Eh. She’s probably just got weak hands. In my class, there was one girl who had a hand grip issue, and the instructor had her hang in baseball grip with legs up for a very large portion of the end of class each time. At first the girl got calouses, and then she got strong. Her left hand grip was still absolute doody, so I really do think it was an issue of strength. I am a super mega fatty, but I didn’t have any grip issues, so you can tell her that being overweight is probably not the deal.

Another thing.. I think people are different types of oily…. Whenever my husband gets on the pole, I cannot for the life of me hold onto the pole- but it doesn’t appear greasy to the touch, and he can hold on fine with it. But I have to alcohol the pole before I have any hopes of holding on. So maybe a good cleaning between people? I figure it’s the same as windex working for some people and making other people fly off the pole.