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i dance twice a week on brass – that explains it!!! just back from 2 weeks hol and they’re really soft so have ripped a bit https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_sad.gif meant to be at studio tonight but i’m gonna have to sand them down – otherwise won’t be able to do anything!!

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this is probably going to sound so basic… headstands and handstands!!

holding your body in a headstand without support really helps improve your poling skills and works your core. handstands help your arms and core. and they both complement poling as you will use them in routines https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif link these in with the likes of skipping, jacks, sit-ups and press ups and you’ll realy notice a difference in your overall fitness and your poling! good luck!

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anyone know how to make them less sore?? i’ve found ‘sanding’ them down before poling makes them sensitive, yet when they’re all lumpy they get sore as they get nipped so much.

compared to pain elsewhere i suppose it’s not so bad, but it def doesn’t look nice!!

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I just started pole at home and my niece is really interested she is 12 but her mom said NO WAY!! She will not let me pole if she is at my house. I told her I don’t get it.

My sis-in-law is a bit like that at times about my neice and nephew, but i’ve made it clear i’m not going to lock the door to the pole room just cos she’s uptight. She disapproved when i got my new boots yet a few weeks later when she decided to lose weight, she came to me to ask if i would teach pole, then, business woman that she is, tried to talk me into opening my own studio.

people like to hold on to traditional and old-fashioned views, but opinions are changing. thankfully.

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sosagely wrote:
EvaRut wrote:
I think that its great for kids to learn how to pole. But I just have to say why would she name the classes sexy flexy?! I really dont think thats a good idea even if they are not teaching them to be sexy. And the newslady was a bitch too. =/
I agree. The names do a disservice and I wouldn’t enroll my 9yr old to a class called "sexy flexy" or "pussycat dawls." I’m all for kids learning pole though!!!

i think the owner was trying to say that these names were for the adult classes – their target of 25-40yr olds. for the kids classes i think she tried to say they called them as they were. Unfortunately the reporter wasn’t having any of it. i hate that reporters cut people off so much – every time she tried to make a valid point she was talked over. What happened to objectivity????

though she did make a valid point – if the mums think it’s ok then she’s just offering a service. I know so many people who encourage thier kids on the pole. I agree with sosagely – it’s a great way to learn strength and flexibility.

Just think about dance and gymnastics comps – heavy with makeup, wearing revealing clothes – splits and straddles are very common as is sticking your chest and bum out. so why is it that when you add a fireman’s pole that it becomes ‘wrong’.

I’m ranting way to much about this issue this week but it’s really irritating me!

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Oona Kivela at :25

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LvsAyGhzzY

this girl does some scary combinations! wow!

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what’s a reverse attitude? do you guys find wikipole or youtube are best for finding out what moves are? as we all have different names for things i get soooooo confused! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_redface.gif

lack of success on tuesday night – back to studio for more practice tonight! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cheers.gif

that chair variation sounds good, difficult, but good! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif

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i know what you mean about the fear!!! i’m not a spinner at all – so when i have to do a spin combo i panic!! i’ll probably use more energy doing it than the handspring! Heading studio tonight so should get a chance to get some bruises!

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empy that was a fab vid link – it really shows the move. when i’m doing the TG i swing my leg forward to get momentum so i’ll practice reducing that before i try combining anything… i see many bruises ahead!!

thanks ladies!

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thank you!!

though if ‘lifted’ means i can’t kick up into it i may have a slight problem….. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cry.gif

Def keep working on it though! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif

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Had both loads of giggles and loads of outraged moments while redaing a selection of those posts. Some people have already voiced my opinions on the matter but can’t help venting! The way some of those women tallked gave me the impression that it’s ok to have sex with the lights off then pretend it didn’t happen but you aren’t allowed to enjoy the act! They were condemning women for feeling sexy and being active participants in the sexual side to their lives. Surely women’s liberation offered women the chance to make their own choices and act on them without an old-fashioned matriarchy there to shoot them down??

what worries me the most is that a lot of their children will be brought up closed minded. As far as i’m concerned any form of blind intolerance, whatever the subject, can only cause harm. opinions will continue to polarise into ‘them’ and ‘us’ mentalities which will cause hurt and distress to people – like that original poster (whose husband should grow a pair and be proud of his wife!)

I’m a school teacher – i’d love to teach the pupils pole! my niece and nephew love climbing and spins and my dance teacher’s daughter is amazing. Another woman, an active charity campaigner with children, actively encourages her boys to pole. Pole dancing comes in many forms, like literature and film. Just because we may find some elements of it ‘wrong’ or ‘distasteful’ or ‘tacky’ doesn’t mean we should castigate or ban the whole institution or the people involved in it.

rant over. still fuming though. where are my thigh highs? https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif

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I have super sweaty hands and haven’t found anything that works… yet!

my x-pole and i have a love-hate relationship; i love it, it hates me. basically i have to wear my thigh highs and plaster my upper thighs and elbows with Gorilla Grip Gold (think it’s a golfers thing), otherwise i fall straight off. lots of alcohol and chalk is kept on hand to clean my hands and the pole (and to take a swig of when i inevitably fall off and hurt myself https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif )

brass poles are definitely easier to grip on – we have them in the studio i go to. on the brass pole i just use chalk to help me out towards the end of the 90min class or if i’m working on routines. For body grip i use Gorilla Grip Gold on my knees and upper thighs (NOT doing death lays without the stuff!) but it does leave a mess on the pole and when it connects with my sweaty hands it’s not good!!!!

i have noticed that the more i pole the more confident i am at working with sweaty hands and with routines i try to use a variety of grips so that i’m not just relying on my hands to get me through. i also avoid complex spins after the first minute- they aren’t happening for me. Saying that though, i’ve never completed a routine on an x-pole and now i think i’ve got a mental block with it. oh well!!!

one bonus of sweaty hands??? major quick reflexes cos you’re so used to hitting the ground!!!

Happy poling!

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After some thought i’ve realised that i have done elbow grip – we call it something different – inverted v! it is much easier than aisha spilt grip lol!!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif still working on getting good balance with split grip tho! thanks for advice! xo

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Thank you girlies!!

You all helped me feel motivated for a fab class last nite – still hurting and worried that I may still be sore tomorrow at my main class!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_eek.gif oh well!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif
enjoy!

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amazing sequence out of superman!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_eek.gif

i can do moves but i have no creativity to put them into sequences!!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cry.gif

so…. how did you do that???

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I’m new too!!!

dancing is fab way of getting in shape and staying in shape! It’s a great challenge and the sense of fulfilment is amazing! Good luck!!

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Thank you!

So far so good – the advice is amazing, and the vids and links to other places – learning so much!! Have to say, i never realised pole had become such a massive hit! When i started it really raised eyebrows, yet now it’s totally normal, thankfully!! At least I’m not the oddball anymore https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif

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Totally agree girl! dancing becomes your life once you start the pole! I have to try hard to restrain myself from using hair flicks all the time! def not a good thing in work https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_sad.gif

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I’m still trying to steady myself with the split-grip Ayesha, but i find easiest way in is normal butterfly. With extended butterfly your hips and pelvis are really far away from the pole and its difficult to swing your extended leg back to pole without overbalancing, unless you have abs of steel (i don’t https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cry.gif ) With ordinary, i find it’s a bit more manageable!