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The Marley requires back and shoulder mobility, flexy and hip flexors
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Holding the top hooked leg will require more back mobility! Have you tried it like I demonstrate in the lesson here? Learning it first without holding the top leg should help put you in a position that doesn’t put as much strain on the body.
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How are you doing the Marley, holding top foot, hooked foot, both feet, no feet? Using my lesson, and what entry are you using?
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If you really wanna improve on NOT using the foot try working on climbs with low cut socks. This will force you to really use between the knees and back of the calf!
Oh and it’s normal!
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Hi PolewithSoul!
Here’s a little video I made showing the differences between all the “stands” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmIciddJyPY
Working on the Forearm stand which is head off the floor is more difficult and requires more shoulder and triceps strength, not to mention more balance! There’s no harm in working on the head off the floor variation, just be careful that you don’t get into a habit of arching your back to stay balanced. It’s really common when first learning the head off the ground (forearm stand) variation.
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Yes, you HAVE to have the pole under a joist. The board across two as dustbunny said is a much better option! Is there a reason you can’t put the pole upstairs?
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Yay!!!!!!!
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I’m thinking of getting a purple chair too!
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Oh and no you didn’t miss it yet. lol
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I’d say as long as it’s not giving you trouble, like coming loose at an abnormal rate or has sharp edges for some reason you should be fine.
I’ve had my TG 45 pole for I’d say 8 yrs at least and it’s been extended to 14 ft for much of that time!
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I have done live videos on IG and FB a while back discussing chairs but never made a video. 🙂
The chairs I like to use are just basic METAL not plastic, folding chairs. Like this…omg they have purple now! https://www.walmart.com/ip/Novogratz-All-Steel-Folding-Chair-2-pack-Multiple-Colors/44656261?variantFieldId=actual_color
Don’t get the smaller light weight options, you want a heaver metal chair.
For the stars I made them and hot glued them on. I used this kind of paper and a star template. http://www.michaels.com/12×12-glitter-paper-recollections/M10142588.html
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Yes, height does factor in! More leverage to deal with, but as traveler mentioned there’s more to pole than inverts and tricks! 🙂
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Hi! You’re not alone in not seeing progress and you’ve come to the right place!
If you are new to my teaching method and if you’ve been off the pole for a while you might want to start with the Getting started program! If you’ve been poling regularly but just not getting the invert the Nailed it, invert program is a great start! Let me know if you have any questions!
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I don’t know of any off hand but, you could totally create a routine! In fact if you wanted one to follow, try using the Beginner hat routine as a starting point! https://www.studioveena.com/lessons/view/56e7864e-d6c0-4a5b-bb38-0110ac110003
Start all by yourself on the chair, just like I show in the lesson, then at 37 sec after the arm up, pull your “subject” *wink* towards you and have them sit on the chair.
– Then start the walk around just like in the routine keep following the routine except caress the person not the chair!
– Walk around and do the arms up and hip swishes facing them!
– THEN we add the lap dance moves. Since your facing them, do KISS MISS, Step down and do Mouse trap, (if you want a wow move) then do a Walk around drag, then sit down on the person and Grind (facing away) then do the MELT.
– From there add some floor work that they can watch you do and finish by crawling up and doing a Chest Press 🙂So after hip swishes in the Hat routine the order is:
KISS MISS
MOUSE TRAP
WALK AROUND DRAG
GRIND (facing them)
MELT
floorwork
CHEST PRESS to finish.Move slowly from each one to string them together, keep eye contact and don’t hold your breath!
PS a lot of chair moves can be done while sitting on a person so keep that in mind 😉