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I can’t stick to the pole :(
So normally I have no trouble having my legs stick to the pole when I'm working out and doing choreography and stuff, but the past week or so it seems like no matter what I do, I just slide off 🙁
I have a 45mm XPole XPert, and so far I've tried cleaning it with rubbing alcohol, using dry hands all over my body, and literally like warming up my body.
I just don't get how normally I can get a layout done with no issue, but now when I even try I just plop right to the ground. Can anyone help?
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Instead of dry hands try adding some moisture. Weather is changing and being too fry is just as bed as being to sweaty, if not worse! I use Vaseline intensive care lotion with aloe which is a glycerine based lotion in the mornings and I would suggest either or corn huskers lotion while you pole.
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Yeah try using a grip aid that is for Increasing grip not impeding sweat. I like Lubriderm lotion (the night before I pole) and Cramers works too if you want super grip. If it's sweat that is the problem then try having a fan in the room.
Also try steam cleaning the pole. I do this every once in a while, you don't need to do it all the time, but it removes build up. I find grip aids leave junk behind and the fabric steamer takes it all away. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif
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Yeah I have no central air/heat in my olde house ( so its nothing but rolling space heaters)…my pole room gets two heaters and its still a little drafty. I slid and fell out of my shoulder mount this week :0 so I deifnitely need to try and add a little more warmth & stick to my pole!
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Sounds like a typical winter-problem…I don't like it either. About five minutes of resting is enough for not sticking to the pole anymore. I've got itac at home (the sticky grip aid) but I don't like using it unless I absolutely HAVE to. It stays on the pole and can hurt quite a bit when the sensitive skin areas like thighs get into contact with it.
What I usually do, just before jumping onto the pole, is to spray the parts of the skin that I need to grip with with the liquid I use for pole cleaning (I'm however sure water will work as well, but my pole cleaner is always in reach so I take that). Then I wipe it off with a towel. The point is just to leave some moist on the skin ("simulating" sweat), not to be wet. Then I stick better for at least a little while. It won't last for a whole song or so of course, but if there is a certain combo you want to try and need climbing grip or thigh grip for example, this can be useful:)
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I also had some slipping this week from the weather changing causing dry skin and had to moisturize more which worked. My lotion combo is Aveeno Skin Relief Moisturizer and then I put Palmers Cocoa butter Stretch Mark formula that comes in the tin over. It gives my legs super moisture. I do this a few hours before poling and I stick better.
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Cheap baby lotion helps my dry legs stick to the pole. Use it in the morning
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Here is a video I made about steam cleaning the pole! https://www.studioveena.com/videos/view/50ccac91-674c-4915-8e13-3b120ac37250
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It seems people you lotion to stick? I’ve been told not to but I have über dry skin. 🙁
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Glycerine based lotions are okay, oil/shea butter are not. Not all lotions are created equal!
https://www.studioveena.com/forums/view/4f5ba1f9-cea4-418c-bc49-6bb10ac37250
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Do glycerin based lotions moisturize in the winter? I know glycerin doesn't when used in curly/drier hair products. I need something cause I have DRY skin. lol
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Skin is not hair.
I use glycerine based moisturizers year round.
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What are some brand examples that you use?
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There is a link a few posts above that discusses a bunch of different lotions.
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From my understanding, glycerine is a humectant, so it attracts water. If applied "dry", as is no added water, it probably wouldn't be very good for your skin/hair. If the amount of glycerine to water is out of balance in a product, it can pull water from porous hair (like curly hair), or so the theory goes. Wheras oils and silicones are more barriers, trapping moisture in the hair/skin.
Dew point is basically just water and glycerine and so is Cornhuskers (from what I can tell). I've been using Cornhuskers and love it. Keeps me moisturized. Doesn't make me slick. Adds a little "tack" if I apply it right before pole. I love it.
This is only my understanding of how these chemicals work. I'm not a chemist, though.
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Glycerine is a humectant – One of the great things about humectants is that they will pull water out of the air and deposit it onto your skin. If you live in a veryyy low humidity area, though, glycerine can pull moisture from the epidermis to use on the dermis (so, it's a net zero).
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