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Thank you Veena! I am gold again! 🙂
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I say give it time, don’t rush yourself. No one walks up to a pole and just does awesome things on it. I have been poling for 10 months and I am still on the beginner lessons. I am not rushing things at all. I want to get good at the beginner stuff before I move on and it doesn’t matter to me how long that takes. Everyone is different. Take your time, have fun and relax. A positive attitude will get you farther along. Putting too much pressure on yourself is going to cause frustration and resentment and possibly injuries. Enjoy your journey in poling!
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Thanks ladies! That is what I was thinking but I kept looking at the pole to see if there was some spot that I could watch it was hard. The difference is quite a bit once I knew what to look for. Thanks! I may have to get myself a spinning pole…
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I have seen her post that too! Still makes me laugh and even more so because I know first hand that a t-rex can’t pole lol
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I am glad I am not the only one to struggle with this. I feel like I don’t have the positions down well enough to be able to string them all together and I feel that it will come in time. My kids are the same way with their kickboxing and jiu jitsu, you know the separate moves but putting them together in a way that works is tricky.
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Now that you mention it the carpet was pretty compressed and I hadn’t checked it lately. Lesson learned lol I am still having a frame put up around the ceiling mount though as an extra safety measure. Thank you for your input 🙂
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It is tensioned between the floor and a joist like it is supposed to be and it was plenty tight enough but today it slid off the ceiling. I wonder if the paint makes it slick and the silicone grip doesn’t grip enough or what. I make sure it is tight each time before working on it and it was good until after a few fireman spins and then down it came. We already have a frame built for it so that if it does slide again it will be stopped by the trim around it but that isn’t up yet, it’ on the honey-do-list for this weekend.
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Thank you X Pole Tech for the information! I was hoping it would work out to be less expensive in the long run but sounds like it won’t. I have to wait anyway as I am just restarting poling again. Thank you again for your input.
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Urgh, I also meant to ask if I can order parts to make my static pole a spinning pole?
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So if I have an existing X-Pole, can I purchase just the silicone pole to use with my current bases?
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I haven’t even told my mom about my poling yet. It isn’t that I am ashamed of it but more along the lines of I don’t want her to want to do it too 😛 She has tendencies to want the same things I have and it drives me nuts, to top it off she always responds with “imitation is the highest form of flattery” which doesn’t make it any less annoying. Congrats on being able to be open with her at least.
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No need to feel nervous, if I have learned anything from the SV people it is that they appreciate all the work that went into what you did. No judgements here at all! You are so brave and inspiring. Maybe someday I will post a video… I am glad it isn’t only my kitties that come to visit while I pole lol One of mine has been booted lightly in the face and then he sits at the base of my pole biting my toes whenever possible lol Keep doing what you are doing. At least this way you can look back a year from now and see how far you have come 🙂
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Ugh, I was all ready to do it, practiced many times throughout the day and into the evening. Changed a bunch of stuff around and made it twice as long and then what does my husband do??!!! When I ask if he is ready he tells me he’s tired!!!!! OMG I was royally pissed off. So for his birthday he got to go to bed early lol What really bothers me about it though is he blamed me, and I would go into more detail but I don’t want to bore you but it really wasn’t my fault. So, he will get his dance, but it depends on him being able to apologize for his repeated bad behavior. I have let him get away with it for far too long. I will update when he gets it though lol
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Good to know! Thank you all. I will just stick with my static pole for now, it is a 45mm pole and I can definitely feel the difference in holding onto something bigger. I am only a month and a half into pole work and I haven’t even worked up to spins yet, still working on climbs and sits. I certainly am not going to rush into anything yet.
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As for my limitations Lina, they are carrying weights overhead, if carried in my left arm it makes my lower right back hurt and if carried in my right arm it makes my lower left back hurt. Rotating to the right is more difficult as well and bending to the right. Single arm rows are harder to stay level also when done on my left side. That is all I can think of for now but I am sure there are others lol
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His birthday is Monday and I will do it then. I found a nice simple lap dance routine in a Cosmo magazine and I am going to incorporate some of the lap dance lessons here on SV also. If all goes well Monday it should be fun and confidence building for me. I practiced a few moves on him because it is really hard to slide off a wooden chair and he liked that part so I am sure he will like the rest 🙂 I will let you know how it goes (without going into too much detail that is lol)
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I had the same issue and I was looking into getting ballet flats or some sort of light shoe with a leather bottom. In the meantime I put on a pair of those little socks you can get to wear in your flat shoes, they are sometimes cotton, nylon or lace and they have worked wonders! And they are cheap and readily available just about anywhere. They are nice because they cover just your toes, the bottom of your foot and the back of your heel leaving the top and the side of the foot open for contact with the pole.
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Yes, I have seen a doctor and because of my age there really is nothing other than chiropractics and exercise that I can do. Thankfully I work out with a bunch of physical therapists and I pick their brains quite frequently. I told one of them last night that I had started poling and she said that it would be a fantastic way to work out as the lower half of your body would be pulling down on your spine during some of the moves. I pretty much know my limitations of what I can and can not do with normal workouts but poling is different. I was hoping that someone else here has dealt with scoliosis and be able to guide me somewhat. I am going to try the back flexibility workout today after my pole strength routine and see how that feels.
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I was wondering this too but I am finding out that it is specific to you. I start with the pole strength routine each time I workout and I keep track of how much difficulty I have with the pole holds and knee tucks. For example, I used to have to do one knee tuck at a time and now I break them into groups of five in a row. Do it like you would any other workout, slowly. If you ramp up to quickly you will just injure yourself and set yourself back. I have been working out on the pole for a month now and I am just up to the pole climbs and sits and I won’t move on from those until I can do them comfortably. My advice it take your time, form is much, much more important than speed.
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Here is a little tennis ball trick I just figured out, take an old pair of tights, put two tennis balls into one foot, make it tight, twist it and push it back through so it is double layered, tie a knot and cut the tights. It makes the tennis balls more skin friendly and it is great for massaging around your spine. As for the roller, I use PVC, foam isn’t hard enough lol But yes, I love rolling out too, I haven’t used foam for three and a half years.
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When I first started poling I had slight pain in my elbows. I work out regularly three days a week with a group and never felt the pain there. I think it was caused by the different angle of doing tricep pushes on the pole. I would suggest some type of anti-inflammatory and icing after you work out. Just keep an eye on it. My pain seems to have lessened in my elbows and I have been poling for a month now.
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Would a fake x-pole have the x-pole bag, instructions or x-pole on the pole itself?
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I bought this pole “Showgirl Dance Pole Portable Kit Made By X-pole 45mm Xpole” from Amazon sold by Pro Therapy Supplies, is it a real x-pole?
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I live just 20 miles outside the IL side of the QC! If you are still around maybe we could meet up sometime.
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Thank you for your tips StripXpertease and I may use them at a later date because they seem way to advanced for me in the confidence area, I am severely lacking in that department. No need to worry about babies, we already have to kids and no more can be made 🙂
