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I haven't updated in a while. Lots has happened since then, at least in terms of fitness. I injured my shoulder doing pole. Specifically, it was from a few rigorous elbow grip Ayesha and Iguana sessions. I probably just did the two moves too much, which is very probable, because I was working on each for at least 20 minutes straight. At any rate, it was so painful that I finally went and saw a physical therapist. I've never seen a PT before, so that indicates how bad it was. It's not a terrible injury, but a full month later and it's still causing pain and I can't do most of the things I could before. I can't do any striking with that side, anything that causes my shoulder to jut forward - which means I can't do any combat training. Krav and UC are completely out for a while, but I've been able to go to boxing and work on my non-dominant side. Actually, that's been helpful because I was starting to notice a huge difference in strength and speed on ...

Last week I joined level 7 in pole, but it's technically an aerials class meant for people who have already taken that level. I asked the instructor if it would still be okay for me to join, given that I haven't yet taken 7, and she said it was fine. Well, it really wasn't. We zoomed through every move in Pole 6 in about 10 minutes and then every move in Pole 7 in the next 10 minutes. There wasn't ever a chance for me to actually learn any of the moves, and I'm very lucky that I already knew how to do many of them from when I was in Pole 7 last time. But some of them I had never tried before and 30 seconds isn't enough time for me to learn them. I wasn't given a spotter and was expected to have them mastered by the time we moved onto the next move. It was so stressful. The two moves I struggled with the most, though, were Allegra and elbow grip Ayesha. Allegra is so advanced that I hadn't even fathomed we'd learn it at any point in the studio, bu...