitions by both these ladies and they are even more fabulous when you get to know them as people, Veena is one of my bff's now 🙂
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Yep I just say "I do aerial arts, like the circus!" not 100% true but for some people it's better to leave it at that 😉
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How exciting!!!! the divisions this year are gonna be sick!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can't wait to attend luckily I live close by! If you're a veener make sure you come say hi to me 🙂
ps I may or may not be in for my second year too….. 😉
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Omg I feel super rude I literally just saw this because one of my students told me about it!! I have been so behind on here and facebook I didn't even see this!!!!! Thanks so much girls I am super happy it was an amazing trip i got to hang out with Veena herself and see her new house and swim in the awesome pool! I also had a private with Suwasit in vegas who is fabulous. and it was all topped off by spending a day shopping with Alethea in LA and going in her pool and awesome apartment. met keith too who is awesome. And got proposed to!!! The people at disneyland were so nice and we got so many congratulations from the employees and guests I lost count after 50. He proposed on the pirate's lair island which we found out we were the first couple to get engaged there! Right after my sister arranged a private boat for us on the Pirates of the caribbean ride just the two of us. They put us on the boat and then announced we had just gotten engaged to all the people waiting in line it was so awesome!!! I wish i could do it all over again best vacation EVER. And I have more exciting news that i will be saying shortly!!!!
