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I’m happy things are okay! Mostly. Depending on where you are I’m betting there are some renter’s rights you can take advantage of, but it’s true, who would want to live under someone like that?
I’m interested in chair now based on the comments…=P I’d also suggest some of these yoga videos. They’re really well done and there are some (e.g. shoulder stability) that would work some good muscles you’ll need for pole when you can start up again!
http://www.doyogawithme.com/yoga_classesI am amid a much much less dramatic hiatus with apartment repairs and began Stronglifts at my apartment complex gym as a general strength program with barbells.
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A tip I’ve heard for gemini and scorpio is to really let your head tilt back and stop looking at your hands and legs! it’s hard, but it helps to get your hips tilted in the right position. 🙂
I’ve been so on and off with pole, every move is my nemesis. I used to do CARs fine but in my most recent pole reboot I can’t even comprehend how the physics works. Pole is a fickle art sometimes…
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Not too much info at all! Has always been an interest of mine as well. 🙂
But okay, I guess the way this answers my question is that my goals are compatible with doing extra core work. I have a medicine ball circuit that kicks my ass that I like so I’ll try to fit that in. I’m not really looking to get big or lift heavy but we’ll see where the program takes me. Really wish I could pole again! This hot weather is good for one thing. Grippiness. 🙂
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Yeah, definitely have the different levels grouped I think. Or you can kind of set it up that way, but tell the students and let them choose which pole they want based on that. Maybe advanced students are interested in perfecting some basic spins that day!
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I wanna thank the people who posted here also…I needed motivation advice too! I'm kind of amid a very long…exercise hiatus. I've never felt so unlike an athlete as I do now. My profile pic on this site is kicking me in the face for being a schlub. The pole has been staring at me for months but it just doesn't seem as fun as it used to. I was super motivated, finally started a paper journal, and then 3 days later just stopped.
Runemist, I think I'm going to try the "I WANT to pole" mantra. That should help! It's better than "can't you at least get off your ass and pole?? no? you're hopeless." =P
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Just in case anyone is like me…my pole is in the living room and I have trouble being in the living room without having my TV on. Sometimes I just pole to TV shows (Nikita is a good one =P) but recently I've found that it's fun to pole to VH1's Jump Start Hour. It plays in the early morning but I record it. 🙂
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I forgot to mention that Hurricane Sandy is hitting the Mid-atlantic of the US right now, for those not in the area who have no idea what I'm talking about. =P
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Down with BMI! I'm pretty sure I'm going to spend my entire life in the overweight category, and people still call me tiny. 🙂
Have you tried classes at the gym too? I've found that just taking the same group exercise classes every week and having the instructor and other people get to know you (even if only by face) was enough. I liked to take the strength classes where they'd still comment on your form which you could carry over to doing weight sessions alone. There's usually a big range of abilities in these classes too so I'd feel comfortable trying something new.
But I'm not knocking personal trainers. 🙂 Just saying it could be a supplemental thing. Cameraderie online, and in gym classes!
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Been watching videos from that competition all day now. =P
This one is my new favorite. He's so graceful!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVPIsu_earY&feature=relmfu
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actually I should say that was when I officially started saying "I pole dance" because "I'm a pole dancer" implies I can dance like a dancer. same way how I run sometimes but I'm not a runner. 🙂
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for me it was when I realized how much I hated pictures of myself on my personal blog and only had one with my face in it…and how readily I posted pics of myself in my underwear for my pole blog. =P
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Just when I thought I had a song picked out you had to mention Wicked haha. =P
I need to find a new way to record though…
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here I was thinking of straight up going for a musical and not a remix. must pore over the internetz now.
and I know I could still just do a normal musical song but it would probably end up being disney and also I'd just be singing the whole time. that might happen with any song. I did have thoughts of freestyling to my own cover of something but I've never finished one. 🙂
@ninjachic I finally posted a video last month and everyone was super supportive about it. I was worried at first (no comments within 5 minutes!! haha) but I guess this community doesn't let you down. I hereby hand you some invisible e-chrome-balls.
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haha a sandwich seems like too much work. I usually end up next to a box of triscuits and a hunk of cheddar with bite marks in it…(Cabot! lactose free!)
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I second darcit's learning to fall idea. 🙂 I guess I've never thought about it specific to pole, since I fall so much doing other things, but it's a good kind of confidence to have. 🙂 For me it has to do with combining flexibility and strength to create a special skill set of shock absorption.
Any specific moves come to mind that you have fear of?
Most of my fear actually comes with slamming into the pole. =P Just bruises I know. I'm starting to think though that maybe there's some sort of pipe insulation or padding I could find to help out with that…bumpers for pole (specifically…reverse grab bumpers…)…
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if it's someone worth caring the opinion about (a good friend or something, who would be open minded if given the chance) I just show them a favorite video or two. 🙂 I tend to go with the popular Jenyne Butterfly one to Dogs Days Are Over since the lighting is bright, she's just wearing some plain ol' black fitness stuff and you can see the muscles at work. it's changed the minds of many of my friends. =P
I hope it's not a bad thing (call this a confession of a former skeptic), but I'm sure I did a double take the first time I heard someone who pole danced for fitness. I was a quick believer since I knew this person through an athletic context first and admired her. she was also very open about her new passion and posted awesome pictures all over facebook. If I had instead heard of it first all the celebrities doing it (as in, people I don't…necessarily respect to begin with…who also may or may not do crazy diets) or maybe just heard it in passing about someone else I might've dismissed it too. as a gut reaction. internally.
but that doesn't really give anyone the right to insult you right then and there. so like chem says, you just gotta learn how to ignore it. 🙂 some people are just not worth it. it's just like any other kind of prejudice or stigma…whether things you can't choose like sexuality or race (I can't choose what I love, and I love pole dancing!), or things you do kind of choose like becoming a housewife/pursuing your career or being vegetarian (I choose pole fitness for exercise because of the efficient workout) …
get rid of the energy vampires and haters from your life! no need to have to justify it to anyone. maybe to yourself, but hopefully that's not too elaborate. 🙂
the blog posts linked here are great, btw. I'm just pretty caffeinated still and felt like sharing a bit. 🙂 in case you haven't stumbled across other posts of mine and witnessed this already…
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I will try all of these later and try to remember to report back. 🙂 I get the feeling I just need to play around with positioning…
so frustrating thinking about pole when I'm nowhere near one. 🙂
nolaelle, I also would like to cross my ankles for those purposes. 🙂 I feel like I've been avoiding thigh holds where the legs aren't crossed because I'm mentally convinced it just doesn't work. if my legs aren't physically locked together then I have no confidence I can make them stay…=P
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I also at least for my hands periodically wash my hands with soap when I pole. (haha it's good living in a tiny 1BR like that…the bathroom is right there.) It's funny how that soap scum film that commercials make fun of ends up being a good thing. =P was it ivory or lever or something that claims they don't have one?
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The most vodka I’ve ever had was in the form of espresso vodka. But I can’t say much about the hangover…other than being tired, the hangover is always very clean! Not sure why I don’t just always have it…
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aw I love this thread. 🙂
my last hangover was due to poorly timed eating (my office has no windows and I am not a structured eater!) and a one hour (ONE) open bar I wasn't even on time for. my fault for tipping the bartender 'cuz I'm pretty sure my jack and cokes didn't really have coke. then again I managed to fit in 4 of them so the night was doomed either way. I'm sure there were shots. I can never remember to count shots.
I tend to get delayed-onset hangovers remedied with powerade and ramen around 5-6pm. That is unless someone can help me get some pho. 🙂
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I was trying to go for it but I don't think I can get through a song without my giant foster cat getting the in way. =P
he has no healthy sense of fear! I remember when I was working on hip holds close to the ground he'd just settle in right under me. he also has a knack for knowing where I'll dismount…
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haha yeah it's crazy how different we can be!
focus on what you can do and not on what you can't yet. =P who says you have to invert? maybe you can work on yogini or the skater poses or other upright moves and have those be your trademark. 🙂
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Haha okay. Well, for those who might consider using bobby pins but don't understand how to get them to stay, get the Stayput ones. =P They have grooves on the inside and actually do something.
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I hardly use "normal" shampoo either. 🙂 I didn't know if it really helped with growing faster, but I guess I've been told that I don't get split ends (thus not needing trims as much?) and maybe using less harsh shampoos help with that. 🙂
Sometimes I use a shampoo bar from J.R. Liggetts (just made of lye and oils), sometimes I use a baking soda then vinegar rinse, sometimes I do use shampoo, and sometimes it's just water. A lot of times I just wash my bangs out with soap in a sink real fast in the morning too…
Oh and for growing bangs out, I suggest Stayput bobby pins. You'd think that bobby pins are all the same. Untrue.
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Porshka, sassyboots — I definitely know the feeling. I mean, that's one of the requirements for depression, right? Not finding things you used to find enjoyable enjoyable? I also feel guilty that I'm not loving it more, and then I go into some downward spiral of "you can't even have fun right…everyone who does pole loves it unconditionally and SO MUCH" and "so you've just been sitting on the couch in your underwear staring at your pole, how sad". Anywayyyyy
I've never thought about pole itself as having any special effect on my depression. I do know that singing out loud and dancing to music in general (if I manage to get myself to start) always does make me feel better though. And I know exercise helps, etc, but I've never been a complete couch potato, so I am aware of the limits of exercise and training.
Okay. Before this turns into a big ball of emo since I don't think this is making anyone feel better, pole does help me! 🙂 There's usually music involved (and singing =P), and dancing, and exercise. There's also the feeling that this is something unique about you, and you're working on it all your own. No offense to athletes in other fields (hey, I am one too!) but it's always nice to know you're doing something unusual to make yourself feel special. "Guess what, I'm not boring!"
And just FYI, after being reluctant and inconsistent for a while, I've finally been taking medication for almost a year, and it's been good. There are still bad days/weeks of course, and it might be true that no one "needs" drugs to battle the demons, but the stigma is no reason not to take them if you can afford them and have a therapist/doctor to monitor it. As my friend put it once "hey, most of my family is on it, and they are happier and better people because of it, so there's no problem." Anti-depressants aren't shortcuts, or happy pills…they just give you a little help if you meet them halfway.
In fact, I had a pole for almost 2 years before I started consistently using it at all. It was about month 2 of antidepressants and feeling better that I got *just* enough motivation to work at it a few times a week. 🙂 It's only been a few months since then, but it's longer than I've worked at a lot of things already. =P
