It Was A Good Day



I decided that I need this sign for my game room....especially since in the next few months I'll have 2 poles in there, and my husband is showing interest in poling with me (yes, that excites me, lol)

 

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Today was a good pole day.  I was shocked a bit because last week was a rough week for me.  I couldn't seem to get inspired to actually dance much, so I pretty much spent most of my time working on moves and doing pole strength training.  Then by Friday I was so exhausted it was difficult to do much of anything in terms of finding motivation...I did like a 30 minute bullshit workout that ended with a very goofy pole selfie. 

I took Saturday and Sunday off to be a lazy person, and stuffed my face with all kinds of unhealthy nonsense....

So, it was shocking when I went to pole today and 1. I wasn't exhausted after my warm up, and 2. I was motivated to actually do it.  I think my body needed the break.  It still gets me how much of a work out this is on my body...because, while yes, I feel sore after, during the work outs I seem to zone out and not realize what the hell I'm doing to myself.

Last week I finally nailed my inversion, like, really nailed it.....but, I am not strong enough yet to move my arms to a more stable position, and so I just kinda slide down while moving my legs (this really works your abs, by the way).  So, of course, I started out my work out by going "what the hell, let's see if I can still invert....."....I did.  Right off the bat, no momentum or anything, just booop, legs are up there wrapped around the pole! 

Made my day!

I'm still extremely irked with my arm strength and not being able to stabilize myself (I think this will be a combination of thigh grip and an elbow grip, which I don't have down yet)....but, I told my husband, while I'm irritated and want it so bad, two weeks ago I couldn't even do a proper invert.  I was basically just using a hell of a lot of momentum to hoist myself up, and then my toes touching and falling on my ass.  But NOW....

So I know it will come.  Just gotta keep at it.

This is a huge reason I love poling so much.  It's a challenge, but you see progress so quickly, so it pumps up your motivation to keep going.  Sometimes, I really need that motivation, I really need that small sign of progress.  It's frustrating when I feel like I've put in all this work with nothing to show.....

It only went up from there.  I did some climbing, which turned into climbing up, sitting, and just hanging out for a bit each time.  Then I would climb up, grab and pull, do a v, go to a pike, pull back up, do another v, then slowly lower myself to standing.  I did that a few times.....um, yeah...my upper body has had some serious growth!  Three months ago I couldn't even lift up onto the pole!!

I worked my abs some, then I danced for about 4 songs. 

Another great moment, I had been attempting the carousel spin ALL WEEK last week, and was so frustrated about not being able to do it.  After my warm up song (bringing sexy back) I started dancing and got the idea to go ahead and give it a whirl...annnnnd I nailed it.  I did it a few more times during that song, each time pulling it off. 

Yes....today was a great pole dancing day!