polekitty22 started this discussion ·
I can't pole sit!! I think it may be because I have a gap in my upper thigh area. It seems I have no grip and cannot keep myself sitting. I just slide down the pole. It's really aggravating me. Can some people just not do this? Or is there maybe something I can do to help the issue. Thanks girls 🙂
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One thing I would be sure to check is that you've actually warmed your pole up enough. When I was having issues with anything that involved thigh grip, Veena suggested that it just might be that the pole wasn't warm enough making it an issue to stick properly. Lo and behold, the next time I danced I spent an extra long time warming up and my thigh grip issues disappeared! 😀 If that turns out to not be the issue, don't give up. Just keep working on it and eventually you'll get it. The more I pole the more I realize it requires lots of patience. Good luck!
Yes, make sure the pole is very very warm and also dry and free of oils before you pole sit. Even if you have a gap between the upper thighs, you can still maintain adequate skin contact with the pole if you cross your legs, so make sure you're crossing them with exaggeration and tightly! My pole studio had us do something called "finding the sweet spot" where we would approach the pole from a standing position, bending the knees so you look like you're about to sit down. Hanging on to the pole with a baseball bat grip, bring yourself into the pole nice and close (to the crotch, lol). Then, still holding on to the pole with your hands, cross one leg over the other and squeeze tightly, slowly allowing your weight to drop. You should feel a point at which you'll stop sliding. If you don't, try a slightly different spot in the upper thighs, maybe closer to the crotch, maybe a few inches away. It won't feel good, but that's how you gotta do it. And remember to squeeze squeeze squeeze! Here are some pictures in case I explained that horribly: http://localhosthttp://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa56/frizzy508/sweet_spot1.jpg http://localhosthttp://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa56/frizzy508/sweet_spot2.jpg http://localhosthttp://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa56/frizzy508/sweet_spot3.jpg http://localhosthttp://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa56/frizzy508/sweet_spot4.jpg (lol, please excuse my strange faces in these...) Good luck! 🙂 Just be patient with yourself, you'll get it! 🫡
2dyzzi ·
Awh good tip englann and how sweet of you to even take pics!!! Polekitty I just started poling and I can't pole sit without using my lower foot to hook. Really I think workingfire is right - the biggest thing is warmth. Everytime I try on a cold pole I just slide down no matter how tightly I grip with my thighs AND my foot. About two days after I got my pole I stopped to tan on my way home from work. (GASP! I know - skin cancer and wrinkles. I live with 9 months of winter a year. We all have out vices and I hardly ever go. I digress.) Anyways I lotioned up, jumped in for a tan and thought about poling the whole time! I couldn't wait to get home to jump on my new pole and try a sit again. I really wanted to build up my endurance so that the burn would hurry up and go away. I live in a small town about a 5 minute drive from the salon, so when I got home, I ran down to my pole, tore my pants off, jumped on the pole and promptly sat for a good 2 minutes without hands! I was warm and sticky from tanning and it was soooo easy! Next time I tried with a cold body and cold pole, I slid right down again!!! I figure warmth is the reason I can't get that darn crucifix yet. I don't get time to adequately warm us up in my basement. Good luck to ya! I know you'll get it!
LOL Englann, I love the faces! My pole sit face looks like I am constipated 😂 As I am learning the sit, I am also learning to pay attention to my face - cause no matter how pretty the sit looks, it doesn't matter if my face looks like I am holding a fart 😂 I have been trying to get this move as well. I was using Jamilla's lessons, but just could not grasp it - at all. Then I watched Veena's pole sit lesson and it made so much more sense and came more naturally to me the way she taught it. With Jamilla's lesson, it was to step-by-step for me and I kept ending up positioned very awkwardly. I don't know how to post the lesson or I would - Sorry! I still have a hard to time holding for too long and am trying to find the sweet spot of how much effort and squeeze to put into it. I have noticed that the more I practice, the less effort I have to put into squeezing the hold - it is getting to the point where it just kinda happens. It hurts, I bruised my . . uh . . . private bone, along with my thighs and it took me about a week (practicing every day - which is a big bad pole no-no!) It does get better though!
Thank you girls soo much for the advice. And Englann thank you soo much for taking the time for pictures. that was so nice of you!!! I'm going to try all this out really soon. And hope it works 🙂 Thank you all a million times over.
