Slippy pole at home but not at studio?

FredeHC started this discussion · 6/23/2016

Hi everyone, I was wondering why my pole is so slippy at home. It is a 45 mm / chrome / xpert pole. At my studio, they use THE SAME and I stick very well, I can climb to the top, what I can't do with mine at home. I don't know why because it's the same finish and same kind of pole... As a beginner, sometimes it's hard for me to pole at home even if I use grip aids and everything.. But WHY at the studio everything is fine ???

10 replies

Runemist34 · 6/23/2016
There are a few possibilities with this one... Are the temperatures the same at home and at your studio? Poles tend to be more grippy when they are warm. Are you warming up as much at home as at the studio? Are you using your pole in the same way- warming it up till it's grippy enough to work on your grip-necessary moves?
FredeHC · 6/23/2016
At home, I will pole immediatly after my warm up... I clean it with alcohol and water and let's go! At studio, I do the same... I am thinking about my pole to be a bad edition or i don't know, grrrrrr!
Pretty Pixie · 6/23/2016
Could possibly be the age of the poles? Probably at the studio they are older and get more use, so they are grippier.
grayeyes · 6/25/2016
Sometimes humidity is an issue. I carried on so much our dry house that my husband put in a whole house humidifier in our house. Poling on a stainless steel pole in the cold winter was extremely difficult.
Colleen · 6/25/2016
I had a bit of this same issue with my pole at home. My pole dancing instructor told me that happens to some pole dancers. ~~~ I already have a supply of GRRRIP, but iTAC2 really helps when I need it.
LatinPoler · 6/25/2016
I also have the 45mm chrome x-pole at home and at the studio, and I had that issue in the beginning. It turned out to be a cleaner thing. I was cleaning my pole with Windex, which was leaving the pole shining but maybe not removing all the oils, grip, etc. I changed to a mix of alcohol and water and the problem shorted out. This is the same mix that is used in my studio for pole cleaning. Also, make sure that you and the pole are warm.
I polekat I · 6/27/2016
yeeeeaaaahh generally speaking studio poles will be grippier than home poles because they have seen much more action (*giggedy*) so they are really well broken in. Especially if your home pole was purchased new, you will need to do a lot on it to get it to the same grip as your studio ones. (One of the reasons I like buying 2nd hand poles! And they are still slippier than studio haha) But aside from that, it seems to be a common thing that poling at home is harder.... i don't know why, but I am a demon at the pole studio, and the total opposite at home... Can't be bothered to do as good a warm-up, everything seems slippier and harder and pinchier and hurts more haaaha, I get more frustrated quicker and end up stopping sooner. But you have to drag me out the studio at the end of my class or jam haaahaha !!!
Colleen · 6/27/2016
Polekat, it's good to know this. It's good to know that we all experience the same thing.
Pretty Pixie · 6/27/2016
I'm different I guess. A couple months ago I started renovating my house and had to take down my pole and start taking studio classes. I'm a mess there. My pole and I were totally connected, I feel like superwoman on her, but at the studio my hands slip and my muscles shake, probably from nervousness. I'm scared to do things that I'm not afraid of at home. And God, the poles are so high I get crazy nervous about that too. I don't trust myself on those poles. I'm working on it though, trying to go 3-4 times a week to get better with them. Everyone is different.
XxMyztikxX · 6/29/2016
I read this and was like wow. Thats my exact problem right now. I just put up my 40 mm . class its 45 and I stick to it so well. At home not at all. I have to war. It up a lot before I do anything serious on it. With spins. I may try to make the house warmer next time too. I use to stick to my 40 when I had it up in another house but not here haha.