Saturday, August 21, 2010
Fireman spins
Went to my first pole dancing class. There the sharp-witted Iina taught various spins, including the fireman spin. At home I had only tried climbing and static holds, so spinning was new to me.
The poles in the studio are static chrome poles. I have a titanium pole, which has both static and rotating mode. The friction is different in different poles. Chrome has linear friction: the harder you grip the better your hold. This makes spinning quite easy from the very first try. On the contrary, the friction in titanium is binary - either the grip holds or you slide quickly to the ground. I just can't do any spins on static titanium pole at home. Luckily rotating titanium pole is the easiest option of all.
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Pole dancing is what strippers do to sexually excite men. I don't care how good a mode of excercise pole dancing is. I would never attend a pole dancing course myself. Similarly, I would not take up belly dancing. I would rather find another way to excercise the abs.
Funny that you mention bellydancing, as I bought a bellydancing exercise CD from India and went through the motions a few times before giving it as a gift.
There are probably many girls who think "I would never attend a go club, since it is a place where nerdy beta and omega males have bad influence on each other instead of getting a life."
I've practised for several years now with parapara dance videos, so this is not as big jump for me as it would be for you.
Well I suppose you can pole dance in a way not femininely sexual. There isn't anything inherently feminine to pole dancing. It just that it is very strongly associated with female strippers.
The reputation is vastly overblown, but has a seed of truth, but that's a topic for another post.
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