yrngrl
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As someone who has gained and lost many lbs over the years (currently maintaining 100 lb loss for 6 years) I will say this: exercise is important, but you can out eat any workout. It is so much easier to eat 300 calories than to burn it off, so if weight loss is your goal, look at your diet first. Use pole to strengthen and tone. Use cardio to build endurance. Don’t expect workouts to take off the weight, people gain training for marathons all the time, I did!
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I also struggle at home, I blame seeing the ceiling so close (and also the positive sort of peer pressure is missing!) My pole at home is in the basement so it’s only 7.5 feet.
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I’ve never gotten it either. For me I think it’s fear more than strength…for some reasons moves like that are hard for me to just commit and do it, while other equally difficult moves are not such a problem.
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When mine did that, it was because it was too tight against the ceiling. Backing it off a half a turn or so fixed it.
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I love chrome, but it’s slippery a lot in winter for me unless I’m a bit sweaty and warm. As for grippiest I’d have to go with powder coated, judging by the times I play on the fireman pole at the playground.
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I can barely function on a 50mm. Way too big for my hands.
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I never knew it before pole, but apparently I gain muscle pretty easily! At first I was alarmed, but I’m starting to warm up to my lumpy, muscley self. I love being strong, and having defined abs at 40 after living a mainly sedentary and overweight life is kinda cool. (My pic is from a year ago, I’ve gotten more muscley since, but I kinda hope I’ve maxed out now…)
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I have a gap and struggled a lot with CAR at first. All I can say is time and building strength took it from seemingly impossible to totally doable (for the longest time I thought I’d be stuck with just CKR as my only option). Also lots of i-tac and squeezing hard!
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Or derbyskinz.com, they go up to a 3x (not that a 14 is anywhere near 3x!)
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As a formerly thick girl, I sympathize. Check out You Go Girl Dancewear, they have a plus size section with a ton of booty shorts in larger sizes.
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Well, lemons are acidic. To get the same effect, you’d have to use something else that is also acidic, which rubbing alcohol is not so much. Vinegar would probably give the same result as the lemons.
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Not worried about my tummy, but feel self conscious with that much butt showing! 🙂
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I like these, and they are CHEAP. I also like the Mika ones, and I have a pair of Bad Kitty Brazil ones but don’t have the balls to wear them to class, ha!
http://www.amazon.com/Capezio-Womens-Low-Rise-Short/dp/B002XULOP0
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Short answer, yes. I also tried to forgive him, but not only was that harder to do than I thought, it happened again, and again, until I finally had enough. I can’t tell you what to do, and one of those times I had just found out I was expecting, but in hindsight I should have cut my losses sooner. I’m not saying no one can make a mistake and just make it once and be great after that, but in my case, as much as he assured me it would never happen again, he didn’t really mean it.
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Looks good! That’s about what my hand looks like on a 45mm ha. 🙂 Have fun!!
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Can’t really comment on the pole you have, other than I don’t see any x-joints so I assume it’s an older model. That said, your weight is not going to be a consideration when choosing between a 45mm and 50mm xpole… I have a 45, and my husband (who is 250+ lbs) can swing on it, no problem. We’ve done doubles tricks in class on them as well, so you know even with smaller women that’s a considerable amount of total weight. Get the size that feels best for your grip (for me, I am short with small hands, and can’t manage a 50mm).
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Nylon takes dye easily (if you use an acid dye), but spandex is very hard to dye. I would imagine if you tried, a nylon spandex blend would dye unevenly. 🙁
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Per week, just to clarify.
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I’m guilty of doing too much sometimes I think… I vary the days I do them but currently I’m doing 2-3 hours of pole, 6-ish hours of running with one of the runs in the 15-20 mile range, 1 hour of weights and usually 2-4 hours on the bike for a weekend ride with the hub.
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All I will say is when you see all the “small” girls in class, don’t assume they are judging you or just magically thin. Some are just farther along in their journey, that’s all.
I am 5’2″ and used to be over 200 lbs too. Not so much at pole, but I get a lot of snotty looks and have overheard rude comments from larger women at the gym, implying that it “must be nice” to be thinner. Just like them, I worked really hard to get where I am, and I’m not about to be snotty to anyone else who is trying to get in better shape themselves.
Also, don’t equate being small with being strong…when I first lost the weight I struggled to do pushups at all. Pole made me strong, not losing weight.
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When it’s hot and humid I need to use Tite Grip an hour before, then Dry Hands on top when I get to class. The rest of the year I just use Dry Hands (I am sweaty), but on hot days it isn’t enough. I experimented a bit and that’s what is working for me the best so far.
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Mirena for me too, it’s the best. Love not having to worry about periods at all. 🙂
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That said, I do often put a dab of itac in my knee pits and inner thighs, but I’m not convinced I really need to when it’s warm, I think I see it as ‘insurance’ or a security blanket.
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*anything, not anyone
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I love chrome… I have a 45mm chrome xpole. Now that the weather is warming up, I rarely have problems with grip. If anyone have to just manage my sweaty hands but that would be an issue for me regardless. I find sticking to chrome to be challenging in cold weather, but getting a bit sweaty first (lots of spins, or a short run) does the trick.
