If you’ve read any of my New Years posts before, you’ll know that don’t I make any resolutions… mostly because I never stick to them!
So instead, I’ve decided to make a list of moves that I want to start working on, or continue working on.
For many different reasons, this has been a very difficult year for me. With regards to pole… I just gave up.
When it comes to pole, aerial and pregnancy, very few people put themselves out there giving specific, real, actionable advice. People are happy to tell of their own experiences rather than telling others what to do – and for good reason too.
So by now you’ve probably read that pole might one day be in the Olympics. My non-pole friends have been super excited – or perhaps just intrigued and I’ve been tagged to read pretty much every news article or watch every T.V. piece that there is on it.
It usually takes me a really long time to film moves to then post across any social media channels.
I always go through what I’m going to film a few times on each side, and then start to film. I always film one or two attempts, watch it back and then go again.
I’ve seen a lot of people asking recently what are good ways to cross train with or for pole – and some asking about CrossFit in particular.
I’ve been going to CrossFit on-and-off for about 5 months now, and have a good idea of how it’s helped or affected my training.
There seem to be so many cool pole splits going around at the moment. Whenever I get used to one, another one comes along, and I couldn’t be happier.
I find that when I have to pole rather than wanting to pole, that’s when my motivation can start to fade. If I have to train to find new moves to teach, or if I’m training for a competition, performance, photoshoot etc, I feel more pressure. Of course, I really want to do all of these things, but sometimes feeling like I have to pole, can make it harder to want to.
I’ve entered competitions in the past where you apply online, and automatically get entry, so entering a video online was a whole new experience for me. I don’t yet know whether I’ve got through to either competition’s live final, but I wanted to write my thoughts while it’s still fresh for me.
More often than not, I get people wanting to join pole classes but wondering if they are too big / small / young / old / weak / inflexible… you get the idea. Of course I reply saying that pole really is for everyone 😀 When I get to meet new polers or start to […]
