Warm the pole

CeledaBcn started this discussion · 3/1/2011

Hi everyone, as beginner i have a doubt... What it's the meaning of "Warm the pole"? Maybe it's simple, i know that warm the pole make best grip, and it have to make at the start of the practice, but... HOW? Can you give me some tricks or maybe a routine to warm the pole? Warm my self for make exercices it's easy, i make sport all my life, and know the meaning, but with the pole... I have problems to warm it up xD Thanks in advance.

11 replies

HellsBells · 3/1/2011
Veena's warm up video in the lessons has a warm up for the pole. 🙂
CeledaBcn · 3/1/2011
I know, but i want to undersant the concept, to aply by myself. 😉
MichelleH · 3/1/2011
Hi Celeda. The pole being metal, it is very slippery when you first try and use it. By warming up the metal a bit, it makes it more sticky and easier to use. I can't access Veena's lessons with my stupid slow internet connection, but at our studio, all we do to warm the pole up is a couple of easy spins so that our hand slides down the pole. This is enough friction to warm the pole for me.
Veena · 3/1/2011
Here CeledaBcn....this is the warm up dance HellsBells is talking about. https://www.studioveena.com/lessons/view/80540840-b88a-11df-856f-001b214581be You can do anything that raises your heart rate, like jogging in place, doing strength work. The nice thing about the warm up lessos is I show you moves that also warm the pole at the same time as your body :)
CeledaBcn · 3/1/2011
Thanks all. @MichelleH Thanks for the concept, it's what i was locking at 😀 @StudioVeena I make it first days, now i know what i was making wrong hehehe Thanks.
stoneycook · 3/2/2011
CeledeBcn. The very first pole exercise I created, went I started just a scant month ago, was one to warm up the pole in a slow zen-line manner, from high to low. Its sole purpose is to heat the metal, sensitize the center of my palm to the curve of the pole and to drop and engage my shoulders and scapula downward. Nothing special for someone to look at, just a nice way to center myself around this wonderful vertical barre I'm about to spiral about.
Cherry87 · 3/4/2011
Chuck your pole in the microwave for 3minutes on high 😉
unicorn · 3/4/2011
HaHa Cherry87 I tend to do that too, only I find 3 mins makes it a wee bit hot so I keep it at 2 mins...😀
Madfelice · 3/4/2011
The sparks the microwave makes from all that metal inside are also very pretty as a bonus!
unicorn · 3/4/2011
ooh I know arnt they just so pretty..🙂
Cherry87 · 3/4/2011
Sometimes if you leave it in for 4 mins it makes popping noises & its like fireworks in your kitchen. Who needs to pay for them, right? 😁