Tips and Tricks Thursday
The Dying Swan Stretch from Sassy Stretch
Ahhhhhhhh…. All stretched and ready for the day! A big thank you to Jessica and Miranda for helping me out with this video!
With all the stress we carry in our shoulders along with the pressure and strain from classes, it’s time to start taking better care of them. Aerial Amy brings you these simple exercises to help make your shoulders HAPPY!
Healthy Body Tuesday
Secrets to stretching! Why do we stretch? How should we stretch? When should we stretch? These are all questions we ask ourselves at some point. Stretching is the most important of all the exercises and it’s the most hated by a lot of you ladies from what I hear. There is nothing wrong with that, I don’t personally enjoy stretching and yet I teach a whole class on it here at Miss Pole. It’s just too important to the body to skimp out on.
Stretching can help with a multitude of things. As we all know it will increase your flexibility, but it also helps to lower blood pressure, keep you from injury or help an injury heal faster, it helps with your posture, and can even help with chronic pain relief.
Now I know you running towards that closet right now to get the old yoga mat out. (or maybe not. lol) Here are a couple of pointers for stretching at home to help maximize your stretch.
1. Slowly sink into the stretch using your breaths. Inhale deeply and on the exhale slowly deepen your stretch.
2. Hold each stretch for a minimum of 30 seconds
3. Don’t bounce or make any sharp movements in your deep stretch
4. Slowly and with control come out of your stretch
5. Deep stretching is amazing, but you don’t want to do anything over a quick 10 minutes before your activity. It actually can take over an hour after deep stretching for your muscles to catch back up to you for reaction time. You are weaker after a deep stretching session for a couple of hours. Best to do these stretches at night.
Now I am sure there are more things to note about stretching, but these are just a few that I found when I was researching it yesterday. If you’re interested in learning more stretches to help with our classes and making tricks easier, I suggest getting into the next Sexy Stretch level 1 class or Level 2. The instructor will give you tons of stretches you can easily take home with you!
Are you the “Good Girl, Gone Bad” when it comes to pole dancing? I think this used to be me when I first started. Now, thanks to PDA, I could care less who knows. :D
“This is the student who keeps her pole habit a secret from everyone she knows. She can hardly believe she dared to enroll in pole. She arrives to the studio dressed neatly in a twin set and skirt, and then changes into the cheekiest hot pants in class and enrolls in booty bouncin’ classes. “
Thank you to the LOVELY and AMAZING Michelle Shimmy for this awesome blog post!
http://shimmypolediary.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/pop-pole-quiz-what-kind-of-pole-student.html
Healthy Body Tuesday
Cramping! We all get them every now and again, but I think the biggest complaint I hear from students is the foot cramps. These can be painful and annoying when trying to spin and even more inconvenient when you are hanging upside down!
There are tons of things that cause cramping, the main things for pole dance are: dehydration (low electrolytes), your feet aren’t stretch
Make Pole Dancing An Olympic Sport 2016!
“Pole dancing should be made an Olympic Sport because it meets the fine Olympic criteria for athletics and athletic competition. It takes Agility, Acrobatics, Aerobics, Balance, Choreography, Determination, Dance, Energy, Engagement, Flexibility, Focus, Floor Work, Foot Work, Gymnastics, Grace. Healthy Mind, Body and Spirit, Poise, Physical Fitness, Rhythm, Upper And Lower Body Strength, Core Strength, Hand Strength, Stamina, Style, Yoga, Showmanship, And So Much More. The Time is here for 2016. The Time Is Now And The Time Is Ours! In all fairness please show the same respect for the complex sport of Pole Dance, Pole Fitness and Pole Dancers as we do for all other forms of human physical sporting endeavors.Please Sign And Share. Thank You.
Dalton Anthony Luciano
There may be other pole dancing petitions but this one is ours!
www.change.org/profiles/olympicpoledance
Dalton Anthony Supports Pole Dancers!
If you’d like to add anything please let me know.
Thanks Again!
Kiss of the Pole/Chair
It happens to everybody and there are always new ones showing up. This happens from learning a new move until your body gets used to the pressure needed to execute it properly. Keep your body happy by taking care of these kisses!
After your amazing class, with all new soft spots on the body from your fantastic new moves, head home to your freezer. Grab yourself an icepack and start cooling down the hard hit spots on your body from pressure on the pole, chair, or even the floor. Ice up to 20 minutes for each spot! This will help slow down the blood flow to the area, which will help with the discoloration and pain. By cooling down the soft spots your kisses won’t be as noticeable the next day, just in case you have somewhere to be.
If the color bothers you or the pain is too much over the next couple of days look into getting a bottle of Arnica Montana gel or cream to apply to the bruise to help heal it faster. This is great for the summer since it is swimsuit and short skirt season!!
As always there is something to be said about the kisses you have and show. It’s a great sense of pride because it shows what you have achieved, be proud of your kisses! Take a picture of your next kiss and tag us in it or tell us about your favorite kiss and what you accomplished to make it happen!
How do you take care of your kisses?
A half flag is always a fun one to pull off when you’re just walking past your pole. Or maybe a spin or two. :) It’s also a good thing that the pole is between my office and the kitchen. lol
http://pole-dancing-adventures.blogspot.com/2012/07/better-than-midnight-snack.html
She’s got a new one up and we can’t stop laughing!!!
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