What moves should I start with?

Later · 2010-12-22T02:16:45+00:00

Heey everyone! I am literally a beginner beginner, I got my pole yesterday and yesterday was my very first day ever even touching a pole. I have started with learning to climb the pole, it seemed pretty basic, the fireman, fan kick, an upside down invert thing haha just easy stuff. I am really curious if there are specific moves that I should start with in order to get a good basis for poling. I would appreciate ANY advice that anyone can give me. I don't have any classes where I am from as I am from a small city so I am learning on my own.

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Kobajo84 · 1/4/2011
@Hotness- what I meant by the grip aids is that by using them it create less effort on your part to hold certain moves on the pole. I find that when I use a clean pole (no grip aids) I'm having to engage my body more as when I use a grip aid everything comes so much easier with very little effort at all.
Hotness · 1/4/2011
Kobajo84 - Oh, I see what you're saying, that it's better to start without so that you engage the muscles more to build them before you rely on the grip aid. I get it now, and as I had my first formal class today and did half the class without, then half the class with an aid I could easily feel the difference. Whether a false sense or not, I did feel more in control of my moves with the aid. Prior to that I worried that if my grip wasn't tight enough my hand could slip and I'd slide down or slip off the pole. I think, for me, I'm going to do a little of both. I want to build up my strength, obviously, but if I can't do some interesting, or fun, but safe, moves by using the grip aid I may get frustrated with my progress and take the pole down or just feel crappy about myself, and that's not what I got the pole for, so I think that's going to work best for me to mix. Thanks for the reply...
CD Hussey fka Jivete · 1/5/2011
@Hotness I'm nursing a pulled intercostal muscle as well from doing too much too quickly. I even started at a studio... It takes about 2-3 weeks to heal (I'm at week two and it's much better). Actually, the pulled muscle is what brought me here. As soon as it no longer hurts to get into a plank position, I'm going to start with Veena's lessons. To the OP, I definitely wouldn't do too much too soon even if you're strong enough to physically do the moves. Sitting around waiting for an injury to heal is no fun.
Hotness · 1/5/2011
@Jivete- Oh, I feel for you. It's a difficult lesson we've learned, huh? That's great that you're in week 2. I'm still pretty sore. I just keep taking Advil and sleeping with a heating pad. I did go to my first lesson yesterday, it was awesome, but it was painful. Hopefully, it'll get better sooner rather than later. Good luck with your healing process. I'll probably start my Veena lessons as soon as I'm feeling well enough to do more than I'm doing now. I'm anxious to get started again, but I think that with the lessons, learning some floor moves will take the emphasis off of learning some of the more advanced moves. And you're right, waiting around to feel better is no fun! Take care...