frustration

Flosqito started this discussion · 1/9/2009

Today was a horrible workout! i started warming up today and my hands were so sore i could barely hold on to the pole 🙁 so i tried to practice some inverts and some other moves and my legs hurt so bad also 😲 after about 20 minutes the pain was so bad i couldnt keep going. how am i supposed to get better if i cant even practice 😳 ugh im soo frustrated and theres no one in my area that i kno of that does this so i cant get anyone to motivate me 🙁 PLEASE HELP 😢 i dont want to lose interest i love this work out so much but im just getting really frustrated and its getting me down 🙁 👎

3 replies

Poledancefan · 1/9/2009
Flosquito Rotate your workouts and don't do the pole every single day. That will allow different parts of the body to rest while you work on another kind of exercise. I practice the pole every third day. I do treadmill one day, weight machines the next day, pole the third day. You could try changing emphasis WITHIN the pole workout. Spins one practice, aerial work the next, inverts the one after that. If you are pole dancing for 20 minutes, then that is a good twenty minutes of pole. Are you documenting your practices with a video camera?--because maybe if you had old videos of yourself in earlier practices and your improvement would be more obvious to you. I look at some of my old videos and they are hilariously bad. I look at my videos from last week and they are just...well, bad! Keep a sense of humour about it. Enjoy the process and go as slow as you need to. You will pick up the moves and you will get better. If you are feeling discouraged, go watch some of my awful videos and have a good laugh because I bet you have passed me up already. You are going to be an absolutely fabulous pole dancer one day--I am absolutely confident of that! Joel
LittleMissLola · 1/9/2009
How long have you been doing pole for? Joel is right, it's best not to overdo it, I know there are times when it feels like you should be on the pole every single waking moment in order to get better, but if poling is hurting too much it is always best to have a break.
Flosqito · 1/10/2009
Thanks guys. I agree I think I'm over working myself ever time I have extra time I spend it working out and my hands and legs just need a rest I think. I'm so happy there's this website to help out otherwise I would be alone haha. Thanks again and I'll keep ur advice in mind! Happy poling