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    Default The pole kicked my ass. :-)

    Yesterday at work there was a period during the day when there were NO customers. None. My manager was playing backgammon with the bouncer, the cook was tuned in to ESPN on the bigscreen, the DJ was in his own world listening to music on the headphones, and most of the girls were in the dressing room chatting. So I was like "Okay, I'm going to learn some pole tricks. I can't be *that* hard." WRONG. It kicked my ass.

    I am strong enough to be able to hoist myself up the thing, so I did that. Our pole goes waaaay up, as it is attached to the second story cieling, so like the little monkey I was pretending to be, I pulled myself all the way up until I could look down on the club from almost the roof. It was cool. Making sure everyone saw I was up there by yelling "Hey guys, look at me!" like some 4 year old yelling to his mother on the jungle gym (hey, I didn't make all that effort for nuthin! ha ha!) I started slowing sliding down in true fireman's fashion. But that was all I could do! I couldn't pull my legs up above my head and forget hanging upside down. I couldn't even get upside down. It was hard! How do you girls that know pole tricks do it? I'd love some advice.

    Here I was thinking that it would be as easy as the pro's make it look. Uh uh. I think I'll need about 5 months more training in the gym on upper body strenth before that happens. Oh well. Practice practice practice. I knew I worked ths slow day shifts for something!

    ~Piper

    PS: Oh yeah, two hours later, well before the shift was over, my arms started feeling very heavy. Half and hour after that they felt like they were on fire. My muscles were like what the hell do you think you were doing to us, pulling yourself up to the roof like that?
    Today, if it weren't for the 3 Aleeves I took this morning, I think I would have amputated them myself. All this to earn a few more dollars on the stage. Sheesh!
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    Default Re:The pole kicked my ass. :-)

    It takes a lot of practice. My advice is to stick with the spins and gain some strength that way...then slowly start doing more and more. Going to the gym and lifting weights is a good idea...but, hitting the pull-up machine and learning how to pull up your own body weight is better. Hang from the bars and do knee-ups, leg-ups, and learn curling your body upwards towards the ceiling. You'll also need to work on your forearm strength as well, to help you grip the pole. Have fun!!

    Oh, and the burning sensation that you have is an acute build-up of lactic acid in your muscles. Since you didn't do any real warm-ups and stretching, that's what usually happens. Also, since you don't usually exert yourself that often in that way...it's your body's way of telling you that you probably over-exerted a little much. Take a nice hot bath and while you are in there...do some nice deep breaths and slow, strong exhales. It'll help clear your body...and then drink a big glass of water to help flush your system.

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    First off, you don't climb the pole just by pulling yourself up with your arms. Use your legs and feet to do most of the work - those are bigger and stronger muscles. Start by grabbing the pole with hands, put one foot up on it and hook that foot on it so the top of your shoe sorta grips it. Pull the other leg up and hook both legs / feet on the pole. Push up with legs as you pull up with arms. Sooooo much easier that way.

    The rest takes strength, but it's more about technique than pure strength. If you get the book the S Factor, it shows alot of pole tricks in detail and breaks them down nicely into steps.

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    Practice practice practice.. but use your leg muscles next time.. much easier!!!!

    It took me a year to learn, then three years later, I injured myself and am forever banned from any complex tricks...


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    I also suggest a rock climbing class designed especially for women at your local REI or rock gym....they will teach you how to propel yourself using your core and your legs, since women's upper bodies are not that strong....

    Its also fun and will help your pole work. But its not like riding a bicycle, I forget how to do it correctly all the time......

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    As Bridgette said, use your legs and your arms to get where your going. Once you get there, you obviously are hanging on the pole, almost in a sitting position, with your arms around shoulder height and above, and the pole clenched between your thighs, right?

    okay. so to hang upside down. keep the pole tight between your thighs - when you begin, you'll use the area right up near your crotch - as you get more experienced, you can sit out from the pole a little more. your lower legs are crossed on the other side of the pole at the shins - kwim?

    still holding onto the pole with your hands (one right above the other), lean back a little. adjust your weight. see how your body shifts as you lean further back? when you are leaning all the way back (your back will be about at a 45 degree angle from the pole) and your arms are fully extended, your lower legs will automatically raise up to compensate, until they're about parallel with the ground.

    so if you let go of the pole with your hands (keep your thighs tight!) and continue leaning backwards, your lower legs will keep on rising. the move completed, the back of your head is towards the pole and you're looking out at the audience, your arms are thrown back behind you and above your head (although it's actually below, since you're upside-down), and your feet are way up there somewhere.

    your lower legs will still be crossed. one will point upwards, the other will still be more horizontal.

    i strongly suggest you practice this near the ground, LOL. and maybe with a friend to guide your back as you lean back and let go of the pole with your hands for the first time.

    good luck!!

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    Thank you for all the replies. I should have mentioned that I did use my legs to pull myself up. The clear tops of my shoes stick really well to the pole and I use them along with my thigh muscles to push myself up. I just didn't have enough leg and ab strength to get my legs up over my head. A little while back I also bought the Fawnia tapes that teach about pole dancing. Fawnia is a stripper from Canada who used to sell how-to dancing tapes online a couple of years ago. I bought the floor dancing routine one, another about pole dancing, and then a third one that featured her live on stage and winning a couple of nude Canada pageants. All in all pretty good stuff.
    ~Piper
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    That's great I remember when I started and I would climb to the top and be proud for a second and then think "now what the hell do I DO?"
    Good luck girl!
    ps- if that's you youre HOT!!!!!!!
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    i wouldnt push it if i was you... best bet is to take it a bit slow.. learn how to grip the pole the best upside down while you are not so high up.. that way is you lose your grip.. not that big of a problem.. itll hurt a bit tho

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    Default Re:The pole kicked my ass. :-)

    I'm just getting use to spins (Our poles spin on ball bearing by themselves, which is a plus, but one of them you have to hold on for dear life cuz it's so new) I'm too afraid to go up too high, I know I don't have very much upper body strength, so I'm goin slow.
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