jleigh
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welcome to the forum. I’m originally from barrie, ontario but my folks live in Burlington. I’ve been the the studio at liveonce.ca in Milton, Ontario.
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I’ve managed to get into the move with my hands behind my head but find just as I get into it my legs are no longer grasping the pole between my thighs. Do you have to have good flexibility in your back or elsewhere to get into this and hold it for a couple seconds before your legs come off the pole onto the floor or into a shouldermount?
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I had the same thing happen. I contacted them, sent them some photos and they sent me a replacment part that should be arriving this week.
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I’ve started working on this and just can’t seem to pull myself close enough to the pole in order to get my other hand behind the pole. I’ve tried dropping my legs down and even just practicing standing in position. Seems like either I don’t have enough strength to pull my body close enough to the pole to allow my other hand to grab the pole behind my head or my arm just doesn’t twsit/bend that way.
Any suggestions
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$245 plus shipping
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I have a 50mm Chrome X pole for sale if anyone is still interested.
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What annoys me the most is Studios that teach classes and the instructors don’t have a clue about how to properly teach technique thus endangering their students or when you pay to learn and end up teaching the instructors.
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Looking good. You make it look easy!
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I also was looking for intermediate to advanced classes last summer and none of the studios around here were offering them. I found one that said she was doing an open pole for intermediate because she didn’t have enough students sign up for intermediate. When I got there they really weren’t doing much. The only reason I went was because I needed a warm place to pole in the winter and wanted a spotter. I go about once a month but in all honesty I feel like I’m teaching the 2 instructors although I still enjoy having others to pole with even if I’m showing them how to do things. It seems there are alot of studios out there that just know how to do the very basic spins and that is all they are really interested in doing since alot of people that take the classes aren’t what I’d consider "Pole Junkies" like many of us.
I’d stay away from that place. Who knows what her insurance is like. She only stands to make money off of you.
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I’m finally feeling comfortable with the superman. I’m no longer spinning all the time. The last tip was a good one on how to stop spinning. I find if I do the superman while my pole is not warmed up the when I push my hips down it doesn’t hurt where as if I try towards the end of my practice its still quite painful. I’m making good progress on this and now just have to practice dismounts or transitions out of it https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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Those are great tips. I usually try to do a cartwheel mouunt into a straight edge, so I tried it today during my practice into the extended butterfly which is much easier for now. I’m going to keep plugging away at this.
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Yes I have a 50mm chrome xpole for sale right now.
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I have a titanium pole and I don’t really notice much difference between my previous chrome xpole and the new titanium one. I do find having the smaller demension though made a big difference for me when doing ariel inverts.
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You’re looking really really good! Keep it up.
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I’ve noticed that since I switched from a 50mm to a 45mm pole I can now do the superman and don’t rotate around the pole once I get into position.
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Make sure when you invert that you keeps your shoulders down and back, engage your abs and don’t jump into the invert, try just lifting your legs up to the pole.
When I first started doing the open straddle move I always had the same pain and it was because I wasn’t strong enough yet for the move and had incorrect posture.
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I’m just north in Cranberry Township.
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Yippee. I got this tonight trying on my new xpole. I was able to do it over and over. My new xpole is a good luck charm.
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Thanks Veena, that’s exactly what I’m trying to do but even though I place the pole off to the side when I really lean back the pole always seems to move back to the middle. Guess I’ll have to keep trying.
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after putting it back up then try to tap on the rods with a hammer which we didn’t think worked we took it down and the pieces unscrewed easy with just my hands. YAY!
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My 45mm Titanium xpole arrived today. Can’t wait to try it out this week. Now I just have to figure out how to get my old xpole down.
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Will do, the pole is suppose to arrive on Tuesday and I can’t wait to try it out. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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Well i decided to go ahead and purchase a 45mm titanium pole from Veena. Looking forward to trying it out to see how much different it is than my 50mm chrome pole. Hopefully I get a better grip and make more progress at home instead of only when I’m in the studio.
If anyone is interested in a 50mm chrome x pole I’m selling it for 250 plus shipping US.
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So I was doing some more research I have read that the titanium poles get slippery quickly if you don’t constantly wipe them down. Is this true.
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I’m so sorry to hear that Veena! Doctors sometimes can be completely useless. I’ve had a doctor refuse to send me for alergy tests or go to a specialist to get some moles looks at. Its quite frustrating when you know there is something wrong and they brush you off, it seems to have all the time.
Rest up and keep us posted on your recovery! Hope you find someone that can help to diagnose and treat you.
