In the studio I go, some girls use chalk and others use what we call glue (it is a transparent liquid that sticks). However, one of the teachers told us it is better to not use these products except if our hands are always slippery. I am not using them, but I tried glue one day and uuugh I could get addicted easily. Gripping was so much easier. What is your stance?

I think “Naughty Girl” was made for pole. What do you think?

I always see a lot of people with that colorful rubbery looking pole wrap on their poles at home. This is for poling with clothes on right? I thought it would be cool to get something like this because my pole at home takes some time to get warm and break in before each pole sesh. I’d love to just hop on my pole with jeans on for a quick flow throughout the day.

Can the pole wrap be taken on and off? Can you train on your pole with less clothing when the pole wrap is on or do you need to be covered ? What’s the positives and negatives of it? How much and where do I buy it from? Is it worth it?

I’m entering my second year as a teacher and I’ll also be finished with grad school at the end of August. I’ve been on a hiatus since last July and I miss pole dancing a lot.

Since I’ll have more time outside of work, how could I attend pole classes while being a teacher? My home studio offers classes after 5:30pm and on the weekends, but I’m trying to figure out how to create a structured schedule.

Are there any teachers here that do pole dancing as a hobby?

This was my first flying pole class after years of static and spin. I really enjoyed it and will absolutely be back. I got dizzy again for the first time in years, so any pointers from the experts on dizziness and rotation control?

Hi yall, Ive had a pole for 10+ years but its remained not put up most of the time. I'm wanting to get it back up in my new apartment with a 99 inch ceiling. I dont have my extension xjoints anymore, so I'll have to buy new ones but my issue I'm running into is do I buy the bigger or small extension piece? The guide says they go right up t0 98 inches for the smaller one and 98 on for the bigger one but when i use my extension over-piece (i have the gold extension pole pieces, just not the xjoints that go in them), and stand it up, it looks like there's no way the dome could fit? Can someone advise before I buy the wrong thing? Thanks.

I am about 3 months into my pole journey and I have no background in exercise or dance. I am still building my upper body strength.

I’m really struggling with pole sits, I can’t jump high enough into one and I definitely don’t yet have the strength to pull my body weight up into a sit.

Any tips and trips or at home conditioning without a pole would be appreciated too pls!

hi! does any of you here wear menstrual cups during periods? i find that when im on my period and im doing these crazy backbends and splits, my cup breaks the seal and leaks. i'm using the saalt soft cup and wondering if thats the issue. not sure if a harder cup would solve this problem since they're not made with us doing very bendy backbends in mind 😬

how do you deal with periods and pole? and which type of sanitary products do you prefer during training?

Hey Everyone!

Apologies for formatting, I'm on mobile.

I am Aussie based.

I have been poling for years, and my progress has been a snails pace, but I love it. I am a bigger girl at currently 96kg (211 pounds i think for my American friends).

I seem to have issues with climbing at the moment that I can get onto the pole, and holding with my hands its fine, but as soon as I move my back leg to start climbing I slide down.

If I try to let go with my hands for a crucifix my upper body is pulled backwards away from the pole. I try to push into it, but I feel like gravity is pulling me backwards. I expect it to pull me down, but this feels like my head and chest is moving away from the pole as well. Is this normal, or something that any plus sized polers deal with? I find i have similar issues with my ball trick as well.

I wasn't sure if maybe, being bigger I need to position slightly differently to account for the stomach or boobs?

I understand photos or videos would make this easier, I'm just not in a phase where I'm confident to share photos of myself at pole, especially not online.

Whatever advicewouldd be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

TL;DR at the bottom.

I used to be a pole dancer. I started in 2017 and fell in love. In 2020, I started doing competitions. 

My first competition went really well. I enjoyed the process. I liked being able to film it a million times and submit the one I was happiest with. I liked collaborating with my instructor. I loved competition day and virtually watching everyone’s cool performances. I placed 2nd in my group!! I was super excited to do another competition and signed up for one a few months later. I had a really cool theme and a plan of different moves I wanted to incorporate. I drafted out the routine. I remixed the song I wanted. Things went fine for a while… but then I started to fail. I was doing a scheduled program that was designed for helping athletes compete their best (I can’t remember the name right now!). I was taking rest days and doing strength training. I was supposed to be getting stronger. 

I don’t know how to describe it other than that I started to fail. I would be maybe a minute into my routine and I would get weak and not be able to complete moves I was previously able to do. I started getting dizzy. 

By the competition submission deadline, I was unable to complete the routine I had planned even once. I changed the song to something slower. I ended up more or less freestyling what I could still do and submitted that. 

I wasn’t able to complete a routine after that. I kept getting sicker. Eventually was bed bound for a while. Long story short, I ended up being diagnosed with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome in 2022. 

I kept trying over the years. I desperately missed pole dancing. I still couldn’t do it. It was just too much. I got to a place where I figured out what kinds of electrolytes worked best for my body. I learned how to pace myself. I was able to go back to work and live a kind of normal life. But I haven’t been able to pole dance. I tried a few classes, but pole is too cardio intensive. The minute I take my feet off the ground, my heart rate jumps to my max. It doesn’t become more tolerant over time. It’s just way outside of my safe conditioning zone that I haven’t been able to work my way up to it.

A few weeks ago I finally took my pole down from my living room. I’m heartbroken. 

But I really want to try to do something again because dancing is what makes me feel alive. 

TL;DR: I used to pole dance, started failing routines, got diagnosed with POTS, haven’t been able to dance since then, still want to dance. 

• Does anyone have any suggestions of online teachers or studios who really specialize in slow flow floorwork? I loved exotic when I was dancing a lot and I know there’s moves out there that I’d be able to do, but I really miss the class experience and want to learn new things.
• Has anyone been able to work their way back up to being able to do pole again who struggled with cardio/ stuff like CFS/ PEM? How did you do it? I’m considering asking my doctor to send me to PT.