[leyrose]

Hi Trixie!

Thanks for your help! I’ve actually been using the pole physics and it hasn’t been working for me… It used to which is frustrating! I just purchased the medium as per your recommendation… Hopefully that with the mighty grip as per veenas reccomendation will save me!!

[leyrose]

Hi Joel that would be amazing! I couldnt find the cold pole formula here in Australia, I just ordered the normal one. Can you ship to Australia?

[leyrose]

Thank you so much lovely ladies!!! I am going to buy all the different products you suggested and get experimenting!

Itac and dry hands used to work well for me but now once the itac starts to get on the pole and I put my hand where the itac was, I start slipping everywhere!!

[leyrose]

X pole is a worldwide known company with a very good reputation so I’m sure you’ll be fine! I have a 40mm myself and I love it, mine is a titanium gold finish though so it’s a little different. I’m sure you’ll love it!

[leyrose]

When I first learnt a brass monkey, I did if from a flag invert. Now my favourite way is from an extended butterfly and threading my leg through. To first learn the brass monkey, from a CAR is quite difficult… Have you tried the position of the brass monkey from the ground to see what it feels like?

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Are you grabbing with the hands and arms first? I don’t see how you could fall to the ground unless your hand and arm grip wasn’t strong enough?

[leyrose]

For comps I wear a g string under my shorts/undies and just have to ignore them riding up… In practice I’m always picking them out haha

[leyrose]

I pole at a minimum of 4 days a week, but usually it is 5 days and sometimes even 6 days.

On Tuesdays and Thursdays it is only for one hour as I go to pole class. But any other day will be anywhere from 1.5 to 3 hours.

I also go to the gym and stretch a lot so I incorporate that in as well.

With moves, it all depends… I’m at an advanced level now so most things take a few sessions to learn, then longer to make them clean and part of muscle memory. Something like the no hands allegra I got straight away, but is still taking some time for me to feel totally comfortable. Other things, like the holly drop, scare me a lot so I try to work on them a few times each session so I don’t get worked up over them!

At the moment I’m training for competitions so I haven’t been going to the gym and just focusing on pole, I have limited time as I work long hours and am tired after work but always pick myself up and get on the pole haha

[leyrose]

Thanks so much for your reply Korinne!

I’ve been poling for 8 or 9 months now but fairly advanced… I’ve learnt Ayesha, iron x, extended butterfly etc. and have never used the trigger finger. I think I’ll start trying to use it on more basic moves and see how I get on

[leyrose]

I was never shown this when I first started poling and have since tried to use the trigger finger and I can’t do it! I feel insecure in my grip… It could be that I’m not used to it. I guess my question is, is it wrong to not use it haha

[leyrose]

Don’t get caught up on what you look like… I’m under 5 feet tall but a lot stronger than I look, it goes both ways! People always laugh when I say I can do 8 chin ups or hold a human flag. The strength will come in time, the best way to build it is to keep poling! Some people may suggest doing upper body weights but for me, the ways that seemed to work is to just keep trying to do the moves, working on pole climbs and also pole holds with tucked legs, straight legs, pike legs etc.

[leyrose]

Totally agree with the suggestions of warning up shoulders… Also try warming up your back with back bends, stretching for the eagle/needle scale/scorpion or whatever you call it has helped me so much with my allegra… I can now grab my ankle not just my foot from stretching these parts of my body

[leyrose]

Oh great thanks guys… It’s pretty much allegra > pike > superman. Awesome thanks!!

[leyrose]

Thanks!! Do you have a link to the video of an allegra to superman? I have no idea how I would do that

[leyrose]

Thanks so much sparrow for your help!! Ill try that out… No hands allegra is this http://www.poledancevideos.com.au/advanced-no-handed-allegra/

I think it’s also called elbow allegra?

[leyrose]

I’ve just finished my first ever routine so I feel like I’m in the same boat!

I started off by listening to my song over and over so I knew all the words, beats, highs and low points. Then I thought of combos I wanted to put in and where.

For example, I knew I wanted to end the routine in a janeiro so I worked out a combo to go before that which fit with the words of the song.

Don’t forget to put in floor work and points where you can have a bit of a ‘break’ and catch your breath. My first go at choreographing to this song was terrible… I put in every single hard combo I could do then realized I couldn’t do them all together without being so tired and messy! I then brought it back down and worked at being emotional with floor work and then limiting combos

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Prplegirl ill post it on insta in the next couple of days… Just need to catch my sis when she is free!

[leyrose]

If you can hold yourself up in a full plank then I would say it has something to do with the flexibility of your arms, shoulders or back.

You could also try doing it with a partner… I learnt this awesome way of doing a bridge by holding onto someone’s ankles and having them help lift you up. I can take a video with my sister and post it on insta if you’d like?

[leyrose]

Sitting up from a brass monkey is so much easier than from a CAR (in my opinion) because you have the foot hooked on and it helps to pull you up.

I’m not quite understanding the part about your butt sticking out… Maybe you could post a video of your attempt?

[leyrose]

I’m still struggling with this move… My problem is that when I lift my legs and pull them to the side, I don’t lift them up high enough so I don’t get the right points of contact. I do mine from a shoulder mount though so it may be different for you

[leyrose]

Thank you polebull, tigress, ddcorales and poledanceromance for your support… I am listening to your words of advice and thank you for your kindness. I know that demanding that is not a good thing and I can assure you I am really considering all aspects of the relationship. Thank you for your lovely words.

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He hates me poling michaelargh and is so unsupportive of it so he made me delete it and have only other polers on there and close friends as followers. It’s really got me down 🙁 Sorry everyone for going off on a tangent in this thread.

[leyrose]

My boyfriend made me delete my Instagram 🙁 I used to post daily and everything is gone… But I’ve started a new one leyrose_ I will follow all you lovely people now 🙂

[leyrose]

Thank you, these suggestions are amazing! Please keep them coming!

[leyrose]

Thanks Ladies!! I’m going to add all these to my playlist right now!!