SassyLarissa started this discussion ·
Do any of you all have a spinning pole or just a regular one? Spinning wise would you recommend a spinning pole or a non spinning one? I'm thinking for strength wise and learning to spin on my own I would say a non spinning one but I don't know but what do you all think?
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AvaBabe ·
I have an xpert xpole and I love that it has both spinning and static modes, like two poles in one!
I have the sport's one I just bought and I could have bought the x pole same price didnt know that it spinned til now so I don't know if I should return mine or what. I didnt want the spinning one but now that I found out it has both i don't know what I should do. I think I'm going to email them to exchange it..
I would have to pay $60 more Nevermind lol
Emailing them just incase can't erase my comment but hey!
Nevermind making a fool out of my self commenting on my own status but back to the question....
AvaBabe ·
Love it!!! ^^^
gemtwist ·
I have a static pole that I bought after my first class, before I knew how useful the spinning feature was. I really wish I'd bought a spinning pole. With the spinning pole, you can put the pin in place and use it as a static pole, so you have both options. There are certain spins I can't practice at home because you need a spinning pole, so eventually I'll buy a spinning pole.
Even though you are still leaning static spins, it is better to get the combo static/spinning pole. Once you get better at poling, you are going to want to play with spin mode. Better to fork out the extra $$ initially rather than having to buy a second pole just for spin mode. That would cost more in the long run.
Hahahahha most deff thinking about it right now but wish I would have known that before now i feel like selling my pole I jus got lol ugh...
I think that in your case you chould just hang onto the one you have, then purchase a second spinning pole in a different diameter and/or finish. Variety is always good.
Yea I was thinking about that there is nothing wrong with having two poles..I could go from one to one more exercise
Yup! It's nice to have different finishes for weather changes and stuff. Also different diameters are good for a challenge.
Lana Lee ·
I work exclusively on a static pole but bought the xpert where it has static and spinning mode. I bought it just in case I might want to learn things on spin mode one day. So glad I got it!
Wiley ·
I have the xpert so it has both static and spin mode, but to be honest I've been way too freaked out by spinny! Wayy to nauseating 🤮 Now that Veena has spin lessons maybe I'll give it a try.. but I agree that having a spinny pole is useful.. Plus it is pretty 🙂
For the first year and a half that I poled I used static exclusively. That's all they had at the studio I started in and I was used to it. I felt very weird on spin mode so I just kinda avoided it. I also have pretty bad motion sickness. Finally after I felt I had gained enough strength to combat the momentum of the spin I really buckled down and learned how to use spin mode. It's actually quite a lot of fun! After my body got used to it and the motion sickness subsided, I began to enjoy it. It is so entirely different from static mode. You have to create your own momentum on static mode, which I feel is an important skill to develop. You also have to use different techniques to make your aerial work on static pole more interesting, as you are not spinning your poses around like on spin mode. I recommend getting stronger using static mode, developing the skill to create your own momentum, and then translate your tricks and spin poses to the spin mode and enjoy both worlds! :)
Thank you all for your opinions I really appreciate it and I'll stick with the pole I have for now because I just bought it didn't know that x-pert was both I would have bought that instead if I would have known.
get both!! get both!!... Felix Cane told that she started learning on both static and spin mode right away and that in America we generally dont work on spin mode that much. Take it very slow with spin mode...a few minutes each session to work up indurance.
I just bought a spinning pole (it hasn't arrived yet) and I've heard that a lot of people who go with non spinning poles end up wishing that they had spent the extra money for the one that does both. My studio had only static poles but I went to a studio down south that has spinning poles and I went on one and was hoooked.
Saphyre ·
Candycoated, I love your animated, barfing emoticon!
I spent seven months only poling on static, and as much as I was building strength, I didn't see visible biceps before I started doing spin mode two months ago. Many people seem to think that spin is easier since "the pole is doing all the work for you", but holding your body in the same position while the pole is pretty much trying to throw you off is hard, and it takes a lot of strength to control your momentum, to speed up and slow down, and even a simple fireman spin will give you more of a workout on a spin pole since you can hold it for so much longer :)
I thnk ppl get stronger on the spinny one bc its way harder... i cant for the life of my do an air shoulder mount on spin mode bc gravity is pushing down at me hard lol... so working on certain going upside down moves while on spin def works u more i would say from expirince. Someoen told me too that spin looked like its cheating lol HELL no its not haha its way harder for me lol...Tho i LOVE both. I love the way my spin moves look better on static and i love dancing when its static but when im actually wanting to do move after move after move in the air, i love it on spin bc everything just seems to flow an its pretty to me like a little ballerina spinny jewlery box thing lol!i was very tired when i wrote this so sorry if i wrote anything silly lol!
I heared its safer to start on static also if u are new to pole. (i know not to every body) but it certainly was better for me to start on static.
Kyrsten ·
I think it's hilarious that some people think spin is "cheating", it's so much harder (generally speaking). I try to work everything on both static and spin, but the really difficult stuff I try to master on static first before moving on. It's definitely worth it to have both-- I like spin for a more graceful routine, and static for more aggressive stuff. Plus a lot of poses have a "good angle" (cocoon, flatline scorpio, allegra... etc) and performing them on spin looks a lot better than trying to get the perfect angle on static, especially if you have an audience in multiple directions. They need to invent a remote control that will lock/unlock the pole for you mid routine LOL
OMG I'd kill for a remote to switch mid routine!! Sometimes I think about taking the pin out and sticking it in my bra and then trying to find a graceful unoticable way to stick it back in! I'd definitely advise any pole shoppers to make sure they get a spin and static all in one. In the beginning I was just so excited to accomplish anything on static but now I'm so glad I have the spin feature too. To me learning both types are as important as when my instructor insists we do every move on the left (non dominant) side after learning it on the right (or dominant side)
Oh lawd now I wanna sell my pole lol sad face :(
