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Hey pole pro's!
I'm not a professional but I have taken a serious interest in pole dancing, especially tricks that are really beyond my current abilities. I have a very impressive collection of bruises that I display like tatoos :)
I have a pole at my house, a cheap one that I bought off Ebay (I actually ordered a different one because this one feels pretty flimsy but it does hold me). It wasn't marketed as a spinning pole but it does spin because the base is this round-headed screw and a plastic thing with a sort of socket in it. So even with my limited skills I can really whip around that thing.
Which is my problem. I get SO dizzy! I really like the pole and it's a kick-ass strength builder (not to mention impressive if I ever do get around to club dancing). I am prone to dizzyness and lightheadedness anyway, but I'm hoping there's some simple focus trick I can do to stay stable or if the dizzyness tends to go away after time and with practice. Or am I just not cut out for pole tricks?
Thanks!!
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Re: Hey pole pro's!
Sounds like you'd have to be spinning really fast to get dizzy, but maybe not if you're prone to it.
My first thought is to try spotting like a ballerina, but I have... no idea how to explain it online. When you turn, you pick a point to look at and as you turn, turn your head so you're looking at it for as long as possible. When your neck can't turn anymore, you quickly whip your head around to look at the point again.
Here's a dancer doing fouettes in slow motion, maybe that will help
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ppcGxFkZDD4
I have done it on the pole before but didn't really find it necessary, but maybe it'll help you out.
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Re: Hey pole pro's!
I was going to say the same thing^^^but I was thinking of figure skating.
I got alittle dizzy when I started on the spinning pole at my club. I found it went away over time. Until then make sure you're taking breaks. Also, if the spinning feels out of control you can shift your body weight in the opposite direction slightly and it will slow down/stop your current movement depending on how fast (and how much weight) you shift. Good luck!
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Re: Hey pole pro's!
yeah, it should eventually go away.
but if you have fluid in your ears (you may not even realize you do), then that can make you dizzy. i always know when i'm getting a cold before my symptoms even show because i start to get dizzy on super basic spins that i haven't been dizzy on in years. so i take sudafed (the one with psuedoephedrine, not psuephedrine) to help drain my ears.
but, I have students that stayed dizzy for like 16 weeks before it went away. everyone is different
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Re: Hey pole pro's!
Spotting is something to try...I'll have to let you know if I'm able to do that. I think the new pole I'm getting is a non-spinning kind, that should probably make some difference too, I would think. I also have some anti-vert, i should take it before i dance. I've honestly only practiced 4 or 5 times, beside the dizzyness it really just kicks my butt to keep going for 15 or 20 minutes. Don't know how you girls can do that AND 50 lap dances a night! :eek:
Thanks for the ideas! if you think of anything else please let me know!
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Re: Hey pole pro's!
One suggestion not made....when you are on the pole spinning....
pulling your body into the pole will spin you faster...releasing the body away from the pole will slow you down!
as well as when you mount a move or spin...DO NOT create your own momentum..the pole will do it for you, so lift up into a spin...not swing around!
hope this helps! :)
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Re: Hey pole pro's!
It sounds like you're going too fast? But I also get bad vertigo so I understand if you're just more prone to dizziness. Here's a simple suggestion; once you start getting dizzy practice some floor work next to the pole until it goes away, that way it just looks like part of your routine lol. (I also bruise really badly and wear 'em like tats lol!)
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Re: Hey pole pro's!
Alenadowns, does that apply to both spinning and stationery poles? You don't have to launch yourself even when you're using a non-spinning pole? The one I have now does spin and I definitely do push off to start a spin. I have pathetic upper-body strength so sometimes it's the only way I'm gonna get my ass off the ground ;D
And heck yeah, Electrum, I feel like if I didn't get any new bruises then I wasn't really trying!!
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Re: Hey pole pro's!
no just spinning poles. you really don't need much "launch" for the spinning poles, let it do the spinning for you.
but i don't think the pole you have spins as fast as a spinning pole. i've been on "stationary" poles that were broken and spun in the couplings, they don't spin as smooth or fast as a regular spinny pole.
i just think you're probably prone to dizziyness. i have some students that never get dizzy and some that stay dizzy for weeks!
another thing you can do, is that if you get dizzy, do a quick spin going the other way, it helps equalize the fluid in your ears.
you'll get used to it though.