beautifulone01 started this discussion ·
OMG!!!!! So I dont know if you all have experienced the day after feeling for firt timers!!!! I mean MY GOSH!!! lol! why didn't anyone tell me I would be brused and sore...very sore. Does anyone know ways to keep this from happening? I mean I am SO EXCITED to go home and get on my brand new pole, but i'm also afraid that I will be hurting more!!
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Some of the bruising will go away as you gain strength and control of your body and not slam into the pole as much. But to quote Karol, "Embrace the bruises!" ; ) They becomes these badges of bad ass.
It's perfectly normal. You will get bruises in the beginning (even the pros get bruises when learning new moves!) As time goes on, it takes more and more effort to bruise in a certain area. So in the beginning you might get a nasty bruise from climbing or from a pole sit, but eventually you will build more muscle in the area and you'll be relying less on your skin to hold you there. Then eventually you'll build up tolerance, and you won't get bruises from it anymore! And then you'll learn new moves and you'll start getting bruises in new places! And so on and so forth. Bruises are a way of life with pole, but after a while you just learn to laugh about them. Other polers will certainly understand, and truthfully the bruises usually look worse than they feel. I tend to bruise really easily, so it's a little awkward in the summer time when I wear shorts and skirts. I sometimes worry that strangers think I'm ill or that I'm a victim of violence! Nope, just a poler...
JhennD ·
I remember dropping in on a first timers' class a girl asked "Is it just hype to scare everyone away from trying 'pole fitness' that bruises may occur? Like was exercise program results in bruising?!" At least she was laughing after she found her first big greenish black bruise, didn't know she got till she mentioned soreness in that spot. I'm usually always happy when I'm sore after a pole workout, for me it means I can only get better, and I shall!
