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Chic Physique has a new location in DC and is now an Aerial Arts Acsdemy offering silks and lyra. I have studied there for a long long time and the instructors there are awesome.
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I had a C section recently and my doctor was very adamant about not doing anything aside from walking for 6 full weeks. It was definitely torturous to wait that long, but I figured if my uterus wasn’t healed yet and I strained it too hard I could tear the incision and an exploding uterus was not something I wanted to risk. Although that’s probably being a bit dramatic :). I did read however that the first an thing you should do postpartum regardless of how you deliver is Plank. Plank plank plank as much as you can tolerate, once you’re cleared to do so. I believe it has to do with strengthening the deeper “girdle-like” ab muscles first for stabilization, and then later you could do the ab rectus (6 pack) muscles and obliques. As far as I know you can start planking right after a vaginal delivery. Although I highly recommend giving yourself a few weeks to bond with your baby :). Babies eat every hour or 2 and there’s not much time in between to be doing much working out. I was super motivated and like you thought I would be working out ASAP while the baby sleeps, but the reality if it is that while your baby sleeps, you have a small window to eat food or possibly shower if there’s someone else home. Lol. Not to mention the unbelievable exhaustion. Why do we have babies again?? Haha I’m kidding. My baby is 8 months old and worth every sleepless night and poopy diaper : P but anyway, just wanted you to know from my experience working out wasn’t even something that seemed a possibility for a while. I think having a C section in a way was good for me though because it forced me to not worry about how to get my strength back, etc. By the time 6 weeks passed, I was more in a routine and felt more ready…. Until I tried to actually plank or sit up. I used to be able to do sit-ups like no ones business. Arial shoulder mounts galore. I found myself not being able to do a sit up many MONTHS after my 6 week wait! It was SO discouraging! I did planks and planks and planks. And when I couldn’t do a sit up, I would do reverse training, coming down slowly from a seated position. I still have some ways to go on the pole, but now after 6 months of training I can do almost 100 sit-ups in a row. The more difficult thing for me with a c section was leg lifts. That was actually uncomfortable ( I could feel the c section area pulling) for quite some time after. I worked out pretty hard (running and weightlifting) up until 7 months of pregnancy. Having said all this, every persons body is different so just do what you can and keep at it! It will come back, just may take a few months, and on day 1, you may feel like you will never be able to pole again, but you will! Sorry that was so long! Basically just plank plank plank plank as much as you can is my advise. I don’t think I tried to do a sit up for at least 2 weeks (after my 6 week wait).
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Please come to Maryland! Is love to work on flexibility!
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I just had my baby 3 months ago and it definitely is hard! I was very fit and strong before pregnancy and I basically had to start all over. I went from being able to do like 30 push-ups to struggling to do 1. I could no longer do a sit-up, no longer any pull ups. I have put up my pole, but have been a bit disheartened by my lack of strength to actually try much. I went back to doing what got me really strong in the first place, which was P90X/weight lifting. I like that I can see how I’m progressing by how much weight I am lifting. Now, after a month and a half of working out, I still haven’t done much poling, but I do feel a lot stronger. I managed to hold a handspring for a second or two, which gives me hope! I know I will have to get my butt up on that pole soon, before I forget everything, lol. I usually do my workouts at night so my husband can watch our baby. Thank God for him! I imagine once my baby sleeps through the night I’ll be able to wake up early to workout. I stretched throughout pregnancy so thankfully I didn’t lose flexibility!
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I would say you definitely wouldn’t want to do anything that would risk you falling… So not inverting after a certain point. I think it’s going to be different for each person though, depending on your level and strength and how big your belly is! I had a baby a few months ago and I stopped poling probably way too early at the insistence of my husband because he wanted to be overly cautious, but I still did workouts (jogging, weight lifting). I kinda stopped doing all workouts at 7 or 8 months just out of exhaustion. I do wish I had kept pushing myself though because now I am 2 weeks back to being cleared from my doc to workout and I can’t do ANYTHING! Really sad and frustrating. So I would say do it as long as you feel comfortable, and as long as the pregnancy is going well/normally.
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I just took the blades off my ceiling fan and put my pole next to it. No electric work required 🙂
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I just took the blades off my ceiling fan and put my pole next to it. No electric work required 🙂
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I had this same idea a few years ago, but of course didn't do anything about it, lol. Glad someone did!
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Yes, what Dream said…
pause the video where you want to take the picture (you can pick the spot better if you hold and drag the scrubber), then press the home and power button at the same time. You should see a flash and it takes a picture of the screen. Make sure once you get it to the sit you want, you touch the screen (or just wait a few seconds) so the bars at the top and bottom of the screen disappear.
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Oh Organic. – SO so sorry to hear that 🙁 I am a Sonographer and often discover babies that weren't able to make it, and it is always heart breaking.
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Well I'm 11 weeks pregnant and I stopped poling cause it's our first and my husband is freaking out about any workout I do and doesn't want me doing ANYTHING! Lol. But after reading about everyone else's experiences, maybe I'll dust the ol' pole off and give it a spin 🙂
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For her Next Level Training you have to go to Cali, but otherwise she tours around doing workshops at studios, so you could get a private lesson with her if she comes to your area.
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For her Next Level Training you have to go to Cali, but otherwise she tours around doing workshops at studios, so you could get a private lesson with her if she comes to your area.
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I took a workshop with her and it was great! I definitely have a goal to save up to do her Next Level Training!
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Where can we "try before we buy"? Pole conventions? competitions?
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Definiely love Klaus's videos! Happy Birthday!
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I disagree that dropping your body fat low is unhealthy, as long as you’re doing it by working out, building muscle, and eating to fuel your body. Think of professional athletes or dancers …no one would say they are unhealthy even though their body fat percentages are very low. They just are able to workout / be active for a greater percentage of the day compared to those of us with desk jobs or the like. Also, I thing its OK to try to strive for building the best/healthiest body that you can, including one with no belly fat! No, its not easy an it takes a lot I’d hard work and discipline, but that’s the whole point! If it were easy, it wouldn’t be so coveted. Just my opinion 🙂
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I weigh 85 lbs. and I have one too, lol. it is my mortal enemy cause I have no fat anywhere else, so it does bother me, but like Veena said, it depends on how much I’m working out or what I’m eating…. I think you have to get your body fat % down pretty low to get rid of it, like a fitness model…. Which I’m sure is not an easy feat, but it gives us something to strive for, right? 🙂
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I did the P90X program, and initially I could only do 1 or 2 but I worked my way up to about 10. I actually find the ones with my hands closer together easier (maybe because when you hold the pole and pull up on it, the hands are next to each other?)
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I pulled (ripped?) mine trying to do the splits. I got into them and then heard a loud pop! It took about 6 months or so to completely heal. I hardly did any stretching initially, and when I started I had lost a lot of flexibility, but I kept at it and now it’s even better than before. My ex-dancer husband said ripped hammie’s are “part of being a dancer” Lol, but I don’t think that’s good thinking either. Just know it will heal but it will take a while.
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I am a full time ultrasound technologist at a high risk maternal fetal medicine office. Can’t even begin to tell you all the crazy stories about pregnant women! Lol
I am also an Occupational Therapist but only every so often I do that.
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I am at the same point! Guess just keep practicing at it and like all the other things it will come? That’s what I keep telling myself anyway, lol.
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I would suggest maybe practicing each move by itself first and making sure you are comfortable holding each move (each part of the combo) for ~ 5 seconds+. Then try just one move into the second move. And then add the 3rd move when you are comfortable with doing the first 2 moves in succession.
Just probably how i would go about doing it!
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More votes for Zoraya, David, and Karol!
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She was my inspiration too!
