Kobajo84
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Been a member since 2008. I’m in Indianapolis, IN.
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I ordered an extension from their website per what the xpole rep told me to order when I called. I have the xstage lite with a 40mm pole and use mine indoors. I ordered my xstage then on the xpoleus.com website under the shop tab, click 2014-16 cpert/sport ext. I ordered the 1000mm extension for my ceiling height of 8.5 feet. The extension is your B pole and you will just attach it to the A pole on the stage.
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I’m just seeing this for the first time. Awesome idea!
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In addition to the flexibility lessons here and the Fit and Bendy DVDs, I recommend the Valentino Brother’s Flexibility series DVDs. The ones I have are not the best quality production wise but the content is really good.
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You may also want to contact the studio and inquire about hem filing a claim with their insurance since it was a injury that occurred during their instruction.
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The older xpoles were not xperts. They didn’t have the x-joints that xperts have so taking apart the A and B poles could prove almost impossible. There were many times my husband and I struggled to separate them. After much struggling, I was eventually able to get mine apart prior to selling my original 50mm. As far as parts, xpole may be able to help you. I know they do not have parts listed on their website but if you call them and ask they may have a base available. Couldn’t hurt to try. The original xpoles were put together from the top and the xpert models are advanced from the bottom of the pole. Not sure how the pole can be stuck on spin as the threading is at the top. It’s been awhile since I’ve had my original so I can’t quite remember what was all going on with the base.
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I just wrote a blog about being shamed by a long time friend this morning. I was so fired up over this. http://poleharmony.blogspot.com/2016/03/rape-culture-and-pole-fitness.html
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You can order from aerialessentials.com, aerialfabric.com, or aerialempowerment.com
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I don’t believe Liz is currently teaching anywhere at the moment. Here is her FB link to contact her directly.
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Sorry late reply…just saw this. I got my a-frame from the xpole US website. I think I was one of the lucky ones who placed an order at the right time.
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Try looking into local gyms, dance studios, or yoga studios to find a space you can rent to operate out of. I did this when I first started out and eventually took over the space when the business I was subleasing from had to close. I started out with a very low overhead and was able to build my clientele. I had a lot of Yoga studios that were interested but I was focused on a specific location and the one yoga studio I was interested in had carpet flooring.
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I know from experience that home owners insurance will not cover for teaching pole fitness within the home.
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That’s what was happening to me too. I couldn’t upload via my phone anymore so I was uploading videos to my laptop then creating a movie through imovie and uploading the imovie. It was a lot of work just to upload a video.
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Amelia Clewett The A Frame comes with two brackets you clip your carabiner to. If you want the hoop to spin, you would use 2 carabiners and a swivel which you would buy separately.
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It would also depend on your rigging setup. I chose the single tab because initially I had my rigging at my old house with standard ceiling height. The double point would have taken up more space and prevented me from hanging my hoop at an adequate height. If rigging is versatile and you’re not sacrificing height, you may like the double point better due to being able to do a little more with it.
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Anchor points. A single tab only has 1 anchor point to the rigging while a double tab has 2. There’s a variety of tricks and poses that can differ between the two. Double tab can incorporate more trapeze like poses due to the space created by the 2 anchor points attached to the rigging.
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I’ve used multiple stage poles and currently have the platinum stages star stand alone. They no longer make/sell this stage though. I used to have a regular x-stage. I’ve used the x-stage lite and as far as stability, I feel like stage poles are fairly stable feeling. You are going to have a bit of sway which is normal as it is not affixed at the top. I don’t particularly notice the sway personally during my practices.
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Thanks for posting Veena! I look forward to your instructional video you’ll be posting. I like the idea of showing how to put it up with 1 and 2 people.
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Here’s the link for fellow FitBit users to vote on the proposed Feature Request:
https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Feature-Requests/Fitness-Tracker-App-Exercise-Options-Pole-Dancing-and-Aerial-Acrobatics/idi-p/1194776#M49218 -
I made the post but someone emailed me and told me I needed to make the post on a different forum. I’ll remake it when my laptop is charged and I have a chance to sit down at my computer and repost here later.
I have the FitBit Flex (no HR monitor). I wanted the option to wear on my wrist or put in a clip to clip on my clothes. The HR monitoring is only available in the wrist band options. Not something that works for all my workouts I do.
The app suggestion for Pole Dancing/Pole Fitness and Aerial Acrobatics was to classify my workouts accurately with the ability to record intensity. The Jawbone tracker I was previously using allowed me to classify my workout as easy to difficult. I don’t see this being a problem for the developers to integrate when Jawbone is already doing this in their tracking app. I’ll try to post the link today to the forum discussion for you all to vote on it. Thank you!
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FitBit was really receptive to adding pole dancing and aerial acrobatics to their tracking app. Here’s the response I just received. I am going to take their advise and add a forum suggestion. If you’re also a FitBit user, you can vote for my forum discussion so the developers see it.
Hi Kody,
Thank you for your suggestion.
We’re constantly striving to improve Fitbit products and services, and we very much appreciate all of the input we receive from our customers like you. These activities pole dancing fitness and aerial acrobatics, these are great idea to be added on the tracker’s activities. We’ll forward this to our product development team for studies. Since the best place to make your voice heard is the Ideas board on our community (https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Feature-Requests/idb-p/features), which our product development teams consult regularly to ensure we’re delivering on what our customers need and want. We suggest for you to please take a moment to visit and give us your feedback.
If you find that a similar suggestion has already been made by another member of the community, you can vote for their idea and add your comments. Our product team looks forward to reading and incorporating your suggestions into future versions of Fitbit trackers and apps.
Thank you so much for your feedback and for participating in our community!
Sincerely,
Roselyn P. and the Fitbit Team
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Am I missing a setup video? Does Xpole have one that someone can send me the link to? That would be really helpful.
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OMG. Okay so 2 1/2 hours later, I figured it out. It is a VERY finicky process but now that I know what to do, it’s a piece of cake. So I used the hex key to hold the first two holes while I lined up the marker lines to catch the third hole. I laid mine down and set it to 3 holes exposed, pinned at hole #4. Then I walked it up and went one by one to raise it up to 7 holes exposed, #8 pinned. I am going to have my husband help me raise it higher this evening because now that I’m exceeding the holes on the lower part of the telescoping leg, I couldn’t find the holes on the third inner piece. I have really high ceilings in my house so I may be able to extend it fully. Also, I didn’t realize there was a loop on the strap and thought I was supposed to feed the strap through the U-clamp on one of the pins…LOL. Nope. A little more detailed instructions would have been nice. My rig didn’t come with instructions so I had to look them up online.
So now after reading your reply I polekat I, I realize I have set mine up wrong like you did the first time in your first picture. The holes are exposed on my bottom piece. That makes a lot of sense considering I tried to raise it up and couldn’t find any more holes to pin. I also had to hammer a pin through when attaching at the top to the chrome triangle top bar. My holes weren’t lined up for the pin to feed through. It’s a pretty snug fit. I think as more people use it and troubleshoot the problems, Xpole will gather all the information and be able to provide customers a more thorough guide. I think we’re the industry guinea pigs in finding out how this product needs to be communicated better for setup. Overall, I really like my rig and feel like it’s pretty durable at this point. Can’t wait to get home and get back to properly setting it up when I get home tonight from work.
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The liability aspect is really a question for your insurance company. Some insurance companies will not cover if there is an injury while using your equipment- which could result in personal lawsuits against you. Contacting the parks department regarding the event is what I would do to make sure there aren’t any permits you would need to obtain for performances. I have had people mess up my stage pole in the past too. I don’t rent my equipment out anymore. If you’re renting it out you may also need to make sure this is cleared by your insurance as well. As far as charging a fee for setup- I don’t think that is unreasonable at all.
