FREE Pole Hold Tutorial
The Pole Hold is a fundamental move. It can help protect you from injury, it builds strength and allows you enter smoothly into more advanced pole work. Understand this is a strength building move, as a beginner, it may be challenging but that’s a good thing! I do not expect anyone to be able to lift both feet off the ground right away. I provide a few variations so feel free to use any of these until you gain strength to lift the feet.
Check out my Veena’s Tips for Pole Holds tutorial if you’d like to learn even more about this move.
If you have questions or would like to see all of the information for each related tutorial such as, descriptions other exercises, stretches and suggested sets and reps. These are provided within each individual tutorial. Here is a list of links to take you directly to each related tutorial listed here.
Muscles Strengthened: LATISSIMUS / TERES MAJOR / PECTORALS / POSTERIOR DELTOIDS / TRAPEZIUS / RHOMBOIDS / BICEPS / ABDOMINALS
If I just focus on this lesson for a few weeks do you think I’ll have enough strength to at least hold myself for a second and lift my foot cause right now I have no strength and I really just want to at least be able to practice these holds but I can’t even really practice these. I can’t even do the beginner variation so how am I supposed to build strength ðŸ˜
When I try the thigh variations my stomach kinda gets in the way and I can’t get a good grip and I just slide right down ðŸ˜
I suggest following the Take off program instead of just trying to work on the pole hold over and over. We work on other strength building stuff to help you work up to the hold. Most women can’t do this right away.
Ok and how long does it typically take people to be able to hold themselves at least in a pole hold? I imagine it’ll be longer than 30 days since I’m not doing an arm workout the whole 30 days.
Most can at least do a quick lift of one foot by the end. It’s more than just your arms working, which is why the programs are helpful 🙂 Make sure you’re not gripping the pole too low, this will make it much harder.
Jasmine, I made a new tips video for the pole hold because it’s the most common question I get from everyone. Hope it helps 🙠https://studioveena1.wpengine.com/lessons/view/63b89ef4-0764-40ee-99d2-6d88ac110005
Thanks for the tips but I think for me my stomach is just too much in the way even when I try to use my thighs to grip because of my stomach it takes me out of a neutral spine and it’s hard to engage my core and hold myself. I’m stuck I’m not sure what to do to practice this?
If you share a video of your attempts I can help you make the right adjustments for your body. You can upload here on your profile and post the link in this comment thread or send a private video link to cert@studioveena.com if you don’t want anyone but me to see it.
I just emailed a video I don’t mind sharing the video if that will help others but I just sent it privately for now. Thanks for your help
Got it will reply in that email 🙂
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When spinning on the pole in hand grip (both hands close together and bent), my body is twisting to one side of the pole vs staying straight in front of the pole. Any tips? TIA!
***just to add, my body is pulling towards the side of my bottom arm in both directions.
Hi there! That’s pretty common. Have you watched my video for the pole hold spin? https://www.studioveena.com/tutorial/pole-hold-spin-1027/
Usually what happens is you need to work on strengthening the obliques, abdominals and lats to help hold you in place. Also are you using static or spinning pole? I suggest working on static first, doing the hops, then make the “lift” a little longer every practice. Most people can’t hold perfectly vertical right away.
Working on all of the related lessons and the related lessons in the Pole hold spin will help you strengthen the areas needed for this.
If you’re still having trouble after a week of practice send me a video link and I can help you troubleshoot.
One last thing, try thinking about pulling the hip of the lower arm towards that side, this will help balance it out, but it does take strength to do this.
Webmaster just got an email from you, I think you meant to reply to me on this video?? In the future, if you hit reply on the email from your email, I wont see it, only webmaster (my husband) will. Thankfully we’re working side by side today so he caught it 🙂
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Thanks – sorry — just joined and figuring everything out 🙂 Appreciate the quick responses!!
No worries, I’m happy to help
**there is no purple “reply” button in the email…just a button that takes me to the page with comments. having said that, I can reply directly in this comments section vs. from email. Thank you!
That’s the correct button, the one that got you here.
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