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Pole practice

Posted on April 10, 2012 by e

ballet warm-up conditioning: – front and side planks, reverse plank (30s each) – lift legs and back but with paddling legs/feet (45s) – ‘dish’ pose but with paddling legs / feet (45s) – legs perpendicular to the floor, reach out … Continue reading →

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Last private lesson of 2011

Posted on December 11, 2011 by e

Conditioning: [can’t remember] Technique: 1) Superman (Climb, hook, starfish, superman) x 3 (last time without climbing): yay!!!! Managed the superman! Three times!! It seemed to just click into place. In starfish, make sure the pole is directly on the hips … Continue reading →

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L5 class

Posted on November 23, 2011 by e

Note: was late and missed warm up (severe delays on Victoria line), had to leave early for a work conference call (8.30pm) No conditioning. Technique: 1) mermaid into thigh hold x 2: i did this a couple of times… I … Continue reading →

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Pole private

Posted on November 20, 2011 by e

Pole was very slippery today 🙁 Conditioning: 1) swan hold x 2 (20 seconds x2) 2) side pull-up, tuck, pike, v-legs, pike Technique: 1) pencil mount technique (verbal walk through. i didn’t do it): bring head quite close to the … Continue reading →

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Pole spin

Posted on November 9, 2011 by e

Technique: 1) Hangback into pencil x 3: struggled to do pencil mount from the floor. Have just completely forgotten the technique. Need to get Nat to teach me the technique again. So tried hangback into pencil 3x.. was really struggling … Continue reading →

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L5 lesson with N

Posted on July 2, 2011 by e

L4 revision: 1)    Inside angel (was much neater and more graceful than i’ve managed in a long long time) 2)    Climb caterpillar (i managed it!! 🙂 not gracefully, but still, reasonably confidently. Nat was saying i should just … Continue reading →

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