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Aerialist turned Poler-HELP
Hi y’all! I have lots of aerial experience: silks, hammock, lyra, and a little trapeze. My studio is closed due to the quarantine so I’m doing a lot of pole at home. I’ve done some of flying pole at my studio so lots of things transfer nicely. Our flying poles are a silicone pole and a taped pole. For the silicone and taped poles we wear jeans but I know on the metal poles “less is best” as Veena says. GUYS….MY SKIN. Does it get better with time? Is there a trick? My inner thighs are DYING, my armpits are DYING, and I don’t even want to talk about my knees LOL I’ll take ANY advice! I don’t even want to walk because the already tender skin rubs together LOL I need your help!!!
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Welcome! It does get better, but it will take some time and its different for everyone. Also some moves never bother my skin much, others, yikes! One thing I tell new dancers is limit your attempts 10 tries. This helps with bruising and pole burn. Try some aloe after as well.
Here’s another thread you might like from a fellow aerialist https://www.studioveena.com/forums/view/Transitioning_from_aerialist_to_poler_20200406100138
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I got my lyra out for the first time in ages on Wednesday and killed my hands after 45 mins, lol so I have the opposite problem. Now I have to wait for my popped blisters to heal before I can do any pole or lyra…first world problems hehe
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Thank you Veena, I’ll check it out! I was definitely making more than 10 attempts LOL
Amelia2000, I’ll always have a soft spot for the lyra, that was my first foray into the circus world. LOL My problem with lyra was always the bruising lol. I already bruise easily and when I started doing drops on the lyra it looked like I’d been in a fight LOL
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