kittyface
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For inversion tricks, I’ve worked my dominant side so heavily that it’s ridiculously imbalanced now… I can do hip holds, leg switches, and drops on that side, but on the other side I can basically just do a messy chopper invert and slide slowly to the floor. Because it’s been that way for so long, it feels like my body has developed muscle memory based on one side only, and working the other side feels bizarre and unnatural. It’s like my body just expects me to be on my dominant side for those tricks and throws a fit if I’m not.
So yeah, it’s definitely way easier to master a move on both sides if you really work both sides early and often. I’m trying to avoid this mistake with new tricks I learn, and I’m going to keep trying inversion tricks on my non-dominant side, but I know it’s going to be more difficult now.
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“The stage they were talking about stage”
*facepalm*
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@Veena Thank you so much, I will definitely be checking that out soon! And thanks, I’m glad you like it 🙂
@Iani Ancilla Thank you 🙂 I definitely try to eat and sleep really well (maybe just a bit too much chocolate *hides* ). I have a pre- and post-work stretching routine, pre-work is pretty soon before my first stage set of the night and takes ~10 minutes. I should probably add some warm-up before that, since I’ve read multiple people on here saying that it’s best to stretch after your muscles are a bit warmed up.
@TropicalVertical I wish my club had spinning poles! I actually overheard the topic come up between a manager and a few dancers a few nights ago, apparently the ceiling over the stage they were talking about stage wouldn’t be stable enough to hold a spinning pole or something =/ I have a few hip holds and leg hangs I use in my stage show, but I’ve found a few others that I’m definitely going to use more. I got a decent Scorpio and pike hip hold the other night 🙂
P.S. I love your street pole videos!
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Just wanted to say that I empathize. It took me a year of dancing 3-4 times a week before I could do a basic invert – a ridiculously messy one, with a huge kick, hooking my leg around the pole early, and hauling my butt up with the hooked leg =P Granted, I wasn’t doing any strength training on top of that, so it will probably come to you sooner than it did to me, especially if you’re coming into pole dancing with some upper body strength already there (I started from zero). It sounds like you’re doing the right things, so keep at it and don’t get discouraged 🙂
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Oh no, I’m sorry that happened to you! I would definitely go to a doctor/other medical professional about this. If you get it improperly treated it would probably keep you off the pole for a while, not to mention make it hard to walk =/ I’ve never gotten stitches for anything, but deep glass cuts sound pretty serious.
