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

Ashley, Charlene and Toni all came over for some crazy pole dancing shots on Friday night…. it was nuts, but we did have loads of fun, hee

So here are some of the “normal” + proper looking pics

the Banana Splits (AKA Pole Splits)	Extended Butterfly

???	Inverted Crucifix	Shoulder Mount
Recliner	Ballerina	Gazelle? (or Gizelle?)

Early sign of Pole Dancing Addiction?

Originally uploaded by .d.i.n.

Think this was taken in early 2003…. was this an early sign of pole dancing addiction?

6 inch clear pleaser platform

Originally uploaded by .d.i.n.

received this quite a while ago… haven’t tried dancing with them on yet… maybe i should have got something with straps…

anyway, i really like the rhinestone details

Gosh! This is nuts! Didn’t know someone actually took a pic of it…. Cos I thought I didn’t go it properly - I couldn’t see a damn thing inside the mask! The visibility was OK to start with, but then once I got inverted - the mask kinda dropped out and my vision was blocked!

That reminds me of Mulan (from the Bobbi’s Studio) did a Storm trouper - look alike pole dance in the Australian pole dancing competition 2007…

!*!#^@$ This is mad…

But then, on the other hand, I AM combining the both of my favorite! Haha

**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

OK, I do admit and I’m a bit mad these days… whenever I see a pole on the street, I would think of the possibility of doing some moves on it.

I wanted to do an inversion but there were several people around and I was kinda shy (haha) so I gave up :p

It was fun, I should start a section on “pole dancing at weird places”, lol. I knew that was a girl who did some crazy moves outside the Rome Colosseum.

I really like this picture (thanks to the one who took this pic!) especially with the water host (I have no idea on what it is called…)

p.s. as you might have noticed, this was taken at the Peak, hee