Spinning pole makes me feel so sick!! :(

HannahElizabeth started this discussion · 11/2/2010

Hi ladies I've been practicing on a static pole for 10 months or so and I now I want to try and do moves on the spinny pole. I have an Xpole, which has both static and spinny mode but I just cant do anything on spinny mode without feeling really sick! Or I get too scared to really spin myself in case I get too much momentum and fly off so it means that I end up not having enough momentum to spin at all! No happy medium here 🙁 Any tips for not feeling sick on spin mode? Or flying off the pole? 😎

8 replies

tiggertail · 11/3/2010
Hold yourself really strong.... that for the flying off 😂 For the pole sickness well no idea i have the same problem but heard it gets better with pratice 😉
amy · 11/3/2010
Bonine. and practice. it gets better, i promise. you need to figure out how much momentum to bring on to the pole for your tricks on spin... it's literally just stepping onto the pole, instead of pushing all of your weight like you do on static (as you've figured out)... it takes a long time to adjust!
blueeyes · 11/15/2010
Don't use momentum! just climb it and do what you normally do, dont worry about making it spin a lot at first. Get comfortable being on it. I rarely use any momentum on spinny pole really, my body weight is enough to do.
Gymmeke · 11/18/2010
Everything said about practice is true...but there is one little trick that might help too... Don't look at your pole while spinning on it. Your brain will be confused because the pole looks like static and everything else is moving. Instead, focus on a static object in the room so your brain knows that you are the one that is moving. Just try it..it might help...
litlbit · 11/18/2010
Good luck with that. I got over my dizziness and feeling sick when I was told to look at the pole, because when you are spinning the room and everything in it is appearing to move around, but the pole stays in position. This is the only thing that helped me. It what the ice skating coach from a local facility told me. A;so to stop and go in the opposite direction to gain back fluid balance in your inner ear. Just suggesting what helped me get over it. *HUGZ*
Mary Ellyn · 11/19/2010
I can empathize...I have the most severe motion sickness you can imagine. It got worse as I got older and even worse now with menopause! Two years ago I was adament I was going to do a spinning routine for our student recital and I practiced for a month. I cannot take bonine or dramanine as I am allergic to both! So I got some motion sickness drugs from the health food store and I also ordered a product called vertigoheel. I would use both while I practiced and they helped a lot. It got to the point that the day or two before the show I really didn't need the anti motion sickness drugs and I got through the show without them at all. However, I also stopped practicing on spin mode for a week after the recital as I was sick of it. Just one week off and the next week I got back on the spinning pole and was just as sick as I had been before I started practicing - I lost all of my resistance. So you CAN build resistance but you apparently have to stay consistent with practice if it's pretty severe. Now I only use spin mode if I'm out at a party or bar and my adrenaline is going then it doesn't bother me too much.
Veena · 11/19/2010
I get sick too 🤮 ....inverted moves are worse than upright. I also find if I take even a few days off I have to acclimate all over again 😠 One thing that helps me is, as soon as I step off the pole I look directly at it (the pole its self) to focus just for a few seconds or longer if your just practicing. Do a round of moves on the pole then get off and do some floorwork and keep alternating. 🌸
moonflower · 11/19/2010
I was wondering, is it possible to do 1 handed spins on the spinny? I can invert, I can climb, but I cna;t do one handed spins. It's as if I need to be spinning in relation to the pole to get a good grip. When the pole spins with me, I can't hold on with one hand.