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Diana I think you probably already got it but do you have the quick release tools? If not the chopsticks work okay for this too just not as well. So I take the heavy wrench from the tool kit, and give it one quick really solid BANG the direction it’s supposed to turn. That one quick shock usually unsticks it so it can be turned. I have to shock mine apart every time on every joint. But I don’t mind, I LOVE my original x-pole. I dig the new xpert poles but…those ones aren’t my pole. 🙂
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Crap posted too soon.
And that gap is where the hands go. If they’re inverting and hooking the leg with the body facing the pole, it’s hard to get in the right position. If the body is sideways in the invert like in a chopper, where the tummy is pointing straight up and the leg hooks from there, it’s easier.
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That may be because they are not getting the pole into their side. Did you see Felix’s recent sample video from the DVD about the outside leg hang? She teaches it how I do. If the pole is going across your stomach, like if you don’t have your belly button pointed up with the pole pressed to your side and it’s pressing across your belly button, there’s no room for your hands. You really have to almost think of hooking that outside knee and turning the body away from the pole to get the torso to settle upright. When the torso is in the right position, there should be a gap between the hooked leg and where the pole contacts the torso.
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That I would experience and subsequently break out of many, many plateaus. Each one has felt final, none have been.
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It’s just come out that he was on the phone with a friend when he was shot. The girl is stating that he told her that he was scared, that he was trying to evade someone who was following him. She’s stated that she heard his killer say “fucking coons!” over the phone. Then his killer claimed he shot the unarmed child in self-defense.
That he was murdered in cold blood is not in doubt. That his murder was motivated by the racism of his attacker is not in doubt. That his killer unjustly walks free is not in doubt. The question is whether the state will be held accountable for its negligent error in investigating the case, and whether Trayvon’s killer will EVER be subject to justice.
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I like that grip for doing inverts directly into a thigh hold. With the standard baseball grip the top hand is wrapped right where the thigh would grip, where the hand is forward and out of the way with the “true grip” invert.
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Simulated f*cking. That’s what men like. Sorry to put such a fine point on it 😉
If he can imagine himself f*cking you in the position you are in, that’s a move he’s going to like. Men are simple, simple creatures. Banana in one hand, penis in the other.
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Love love LOVE that you went to an Elayne Angel piercer for your triangle. Most people don’t even know who she is. Hell, most people don’t know what a triangle is. I have a vch and had always thought about a triangle but I’m not brave enough. Would ONLY go to an Elayne Angel approved piercer for it, though.
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Trust me when I say you have no reason to be embarrassed about getting it done professionally. Trust me when I say your hair disaster is not a disaster compared to some of what I’ve seen LOL. Second of all, anything else you do to your hair at home risks it even further. Would you rather have the hair rescued once and for all or have broken off, uneven colored hair that you have to keep using box dye after box dye? When your hair is ten funky colors and breaking off in clumps, that’s a lot more embarrassing than going to a studio to get the color corrected.
They can use a gentle but rich professional Demi-permanent dye with no ammonia or peroxide that won’t destroy your hair but will actually make it healthier. It’s the quickest and easiest way to move forward from bad color.
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Practice makes perfect. I’ve had one day without polish since last July. After a few months of sticking with it, I can actually do my right hand pretty much as well as the left. Just be ready with acetone and cotton balls so if you totally bork one you can wipe off right away
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Yeah, I think those are only offensive in the sense that my eyes are offended by how ugly they are bwahahaha.
Somebody’s gotta come up with a better naughty shoe than that!
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I taught in a studio with only 2 poles. My classes were never larger than ten for beginners and 6-8 for higher levels. I found it worked out particularly well for beginners because they benefitted from watching each other learn. Plus I have yet to see someone on their first class who could take being on the pole literally the entire hour without dying the next day. I know this wouldn’t be preferable for everyone, but we made it work. My classes worked out to be about $10/class. I didn’t feel as though anyone was getting ripped off. I occasionally pay $20 to drop in on Michelle Mynx’s advanced class. Each of her two pole rooms has two poles and we take turns. I don’t feel as though I’m wasting my money. The classes there are also small, no more than ten. We take turns, and I do feel with the advanced class that I learn from watching others and sometimes after doing a new move those couple times it doesn’t hurt to have that moment to rest and think about what worked or didn’t work on those attempts, talk it over with the other students or ask any questions about something that doesn’t feel right. I’ve also been in studio situations where everyone has their own pole, and honestly I find that I tend to stop and watch other people’s attempts to help myself learn and to be supportive of the other students. So when you factor in the time I spend watching, in-between attempts of wiping the pole, taking a quick water break, that there’s not TON of difference in actual amount of time spent with body on the pole in either setting. At least not enough difference that I’ve felt like I wasted my money.
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Sensualscmitar- that’s actually an example of what I meant. You’re looking at an area of pole (floorwork) where you want to improve and using the DVDs to study how the pros approach floorwork and then applying that to your own training. In other words, taking something about their pole style and using that to inspire and refine what you do. I hope you didn’t think my post was directed right at you, we just see a lot of these posts asking about DVDs from people who aren’t taking veena’s lessons and who think the DVD will serve as primary instruction. That’s what I wanted to address.
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And again I want to emphasize that I do believe each of these DVD sets has their benefits, particularly with regard to studying the style and movements of a particular pole artist. But no set of DVDs can outdo what veena’s lessons do in terms of teaching a beginner the basic skills and training techniques that will give that beginner the tools to eventually teach themselves or potentially others down the line.
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I’d just also like to add that the cost of most of these DVDs is roughly equal to the cost of an ENTIRE YEAR of Veena’s lessons, and there’s far more content in the lessons here than it would be physically possible to put on a DVD. If you’re looking for dvd’s to get insights into the movement and training of the “pros,” I think that’s a good investment. But if you’re thinking the pole celeb DVDs will teach you the actual mechanics of pole dance, you’re far better off putting the same amount of money into veena’s lessons and getting a much more comprehensive education.
From veena’s lessons I learned to:
Structure a pole workout with a warmup and cooldown based on what I want to accomplish in the pole work that day.
Build up to a harder move I want to achieve with conditioning and other pole moves that reinforce the skills involved in the harder move.
Break down the movements in a move or combo I want to get down and then explain that to someone else in a way that makes sense.
Structure my “trajectory,” picking new moves to learn based on what strengths and skills I have.
These are just a few of the benefits that come to mind-on the whole, Veena’s lessons do more than teaching moves, they teach you how to STUDY pole. No DVD or set of DVDs will be able to do that.
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God, I’m so excited for both of them! And sissybuns had Faith just a few days ago! Teeny weeny veeners lol!
Ok v and webs you know you want to round it out to a basketball team 😉
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I’d just also like to add about the XSL that I have been on them with legs NOT extended and it wasn’t a problem. And as far as using them for stability vs. dance–keep in mind that one could very easily extend the legs on the back half of the pole for some added stability but not use the ones in the front of the pole where your feet will be. I’ve also danced on a stage setup in that way and it felt fine.
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Thanks Witchess!!!
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I’d also love an invite if anyone has an extra! My email is *****
I’ll pay it forward and send a few invites myself, of course!
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Be careful putting any adhesives on your skin which aren’t meant for skin. Some people can have very severe allergic reactions. And because the product isn’t rated for human application, the components they use to make the tape and the adhesive could have impurities which could potentially be harmful.
Bondage tape is very similar to electrical tape and is also very cheap, but is meant to be applied to skin. Might be worth a try since you know the electrical tape works for you!
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I personally have found the tape works better than the mighty grip footies for continual wear.
Watch out now, veena’s gonna come tie us all to our poles! 😉
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Think of how your knee is hooked in front of the pole in a Cupid…If you were in a Cupid, you could get to a knee swing by gripping the pole with your inside arm above your hooked knee and letting the bottom leg go back behind the pole and rest on the top of your thigh.
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Did you remember to line the holes that those little hex screws go into up with the little “X” marks on the base?
Inside the base exactly where those two “X” marks are, there are little flat spaces for those hex screws to rest against which prevents the cylinder from turning-that’s the spin mechanism-and allows the hex screws to go in all the way.
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You can also flip the knee swing around to a Tammy.
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I love a simple knee swing. It can go directly into a marley or even hip hold or half holly drop to gemini. Or it can go to Cupid and then from Cupid into pole splits, Oona splits, devil’s point shuffle, Marion amber, shoulder dismount, side climb, apprentice to superman, knee hold, or just down to the floor. You can even go from Cupid down to an elbow grip Aysha.
