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Pole Studios with 20+ Poles (Whats Your Opinion?)
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Nymph – I never shared a pole, and never had a problem not mingling with my classmates. We were always laughing and having a good time. The classes were always pretty small (3-5 girls.)
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I taught in a studio with only 2 poles. My classes were never larger than ten for beginners and 6-8 for higher levels. I found it worked out particularly well for beginners because they benefitted from watching each other learn. Plus I have yet to see someone on their first class who could take being on the pole literally the entire hour without dying the next day. I know this wouldn’t be preferable for everyone, but we made it work. My classes worked out to be about $10/class. I didn’t feel as though anyone was getting ripped off. I occasionally pay $20 to drop in on Michelle Mynx’s advanced class. Each of her two pole rooms has two poles and we take turns. I don’t feel as though I’m wasting my money. The classes there are also small, no more than ten. We take turns, and I do feel with the advanced class that I learn from watching others and sometimes after doing a new move those couple times it doesn’t hurt to have that moment to rest and think about what worked or didn’t work on those attempts, talk it over with the other students or ask any questions about something that doesn’t feel right. I’ve also been in studio situations where everyone has their own pole, and honestly I find that I tend to stop and watch other people’s attempts to help myself learn and to be supportive of the other students. So when you factor in the time I spend watching, in-between attempts of wiping the pole, taking a quick water break, that there’s not TON of difference in actual amount of time spent with body on the pole in either setting. At least not enough difference that I’ve felt like I wasted my money.
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there were only 3 other girls in the classes I took with us each having a pole. There was so little interaction it was actually sad. I never got the "I got to go out and have fun poling with the girls" it was more I could have gone and worked out with weights next to my neighbor and had more interaction 🙁
My studio is going to have 5 poles with max 8 students.
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and I'm envious of PDR being able to go to Michelle's studio 🙂 they all share 2 poles and they are the most fun closest knit group of people I have ever come across.
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At my studio… We all know eachother … We don’t share poke but become a support system. I find it weired that ppl don’t become close while taking pole. We don’t share poles but the girls will cheer on the next person for mastering a move and even laugh together and joke when being introduced to new move they think they will never master. I love our little pole community. However, prior to opening I attended a studio where I had to share a pole… Thank God it was with my sister. I definetly didn’t feel like it was worth the hour after doing 30 mins of Abs, waiting for the instructor who played around way to much to choose her favorite song, and other issues. When sharing pole classes should Definetly be longer than an hour. But againg we don’t share poles and this has not effect on the relationships we form, because we are constantly doing things to pull the girls together. We are a little family. #TeamFitKittens
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@PoleDanceRomance I am in St Louis too! And I STILL need to get my butt over to Michelle's studio for a class!
At Fitchix we have 2 studios, 1 has 2 poles and the other has 5.
We limit our 2 pole class to 10 girls, but we also have a PS star stage that I set up, so really 3-4 to a pole. I like being able to watch less people so I can give better feedback to each student.
In our 5 pole studio we offer workshops limited to 10 girls, but it is still very challenging to keep an eye on everyone. We also have an open pole class that is limited at 20, it can be a bit chaotic, but typically this class is more about strength training and spins. We do have some girls who have been poling over a year now, so they are great about helping out our newer ladies and spotting each other for more advanced tricks.
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polekitcat – That is how my classes were and I loved it. I'm a bit of a pole hog, so I like having my own pole. That doesn't mean I wasn't cheering on other girls and chatting up a storm (I am such a talker…)
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the classes I was in that had one per pole I never saw anyone else do a trick because we were all doing it at the same time. I didn't care for the way the class was format at all.
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Instructors Definetly have to be creative when it comes to class structure and building relationships between students. At the end of some of my classes I like to let each girl perform. This is a plus. They love this and being able to watch eachother and pick up new ideas.
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The studio I attend in Toronto (Brass Vixens) has 12 poles…we each have our own pole usually 6-10 girls/boys + the instructor in the advanced co-ed class…I guess it depends on the studio and the membership, we are all super supportive of each other and a tight knit group..I've never had to share a pole (the studio does not over book) which I'm pleased about…All that being said, I have never felt left behind or forgotten by an instructor I always get my fair share of feeback and correction. To each there own…as long as the studio is safe, fun and supportive.
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Ditto what Piglet said.
Love the Brass Vixens team!
The instructors are fantastic when it comes to making sure that everyone has the amount of personal instruction they need.
They also make sure that everyone is working at their level regardless of beg/inter/adv status. I've been taking classes there for 1 1/2 years and have never had to share a pole. Nor have I seen anyone complain about lack of attention from instructors.
as PIglet said, the class is pretty tight and always willing to help eachother out 🙂
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My studio has two "classrooms", one with 8 poles, one with 9. The poles are all 50mm brass with the exception of the 9th pole in one, which is a "skinny b****" (what they call it) or a 45 mm chrome pole. No one uses that 9th pole unless they are really impatient.
That being said, the actual lesson series require a minimum of 6 (which I think is too high, as I've had to put progress on hold to wait for classes to fill up when we had 5 girls signed up) and a maximum of 14. If there are 11 or more they're supposed to have two instructors, but I've only seen them do that on some beginners classes. My class (level 3 and the first level to start inverts) has the max number and one instructor. Normally about 11 girls show up. I think it's very hard for my instructor to keep up with that many girls trying to learn the basic invert at the same time. The studio has only two crash mats.
The classes are 1.5 hours and yes, we share poles. We normally split the class in half and do everything in turns, which lets us catch our breath too. Still, girls are impatient and will take double turns, leaving one group full and the other with only a few people. Once I was the ONLY person in the second group because there were 9 people there that day. Talk about odd. Of course, everyone but me (and the person who gave up their pole for me) got double the turns. I suppose that's one down side to not having a pole for every student. I've had instructors much better than this one at managing the split groups, numbering people off and making sure they stay with their number.
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