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She was quite strict I thought! I was glad to have Lisa back - put it that way!! Lol. I did feel like I'd had a good workout after that session though as she didn't let us stop - AT ALL! My legs were really battered the first few weeks, I had a constant bruise on my calf from climbing, the same bruise seriously lasted about 6 weeks lol. Do you have the Blitz boxing boots? I think these have helped with foot bruises! But I think when I get my pole at home I will mainly pole with bare feet - maybe some heels! 🙂 -x-
Hello, I have some boots,but I got them online as i need leather due to flat feet,bunions ect!!!sounds really bad i know! 😳 I got them from sugar rays they were reduced,as theyre brown. I have some pvc platform boots at home,which grip really well. I invested in a cheap £10 pair of new stripper shoes off ebay.They are really tall,I feel like ive stepped off a really high kerb when I take them off! However they are really really comfy,suppose they have to be for dancing in for hours!! 😀 Can't wait to invest in some pleaser shoes. Just off to my lesson.Havent done my homework as pole has been taken down for hopefully moving V.Soooon. Debbie x
Oooh I can't wait to practise in proper shoes! I have some "stripper shoes" lol I wore them for my Prom haha! I got them out a few weeks ago and had a walk about in them - deffinately going to be some injuries when I start dancing in them! I got my Blitz boots online too as they were cheaper. They are exactly the same as the ones P4F sell but only cost us £22 with postage! Opposed to the £35 they charge at P4F! When are you moving? We want to move but don't really have the cash at the moment 🙁 I'm dying to have a "pole room"! (Not that we would use the extra bedroom for one of the kids lol!) Hope you have a good lesson! Weve got 2 this week, I'm really looking forwards to them! 🙂 Were they ok with that girl using her camera? I am hoping to take mine this week as (probably against my better judgement) I may be appearing in Slimming World magazine and they want LOADS of pics! Eeek! -x-
Just noticed your conversation about boxing boots - do they help with grip and that on the pole? I'm trying new moves which need my feet and that so was thinking about buying some. Is there any you would recommend or are they all pretty much the same? Am doing chinese pole soon too as well so apparently I need something with rubber soles for that. 😀
Hi Loopielou, We use Blitz boxing boots (our pole studio is run alongside a gym/boxing classes so they sell them from there but I found them cheaper on the internet): http://shop.dominantfitness.com/blitz-white--black-professional-boxing-boots-165-p.asp They aren't the most attractive accessory when doing something like pole dancing lol but they deffinately help with grip AND save your feet from too many bruises! 🙂 -x-
Thanks hun. Have been looking at some Adidas ones which are on sale so might have to bite the bullet and get some 😀 They'll come in for the Chinese Pole if nothing else 😁
Hi pink princess, Yes I had a good lesson,back on Thursday. Yes Emma had no problems with camera,it was Emma who asked me to go into the lesson and take pics whilst emma helped get her into position. Should have already moved,but solicitors and mortgage company going so slow.We were flooded so theres been extra paperwork! deb x
Hello loopielou ( hope thats spelt correct). The boots are good for gripping with ankles and for friction for climbing,but as far as the soles go,theyre not that grippy. My little boy like his rock climbing shoes for the pole as they have grippy feet. mind you i would be tempted to spray the soles with stickum,but I havent actually tried it. Debbie x
My little boy like his rock climbing shoes for the pole as they have grippy feet. Never thought of them! Thank you. Laura x
Ah right that's a pain isn't it! We were one of about 10 houses down our street to avoid the floods! My mum got hit pretty bad with secondary flooding though - all came up the floorboards a few weeks after! Hope you get it all sorted soon! Bet you can't wait to get all moved! Oh good, I just hope that Lisa (and the other girls mainly!) don't have a problem with me taking my camera! I only want a few pics as the whole idea of the article is "exercise can be fun" type of thing. Plus if me and/or Knickers finally get this bloody pole sit then I want evidence! Haha! -x-
Just thought I'd update on the dreaded pole sit situation......I DID IT!! AND I did a thigh hold!! I took pics of both too - I did them about 4 times, I am soooo pleased (even today I have a silly smile on my face haha). When I get home I will try and add my pics on here 🙂 I even managed to lean back from the thigh hold and I didn't fall off! Lol. Just wanted to share my successes 😀 -x-
Well done 🥂 It's always good when you get something new isn't it? 😀
Yeah it's great! I know it only seems something so simple (like my OH was all "oh well done, is that all you did though - SIT on the pole?!" 🙄 Men eh!) but it really had been doing my head in that I couldn't do it! Can't wait for tomorrows lesson now! 🙂 -x-
I need to go back to lessons now. Have got to a place where I can't learn anymore on my own because I don't get the grip - trying to do forearm and elbow grip - so I need someone to explain it all to me properly. Just don't know where to go tbh. There are only a few teachers around where I live and some of them are rubbish!
Oh that's a shame isn't it! Have you been to any lessons locally before? You might have to try out a few places before you find somewhere that you like? I didn't think I had much choice around where I live but now I've chatted to Debbie a bit and she's had lessons all over the place - I didn't even know other places did it! I am happy where I am at the mo though 🙂 -x-
Been to pretty much all of them that I know of. There are two problems with most of them, either they try and pack too many people in and you don't get any pole time or they don't have advanced pole stuff themselves so can't teach me the stuff I want to learn now. Am sure something will come up tho 🙂 Could drive the 1.5 hours to Hull every week 😀
Ooooh you should! Lol our instructors are all at advanced level - we have 20 different levels! They just assess you to se what level they think you should go to and they are all really nice 🙂 Whereabouts are you to be 1.5 hours away from us? Are you in Sheffield or near there? -x-
I'm the other side of Bradford - near Haworth (if you ever did the Bronte thing 🙂 ) so a fair way away. Went to Uni in Hull years ago and think I've only been back once since then to go to the Deep 🙂
Well done pink princess! Hope you took that deep breath and told yourself,"I am going to do it". 😉 Its such a good feeling when you finally do it,then all of a sudden your looking for your next challenge!! ❓ Ive just got back from lesson with emma,my hands are such a pain,no matter what I try I slip. 😢 I was supposed to be doing the Butterfly and I kept slipping. Then for the Gemini I have to put deodorant on the back of my knee so I dont slip. 😈 As for the floods,yes it was a big pain,we lived in a caravan for 9 months in the back garden whilst the mice moved into our house for Christmas!!! This is for loopielou,im sure there is a studio in Wakefield that i was contemplating going to.Will have a look see if i can find it on internet. Debbie x
This is for loopielou,im sure there is a studio in Wakefield that i was contemplating going to.Will have a look see if i can find it on internet. Thanks for that 😀 Will have a look at anything as long as it doesn't take me too long to get there Laura x
I have the slippy problem too - I was really slippy last night on some spins and I just end up in a heap on the floor lol. I always have loads of tissue and the chalk near me! Luckily I was quite sticky when climbing and inverting! I do have a massive pole burn on the inside of my thigh today though - it's a good kind of pain! Lol. Do you always have 2 lessons a week? I am really looking forwards to our private lesson tomorrow - 2 lessons a week is so much fun! Can't wait to learn something new and practise sitting! Hehe. -x-
Hiya, I used to be on a course till March one hr a week till level 9 . I would sometimes have a extra lesson anywhere.Riverview or purpledoor mostly. I only came back to P4F 4 weeks ago and have had 2 lessons a week,I am doing much better than standing at the back of class watching everyone else. deb x
Hi loopielou, havent found the one in wakefield yet, but just found this,didnt copy it all sorry. Google yorkshire pole school. Debbie For course, please contact Headmistress Stevie on 07949 162 774. Or Email: mailto:[email protected] Our postal address is: Yorkshire Pole School, 7 - 9 Little Horton Lane, Bradford, BD5 0AB
Theres also pole diamond main street,Bradford. Are these both rubbish?? Sorry if you have already tried them. deb x
That's one I've not come across before!!!! You're a star! ☀️ Thank you muchly 😀 Laura x
