Hi From Canada!....I Need some help....

Ashleeeey started this discussion · 2/19/2010

I'm totally new to pole dancing, and I am addicted already. I own a Lil' Mynx Petite static chrome pole. I can do some basic things (but I don't know all the names yet, so excuse the layman's terms!) the fireman spin, the chair spin, and I can flip upside down and slowly slide down (but with both hands hanging on to the pole and ankles wrapped around...haha) I know how to properly climb the pole (put your shin up against it first and climb) but once I get up there, I cannot hold on! First off, even though my pole is clean, I am constantly sliding down. (I assume that once I gain more upper body strength I will be able to engage my core and and arms and I will be able to stay up there?) And second of all, it KILLS to try to grasp the pole between my legs so I can just sit up there! It hurts too much to hold on with my thighs cause I'm sliding and the pole is pulling, etc. Not a pretty sight! haha Will this also come as I build strength, or do I just have to suck it up and try to hold on?

3 replies

workingfire · 2/19/2010
Hi Ashley. 🙂 First of all - congrats on getting your pole! As to the pain issue, it's something that pretty much everyone goes through, especially on the pole sit. Even though it feels impossible to deal with right now, it does get better. It takes some time for your body to get used to having it's skin stretched and pulled on by the friction of being on the pole, but eventually it will start to toughen up and make it easier on you. I remember learning the pole sit and feeling like giving up, because it just hurt too much to bother with, and now I don't really think about it! 😀 I hope it starts feeling better soon.
Dayanara · 2/20/2010
Welcome to the site! where in Canada are you? I'm in London, Ontario. Your skin will get toughen up and the pain is going to stop, trust. 🙂
FreeTheSun · 2/20/2010
Welcome! And ditto what the other girls are say about the pain. Also with the climb (holding yourself up in the climb) or sit you should try squeezing your legs to the pole harder since both of those are more a leg thing than arm thing. You need the arms to go up but to hold still it is easier (IMO) to use more leg so you can get your arms into whatever else you want them doing.