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grip aid
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I have super sweaty hands and haven’t found anything that works… yet!
my x-pole and i have a love-hate relationship; i love it, it hates me. basically i have to wear my thigh highs and plaster my upper thighs and elbows with Gorilla Grip Gold (think it’s a golfers thing), otherwise i fall straight off. lots of alcohol and chalk is kept on hand to clean my hands and the pole (and to take a swig of when i inevitably fall off and hurt myself https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif )
brass poles are definitely easier to grip on – we have them in the studio i go to. on the brass pole i just use chalk to help me out towards the end of the 90min class or if i’m working on routines. For body grip i use Gorilla Grip Gold on my knees and upper thighs (NOT doing death lays without the stuff!) but it does leave a mess on the pole and when it connects with my sweaty hands it’s not good!!!!
i have noticed that the more i pole the more confident i am at working with sweaty hands and with routines i try to use a variety of grips so that i’m not just relying on my hands to get me through. i also avoid complex spins after the first minute- they aren’t happening for me. Saying that though, i’ve never completed a routine on an x-pole and now i think i’ve got a mental block with it. oh well!!!
one bonus of sweaty hands??? major quick reflexes cos you’re so used to hitting the ground!!!
Happy poling!
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