*ears prick up*
What kind of dance do you teach?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 9:49, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

*sits and waits*
:)
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 9:51, Reply)

pole dancing
dirty filthy pole dancing
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 9:52, Reply)

We have a pole in our front room
Ms Foxtrot is better at it than me but I'm practising

*braces*
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 9:54, Reply)

yay!
I'm jealous, I had to take my pole down when we moved because my current place has false ceilings. I have to make do with practicing in the bar that I teach in, but sometimes people wander upstairs to try and get a free show. They've just asked me if I'll dance there on Saturday nights if they put a pole in the club downstairs, so that'll be pretty easy money.

My pole is currently at my sister's house and her boyfriend plays on it more than her. Boys are naturally good at inverting, which is annoying!
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 9:57, Reply)

Really?
Whilst that is a disturbingly homoerotic image, I'm trying to suppress any trace of inner shirter by simply considering the physics - surely girls have more weight up top to help them invert...or does that raise their centre of gravity too much?
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 9:59, Reply)

Depends on the norkage in question
*crass generalisation alert* boys tend to have greater arm strength to assist with the whole lifting principle
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 10:10, Reply)

No generalisation about it.
It's true.
( girlinthehole, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 10:15, Reply)

It's all in the arms and stomach
You grasp the pole in both hands and then pull yourself up, tucking your legs up. At the same time you tip your upper body backwards and hook your legs around the pole, upside down. Men have naturally stronger arms and stomachs initially, so when it comes to women first trying to invert the men will beat them every time. I totally pwn my boyfriend now though, I can do more pull ups than him and my stomach is a lot stronger than his. He's lazy though.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 10:16, Reply)

Well that's my career as a pole dancer fucked then.

( girlinthehole, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 10:30, Reply)

nah
you'd be surprised how quickly you develop muscles doing pole dancing. All my beginners started out all weak and spaghetti like, but you build up your muscles whilst you're spinning and you don't even notice it. My current beginners have been going about 6 weeks and they just noticed last night that they're developing what they call miniguns
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 10:34, Reply)

Don't worry hon!
I don't think anyone would pay to see me gyrating around a pole : )
( girlinthehole, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 10:37, Reply)

Probably look something like this...

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 10:42, Reply)

ARE YOU SAYING THAT I'M A PIECE OF MEAT?

( girlinthehole, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 11:00, Reply)

Yep, pretty much

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 11:18, Reply)

Dirty filthy pole dancing is the best kind of pole dancing.

( girlinthehole, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 9:54, Reply)

thassright!
I try and keep a happy medium between the actual gymnastic moves and the filthy pole riding, but sometimes you just need to lie on the floor to get your breath back, if people think it's part of the routine then no one will notice!
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 9:58, Reply)