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yes, try unscrewing the screws a tad bit more

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is it like bruising? If so, that is normal with poling https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif

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i have had issues with my xpert as well…but watching how easy it is compared to the other models..i dont regret my choice in it. I am short..so i rather not be climbing something to mess with the pole towards the ceiling lol

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mine is in my basement as well..and has been kind of blah..so i know what you are getting at..For me what i have invisioned anyways of doing is getting these two big mirrors with the arched top (they are 30 bucks each at menards) and they are like floor to ceiling..anywho..doing that and getting rope xmas lighting and outlining the ceiling with that..and then getting a sheer almost see through curtain thing and somehow tack that to my wall so its not just a plain old white wall behind me…but thats whats in my head so far lol

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yeah it looks like we’re going to be in for alot of us showing up https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif

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oh that was beautiful! I’d chuck right in the middle of it https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif Ill definetly have to get me on spinny mode on cam

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hmm i went looking for you and i seen 2 ppl results (neither with pole pics) and a group for women in there 40s/50s with pole in California lol..which one should i add?

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I possibly might attend..honestly couldn’t tell ya until closer to the date like sometime next mth.

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i agree, i was thinking of the same thing instead of going through everything trying to find what you replied too

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yeah i definetly think my problem is that i need to learn that i dont need as much momentum lol or i will meet my wall one day lol

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glad i stumbled upon this..My hands are SO dry that im sliding right off my pole..took me a couple days to figuare out why i couldn’t get grip no matter what i did…never thought of dry hands …that is until they started peeling <sigh>

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Veena, just wait till i post my May challenge https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_razz.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif

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Happy Mothers Day to everyone!!

My daughter made her 2nd present to me a box full of her stuff…she couldn’t find a little box for her toe ring..so she went under my bathroom sink…unwrapped a panty liner..and used the packaging to wrap my present in…Awww little nieve 7 year olds lol

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To be honest, if there wasn’t so much hype about it..I would let my daughter do it. She’s 7 now..she plays on my poles..asks me how to do spins..and the girl can invert and do tricks like no tomorrow (with me spotting just in case of coarse) she doesn’t dance around the pole..she doesn’t even know WHAT dancing around the pole is. She is a tumbler and in gymnastics and it helps build her upper body muscles..I see no problem with it to be honest..but thats just me

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yes, thats what it does..Mine made the creeking/popping sound for about 2 weeks before it misaligned..I went back and watched my vids and ill stop midway through the turn at one point bc it almost sounded like someone was unlocking my door 5 feet away (i had music on and barley heard it) and then realized it wasn’t that so i became paranoid thinking i was breaking my pole https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif Then last week i noticed it was slightly misaligned..i couldn’t get my hex key in all the way and had to twist it back around (hard to explain had to pry and not mess up the hex joint and strip it..and finally got it lined up again..Just make sure you watch it..I did notice when i took mine apart the first time it had made a indent to where the screw in the part that connects A&B together ..made a indent to where it slid inside my tube..which is probably why it keeps happening..so next time you take yours down and clean it..inspect that area really good make sure its not doing any funky stuff in there. I’ve read about other ppl having the same problem with the xpert unfortunetly https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_sad.gif

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watch your xjoint where a&b come together..i think i figuared out where my noise is comming from and had to take my pole down for the 2nd time this week bc it wasn’t aligned with the hole again..just watch that for a heads up…and to make matters worse i dont know how to stop it..i tightened it well so i dont know whats up with it https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_scratch.gif

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I had that in my xpert..i promptly took it down cleaned it real good and put it back up..dont know what i did..but the noise went away lol

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<sigh> i wish there was some down in this area..Im in the peoria area and can’t find anything..so maybe ill take the drive up there sometime or another lol

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I have no good advice for you..but just wanted to throw out..You don’t live to far away from me https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif

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Well I have no redness..Both the muscle tenderness and low grade fever and less common side effects..but side effects still. Thankfully i feel better today..Not up to par like i did before the anemia..but i have 3 more rounds with the iron..

@Jennasmom..yes its the IV kind..They started it off slow and watched my vitals and i was doing fine then she turned it up..It normally takes only 30 mins.

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I go between windex, and alcohol. Depending on what my pole is like. I for the most part use alcohol. It dries my hands out more as well..altho i would hate to see what my hands looked like in the winter going this route. I wouldn’t think there was such a thing as too much windex.. I could be wrong though https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_confused.gif

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sharing it with my three kids, I don’t get as much time as I would like. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif

I hear ya, there is no point in me even attempting to get a good workout with my kids when they are home…yesterday instead of me working out ..my 7 year old wanted to learn how to do a cradle and reverse grab spin…the other 2 wanted to be monkeys and see who could touch the ceiling first (sigh)

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i use to play..then my pole took too much of my wow time LOL

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I have had acid reflux for 5 years now..Absolutly hate it too! Anywho. Im like you..when i start puking from it..it lasts awhile..I use the soft chew rolaids, and if i am really bad..Galvascom (taste NASTY lol but works wonders) Also any of the like liquid mylanta stuff works wonders as well. Try to avoid drinking a lot at one time..sip sip sip. And eat something startchy like crackers or something when you feel it..But definetly would try and get into a dr..they can look more into it, and if need be rx you something that will work.

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lol..my kids think my pole is the greatest thing ever..my 4 year old comes home from preschool every m-w-f begging if he can climb the pole like a monkey (he has such a nice pole sit and i cringe when he starts sliding down) anywho it was my 7 year old daughter whom i was concerned about..especially running outside and telling our next door neighbors..i told her if she went around telling everyone that they would all want to come over and play on it, and her and i wouldn’t get too…has worked so far LOL