moonflower
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Don;t feel too bad, hun. I bet even the best polers in the world feels weak, stiff, unfit at times. Competitions are mentally taxing. The idea of being in a competition terrifies me, even though I would love to enter one. I honestly think if I tried I would seize up and I won;t be able to do anything, much less my routine. Then, I"ll never forgive myself…so I never enter any, even though I want to. Think of it this way, atleast you had the guts to apply, you are one step ahead of me!
Why don;t you tape your routine and post it here on studioveena and share it with us instead when you feel you are fit enough to perform for us? We would LOVE to see it.
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Thank you Amy!
I don't think I"m focusing on anything when I"m inverted, I do most of my inverted moves by feel anyway since my glasses tend to move to my forhead…maybe that's why I don;t get dizzy.
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Also, the dancers seem to be protrayed (spelling) as unobtainable goddesses, perfect girls he can veiw but never touch, rather can cheap dime a dozen girls.
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It's great to see pole as more than just grinding. I hate anything that put pole in a bad light, but I think this wasn;t too bad at all. At least it shows the amount of skill needed.
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I've been trying to preorder for almost a month now. I've emailed them…they told me to call in to preorder. So I call in, and they told me to call back in 3 weeks. They didnt; take any of my information. So I call back today and they ask if I preorder, I said no I dont; think I did becuase they didn;t take any info, and then toldme they'll call me back…still waiting for them to call me back.
I'm looking to order a brass expert and a brass x stage (45mm for both), the inability to confirm a preorder is very frustruating.
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I see that that action pole are 1.5" (38mm), but the poles int he photos still look photoshopped in. In the 4th room photo, the pole is narrower than teh distance from the tips of her fingers to her firts knuckle.
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I sit in pigeon pose on my yoga mat while my chinchillas are having their play time (30-40min a day). I put my laptop on a chair in front of me for music/youtube/email. I find my back leg to be the less flexible leg so I focus on sittign straight up or leaning back instead of folding over. I find my splits much flatter after doign this. I guess you can do that while watching tv as well.
For the center (chinese) splits, I lay with my butt against a wall and lets my legs straddle wide where ever they go comfotably (important not to push) while I listen to an audio book. After 10-15min I find my legs have dropped much much lower.
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Aww now I'm sad I wasn't there.
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In the the action pole website, it looks like they photoshopped poles infront of models. The poles look awfully skinny, check out the 4th room, the pole looks to be no more than an inch thick. Talk about a bad photoshop job.
I've never heard of them before. I wonder if anyone has experience with them. 1.5" diameter, if that would be sweet.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I'm always looking for somethign to help the dry skin. Mayeb it'll help make it more supple and like likely to tear as well.
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Wow those girl's got moves. Does anybody recognize any of the girls from the community. One of hte girls reminded me of Hsiang, but I'm not sure if it is.
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Planche?
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I agree with LopsiJulie. Basic is different for everyone depending on your strength and weakness. I can't spin very well at all (tennis elbow+weak stomach), but I found things like leg hangs really easy. I spent my childhood hanging upside down on monkey bars and avoiding the merry go round, figures. I can jade and kneehold, but let me in on a littel secret, the reverse grab scare the living daylights out of me.
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This happened to me when I first started inverting. I think I was just a case of using muscles I have ignored in the past as it went away after a my body got used to the movement. Just be sure you are using good form.
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I'm going to take teh advice about wearing something that provides more coverage. But I can;t dance on chrome well and stainless steel is impossible for me since my skin is very dry. The pole isn;t too grippy for the rest of my body, just there.
I've had skin tears on my shoulder from shoulder mounts as well so maybe I just have delicate skin.
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This really depends on your background. If you have been athletic your entire life with back ground in dance, gymnastic, or martial arts for example, you may find doing spins and trnasitions for 3 months straight without inverting to be extremely boring and not challenging at all. I would say to listen to your body and don;t jump to the difficult stuff if you can't do the easy stuff. Now, if you can do all the basics already, then by all means move ahead. I personally do not believe in staying at a low level for x number of months just because most people need to. There is nothing more de-motivating than the lack of challenge.Just be safe, listen to your body and make sure you've got the basics down.
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What more fun than a barrel of monkey? A stageful of pole dancers! That was great!
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What more fun than a barrel of monkey? A stageful of pole dancers! That was great!
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How do you get into that?
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Wow! Roz the diva has so much energy! She's a joy to watch. I wish I had her confidence.
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Brass brass brass. I have trouble with all other finishes. I suffer from eczema (the dry scaly type, not the wet oozy type) and my skin is dry all the time. SS is impossible. Chrome is only good in hot humid climates. TG is okay in the summer but winter is no different from chrome. But brass I LOVE.
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I go through months when I can't wait to get home to my pole to practice. Then , I go through months when I have to drag my butt to the pole and force myself to do SOMETHING on it. It happens. I find i lose motivation most when it is cold/dry and the pole is slippy, or when my skills have plateau and I feel as though I'm not getting any better.
I try to tell me myself that even if I'm not learning any new tricks or practicing the ones I want to due to slippy pole, any time on the pole is improvement. It might not be visually noticeable now, but over the course of weeks or months, the time on the pole even just dancing around with tricks I already know will make a difference becuase it becomes second nature and fluid. It's the difference between someone who just knows the tricks and someone who can string the moves togetehr seamlessly..
Also, I found that there are many new tricks to learn, even when you have plateaued in strength and flexibilty. Pole is not a linear sport. Only a silly instuctor will tell you that everyone MUST learn al the tricks and progress in a particular order. Some moves that may seem more advanced may actually be easy for you, while some moves that are considered "easy" may not come for months. For example, I got my crossed ankle release, butterfly, gemini and scorpio LONG before I got my inverted V (chopper). So don't get discouraged.
Lastly, there is something called the "10000 hr theory" which claims that it takes 10000 hours of practice to be an expert at something. I figure that for pole this includes: actual pole time just dancing or practicing tricks, watching videos (reserach), stretching for flexibilty, cardio for indurance, strength training, all the little moments where you are stringing together moves in your head for later use. When I feel discourage I just remember the 10000 hr theory and try to do something, anything pole related.
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Wait one sec, I need to recover my jaw from the floor. Wow, she is so strong. She`s a better Lara Croft than Angelina.
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Aww, I was hoping for more than a simple spin and bodywave. I can;t stop thinking of the hairography episode of glee when she started whipping her hair about.
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Luvlee, that's a great idea! Or maybe we can choose to line up lessons of choice to play back to back. It'll be like putting on a pole dvd.
