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I can’t do Elbow grip ayesha on my other side. I need to keep trying it…I have tried doing EG b’fly/ex b’fly but I just can’t get a good hold. IDK what I’m doing wrong.

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Thanks for your reply jsheridan! I have been holding on to the pole, don’t know how I could do it otherwise! I would love a video of the AA stretch, if you have one. I do figure 4 and butterfly and pigeon, so maybe that one will help too. I know my hip flexors and piriformis are tight.
I guess I thought pancake was a precursor to middles because every stretching DVD does it before middles lol. Also you see people go through it to get into middles sometimes. I just wish I knew what to do to get it lol.

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Rollin pin! Good idea. I was wondering what i should use & could only think of my huabands bowstaff. Ha

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I have seen that, and that’s awesome. I need to get my husband to try to do that. Unfortunately, he’s never around when I’m stretching. lol

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Ah! True. I hadnt considered that.

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Isn’t it an option to remove certain tiles and install the poles? Or not? I have def seen that done before.

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following this thread! tacha-do you do the same music every class for warm-up (or have you been, just changing it when you’re tired of it)? I like that a lot!

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great question! I loooove to freestyle. I might have moves/combos in mind, but not an order or place to put them. I really try to let the music move me and to be ‘in’ the music. It’s raw and a wonderful way to feel out how to get from A to B to C, etc. Here is one I did recently, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK6XLKfZaNE

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my advice, in addition to what’s been said (which is excellent) is to make sure you’re training for splits with squared hips. if you can isolate what is tight and spend more time on those areas, that is huge as well. That might seem obvious, but when following a stretch DVD for example, just following the program may mean you’re missing that extra time on the areas that really need it, which will impede progress. GL. I don’t have splits, but I have found–through injury and frustration and giving up again and again–some bits of knowledge along the way. lol.

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That’s an unfortunate situation, sorry Lina. I would be hesitant too, just because I don’t like letting people down. Seems like he is trying to ‘go somewhere’ and his hope is to establish a relationship…but you have to let him down.

I don’t really have a good answer for the best way to do that, though. The fact that I am married and my profile says so, probably deters a lot of creepers, so I don’t have much experience with the social media & guys stuff. I do have a separate pole profile, because I don’t want guys I interact with in real life to have access to my pole pics, and as I rule I don’t accept guy friend requests on that profile. 😉

GL….again, sorry and I hope this is resolved well!!

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I just re-read my post, and I meant to say down with the UPPER body, not lower. Ugh! ….sorry 🙂

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your bottom hand needs to be lower. notice where you place it when you do your lift, vs. when you do your cartwheel attempts.

you are also really focused on turning your chest toward the ceiling in your attempts, but that is not really what happens in the cartwheel. they are very different (cartwheel vs twisted grip handspring). the body doesn’t make the same motion. think DOWN (with the lower body), not UP

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No doubt, aries. I could say the same for ANY pole move! O.o

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I like that i can use a bendy tripod with the vado, which makes it easier to use than my phone. There is also the issue of music…i i am playing music through my phone, i cant video with it obviously…

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I dont like to record on my phone…maybe this is due to my setup (camera looking straigt to windows). Video isnt clear on my phone. I have a VADO and love it. Aerial Amy blogged about it.

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Yep…huge difference between safe and unsafe momentum. I love to stand away from the pole and use that momentum to chopper or handspring up, vs a newbie using any means to get upside down (cringe).

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update…I have been seeing a dr (chiro) who specializes in ART therapy. Basically, in ART the dr shortens the injured muscle, finds the scar tissue, and while the patient moves the muscle to the end range, the provider is pressing into that tissue and breaking it up so that it can be reabsorbed by the body and blood flow can get back into the injured spot.

I have gone to 4 sessions and I’m in the clear to re-start stretching. I will be taking it super duper easy. If I can at least move my legs –pain free– even if I can never split well or at all, I will be happy (but I still want those splits). 🙂

Anyone with soft tissue injuries…I suggest looking for an ART provider!!!

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Interesting..I too had never heard of ‘rotated ribs’ til a few months ago. I should ask my chiro about it to see what she says as well.

I feel a lot of strain on my ribs/muscles when doing the meathook, so I really limit how often I do it. I also agree that chopper before one is strong enough can cause all sorts of issues.

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I noticed that too–the time stamp on the video changes, as to when the last comment was left.

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I have never had a student or party-goer that had been drinking. Well, none that I could tell anyway! Funny party story…I once had a party where one of the women begged me to let her do a handstand against the pole. I said nope, sorry! She had a dress on, too. o.O

I find that interesting too, Chem! All of the pole events I have been to have served alcohol. lolol. I have never mixed alcohol and pole, personally. They are totally separate in my world. Well, I sure as heck will sit here at my comp and drink and watch pole vids, though, so I guess that’s not entirely true. 😉

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At my old studio we allowed parties to bring their own refreshments if they wanted, and we ran parties like this:
Studio time and photos
Lounge for food and drinks

That way NO alcohol was consumed before or during the studio portion, and most of the time they never brought alcohol or food anyway, because they would be going somewhere else afterwards.

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Just to be clear…I’m not telling anyone they ‘can’t’ do something. But I *know* that there are moves MY body just isn’t capable of, no matter how much I would like to.

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I could never dx anyone, but i was wondering–bc cleo was mentioned in this thread and she is known for her extreme flexxy–that when watching videos of polers what one might notice that could point to EDS or hypermobility. Basically, what goes beyond the range of just having worked damn hard for flexibility into what most of us could never aspire to (or should aspire to) 🙂

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No probs, meg…just realized I did not specify what I was referring to, lol. Sorry for your issues 🙁

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I look for hyperextended elbows, and if that’s a sign of EDS it doesn’t mean that it IS, right? Or do you have EDS, megsmith? What are other things to look for besides elbows & scapula?