Addicted to Pole Dancing

Can we call the “R-pole” a truely portable pole? Can we?

Cos, despite of the fact that most of the poles are “portable” these days, like the X-pole, the Lil’ Minx or even the Podium pole, which claim them as “portable”, in which they are, it’s just they suffer from a number of limitations:

• X-pole – it is VERY heavy, especially the top. I don’t know how much it weight, at least for mine, once i’ve got it set up I simply don’t want to remove it, cos it is tooo heavy and it takes two person to have it set up (at least in my case). But it is strong and stable… Mine has been set up for over a year and could withstand numerous parties + 8 girls on the pole…
• Lil’ Minx – it is expensive… i’ve heard its price has droppped down alot. It is VERY EASY to set up, really, the spring mechanism it used made this pole really really easy to set up. But what i’m worried about is the spring, you know springs get metal fatigue alot easier than other else.
• Podium pole – it is portable, and it has a stage. However, not everyone likes the stage (I’m not a fan of it) and it’s still quite bulky to have it carried around! Cos once it’s paacked, it size is more or less like a suit case… but then again, it is expensive.

How about this new “R-pole” then? It seems pretty strong to use, cos it can withstand Felix and Pantara – two of the most powerful pole dancers in the world and it must be strong! Hee hee. I’m not sure about its portability… and it comes with mats too… is it good or bad? the good side is, you don’t need to take a separate mat with you! but the bad thing is – can you wear high heels?

Here’s the link to the R-pole: http://www.r-polefitness.com/r-poles.html and a video on youtube for you to watch (it cannot be embedded).

My friend asked me on how to get into the Ballerina, and since I’ve typed quite a long reply, I’m gonna paste it here as some small info.

to get into the ballerina, the easy way:
1) you climb up the pole
2) Cross your leg into a pole seat
3) Move your body to the front of the pole, i.e. the pose on the right (I have no idea on what it is called)
4) Keeping your lower leg on the pole, and make sure it is secure…. hook your lower leg’s foot as shown in the photo.
5) Release your upper leg, point it out as far as you can, and press the pole tight with your armpit!

That’s it! It is very easy to get into this pose but difficult to HOLD on it >.< (you’ll get painful armpit!)

OK, the difficult way (sounds very simple though)
1) Do the back grip spin (forgot that it is called, it’s something like the corkscrew but you put your weaker arm behind your back while spinning)
2) get into the pretzel
3) Hook your “weaker” leg
4) release everything else

Just a small tip here:
I spin with my left hand (though I am a right hander…) so I hook my opposite, i.e. right leg on the pole. And as you can see in the photo you sent me, she spins with her right hand and so she hook her left leg on the pole. But I guess that’s a matter of personal preference…

Hope these helps

Have fun

Got my shoulder mount several weeks ago and I now have no problems in doing it.

Even tried shoulder mount into an inverted V. The only problem is that my head seems to be touching the ground while I shoulder mount from the sitting down position. Anyway, I think it’s because you do have a tendency of sliding down after you have inverted, so I will have to do the inverted caterpillar climb immediately rather than “taking a rest” after I’ve inverted.

So, my next step is to try shoulder mounting from mid-air. One of my goal is to do a shoulder mount in mid-air into the superman pose. That requires alot more arm strength which IS something I don’t have.

Just want to drop down several tips on shoulder mount:

1. make sure you place the pole on the muscle (not your bones) right next to your neck and press hard!
2. grip your palm and fingers tight against the pole, this will create an inward force towards your body; and while your shoulder is pressing hard against the pole, you will be creating a “two-side” force allowing you to grip the pole steadily.
3. Do not loosen your grip; nor the pressure from your shoulder from pressing against the pole. Never loosen the grip, never, never, never! Otherwise your body would slide down and you will lose the power required for the shoulder mount.
4. Once you have inverted, grip the pole tight with your legs and allow your body to slide down along the pole.
5. Flatten your back immediately after you have inverted, this movement will allow your collar bone to be hidden rather than exposed when you curl up. This is very important cos someone broke her collar bone while doing a shoulder mount!
6. Tell yourself that you CAN do it. I think this is a general tip on pole dancing. Just be confident and you’ll be able to do what you want

Hope these helps

Heee….
New DVD received! – Bobbi’s Pole Studio Routine 2.

Haven’t watched it properly yet but I think the first one is nicer. Will add this into the short review later

**This list is constantly being updated **

Although you can pole dance to pretty much any songs of different styles, there are always a particular few that you like. So I’ve decided to put my list down here, together with a playlist player from my last.fm page, hope you’ll like them.

haha, the usual selection.

Britney did some pole dancing in her video (did she? ummmm). But this song is nice for pole, not too fast and kinda sexy. Hee

Classic song for pole dancing!

This song is great for performances on spinning pole… cos the background rythm feels like going round and round and round and round….

Got loads of beads that allow you to sway your pelvis!

Hohoho, another classic song for pole dancing. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts’ version would do too… Britney’s version has a stronger beat though, i.e. easier to make specific movements

Makes me think of Pantera (the American pole dancer, not the band :-p)

This song is just soooo horny

OK, I know this sounds a bit weird for pole dancing. Just listent to it, this song has a very dynamic range of slow and fast beats, allowing you to do different moves/spins at different part of the song.

Do some strong moves after the counting of 1-10 (Eins…. Aus); or after each sentense, e.g. after “Alle warten auf das Licht”…
And in all the indicated space listed below, you can do a specific pose and pause for 1-2 seconds to display skills…
Eins
(HERE)
Hier kommt die Sonne

Zwei (HERE)
Hier kommt die Sonne

and etc etc…

Hip Hop plus pole dancing!
Learned the routine designed by Helen from the Hip Hop Pole Dancing class of PoleDivas HK. There are several counts of 8 which allows you to either spins or display a specific pose (e.g. hand stand with attitude legs/ superman… etc)

Great range of beats!

You can swing your head at every “STOP!”, I think (from my point of view), it’s very sexy. This song allows you to pole dance in a sad way (or sad and sexy way).

This is a very sexy song. Also good for lapdancing :p I love the bass used in this song… makes it even sexier

OMG, one of my favourite songs… get a Prince-styled outfit and do similar dance/pole moves as in the video!

Ummm… i can’t explain. It’s just good for pole dancing, and it’s sexy :p

R&Bs are always good for pole dancing

Haha, just touch your humps during “my lovely lady lumps” “my humps my humps”… etc! p.s. because of the strong beats too!

Do a short swing at each “Turn around” followed by a spin…

This song has some strong beats to dance to! Do a head swing or dip

I prefer the version from her “Get the party started” album, it’s a re-make which has stronger beats and a more “modern” feel, makes it more suitable for pole dancing. You can always do a leg split on the pole after the “the minute you walk in the joint, or “so let me get right to the point”…
Try doing this song in a bunny suit, hee hee

Yes, NOT Donna Summer’s verion, but Vanessa Mae’s version. I *think* the vocal is really by Vanessa Mae. Anyway, I think this is a good song for pole dancing. It has strong beats, but with long melodic periods and a crazy violin solo (it’s Vanessa Mae’s version afterall!) which is great for doing some short and quick move like… inverted V into germini, then scorpio and back to germini… etc etc (or the “Electric Switch” as called by KT Coats) hee.

I just love this song

Just a few notes regarding the Pole Dancing DVDs I have
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I have separated the review into 3 parts:

• Static Pole
• Spinning Pole
• Competition

Below are images of the DVDs I’ve reviewed under the static pole section, click HERE to read the whole post

Static Pole