Pole Dancing at home: with or without a Pole

Learning pole dance at home provides a useful option for aspiring pole dancers. You can fully train pole dance at home on your own, or you can practice in addition to your training in the dance studio. It is very convenient, because you yourself choose when and how much to train, and do not waste valuable time on the road.

Anyway, we have some useful and effective tips and reminders on how to learn pole dance at home. You can find out more about it in the article below.

Pole Dance at Home.

Learning Pole Dance at home with a Pole

If you have a pole installed at home, you can, of course, take online pole lessons, paid and free, on your own.

Important!

Do not forget about safety when performing complex tricks – be sure to put the mat, and do not ignore the high-quality warm-up – be sure to fully stretch & warm up the whole body, so as not to damage the muscles during training.

Below are some of our recommendations on how to work with the pole yourself.

Several YouTube channels to practice pole dance at home:

Check out some of our favorite pole dance home workouts:




Let’s train Pole Dance Spins:

Popular paid online courses:

  • X Pole TV.
  • Courses on Udemy.
  • Studio Veena.
  • Danna’s Online Pole Dancing Course.
  • Pole and Aerial.
  • 123Poling.
It’s interesting!

We have chosen the best poles for home use. Check out the details.

Regularly train basic elements

Pole dance at home requires ongoing support for your fitness. You must constantly train the basic elements on both sides to perform beginners pole dance moves. Some of these elements are:

  • chopper (invert V, straddle);
  • the hang on the leg;
  • flags;
  • basic Climb;
  • basic spins (chair spin and variations, soldier, frog).

This is a base that needs to be done regularly.

Important!

When training for pole dance at home, do not forget to carry out each strength element on both sides. Observance of this, I am not afraid of this word, the MAIN rule in Pole dance, guarantees the uniform development of the muscles of your body.

Training without a Pole

Even if you don’t have a pole at home, you can maintain your physical form with various exercises with improvised tools and with your own body weight.

Grip Exercises

Most of the tricks in Pole Dance include grip. Therefore, grip and wrist training is a must for pole dancers.

Exercises with an expander for hands. Buy an expander, like these ones on Amazon – they are inexpensive, but can almost completely replace your pole for grip training. Using them is pretty self explainatory!

Wrist Strengthening Exercise:

  • get on all fours;
  • make sure your palms are strictly under your shoulders and your knees are under the pelvis;
  • lift the heel of your wrists and slowly lower it;
  • do 15-20 such repetitions.

You can do this exercise standing up, pushing your palms off the wall. Depending on the tilt of the body, you can adjust the complexity of the load on the palm of your hand.

Posture improvement

Posture plays a key role in the pole technique. You have to constantly control the shoulders to be lowered back, the shoulder blades put together.

Exercise “W” will help strengthen the muscles of the upper back.

Watch the video below about a detailed explanation of the athlete’s exercise technique. The same technique is also suitable for pole dancers.

Working out the purity of motion

A good helper for pole dancer is classical ballet. It helps to make body lines longer and smoother, and the body stronger. Such independent training at home will definitely help you and come in handy when performing tricks and spins on the pole.

For example, you can try one of these lessons:


An important point is working with the feet. Here are some exercises for stretching the foot:

 

Exercise for tightening knees

The most universal exercise is to sit down, stretch even legs forward, stretch the flex feet, and pull your knees into the floor by force.

Exercise for improving your chopper

A set of exercises for a chopper:

  • Sit on the floor, stretch your legs forward, and spread them out as wide as possible.
  • Start lifting one foot up 30 degrees from the floor cute. You have to do 15 times or for 20-30 seconds on one foot.
  • Do the same on another leg.
  • Next, lift both legs together. It’ll be a little harder, try to use the press. Be sure to keep your back straight, a chopper with a humpbacked back looks ugly!
  • Lie on your back, press your hands along the body, press your lower back to the floor. Raise your legs up, “open” them as wide as possible, as in the position of the chopper. Start to lift the pelvis up and towards yourself, slowly lower it back. Keep your legs level at all times. This way you can train your abs and buttocks for the chopper pose. Do 20-40 reps.

Balance work

Swallow pose balance work & stretching
Photo by Emily Sea on Unsplash

Your main assistant in balance practice is swallow exercise.

For an advanced level, try to stand on the half finger.

Stretching

And of course, the best thing you can do to improve your pole dancing work technique at home is stretching. It is important not to overdo it and stretch correctly. Here are some articles on stretching that will be useful for training at home:

So, Dear Pole People, we hope, this article about home pole training was useful for you.

Happy Poling!

 

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What to wear to a pole dancing class – with photos

If you’re planning on dancing, you’ll need special clothes that are characterized by certain materials and tailoring. If you’re planning to start pole dance, it’s important to find a uniform with open legs and waist areas, among other things. Let’s find out more about what to wear to a pole dancing class.

What to wear to a pole dance class

General principles of choice

First of all, when choosing a costume for pole dance, pay attention to the fabric. It should be elastic, durable and hygroscopic, as this sport involves a lot of movement. Fabric of the dance form should stretch in both directions, and it is better if it will not thin, otherwise – it will shine through during the performance of dance elements.

Most often costumes for pole dance are made of bi flex or velvet, and sometimes – with inserts from a grid or guipure.

A popular fabric for sewing forms is emerald bi-flex and velveteen.

Please note: velvet suits are a little warmer than bi flex, in warm seasons you may be hot.

Choose clothes that are easy to care for. You’ll probably have to wash it often because of the constant training. The bi flex dancing uniform will be virtually indestructible, even if it is washed every day.

And the most important thing is that you should like seeing yourself in your dancing clothes. It inspires you to more productive training and help keep you motivated in the classes.

Dancing Shoes

You may need ballet shoes with an open or closed-toe and pole dancing shoes for training. As you progress to potentially more glamorous outfits, if you’re uncomfortable with the high heels stripper style boots, you can do with socks. It’s about whatever is comfortable and safe, first and foremost.

Popular models of strips for dancing.

If it is of interest, high heels can be brought into more exotic pole dance classes. Beginners usually use the boots with a height of 4 centimeters. They are very convenient not only for training, but also in general, so you don’t have to worry about the fact that the heels will be hard for you to dance.

Next, the dancers go to the platform size of 6-7 centimeters, this is the most popular model and is suitable for absolutely different levels of training. For professionals – a great variant of 9 centimeters.

Form for warm-up

Every training session always starts with a warm-up. To warm up faster and better, you can use your leggings, T-shirt, and gaiters to warm up. Leggings and gaiters will help to stretch well and warm up all the muscles during the warm-up, so as to help prevent injury during the performance of dance elements.

An image of a Dancer warming up in leggings
Photo by Julia Rekamie on Unsplash

Form for training on the pyole

Then, after warm-up, you will need special shorts and top, because for the exercise on the pole you need a good grip of the skin with the pole.

There are two types of shorts:

  • ¾, which open the buttocks by a third;
  • shorts that completely cover the buttocks.

There are also various models of shorts with a high waist, as well as shorts with “suspenders”.

Popular models of shorts for dancing.

It is recommended to put on a sports top with open waist and hand areas. That is, a regular T-shirt is not suitable for dancing on the pole. An important requirement for a top is that it can be worn without a bra, it must hold the chest.

Another variant of the costume for a dance lesson – integral bodysuit. They are suitable for both training and performance. They are often sewn with special slots on the sides (that is for the good grip with the pylon).

Don’t forget about safety. The dance kneepads are tight around the leg, preventing the stretching from out the knee muscles and ligaments, and protecting them from abrasions. There are kneepads with special lacquer inserts on the upper back surface of the thigh. They provide additional grip on the pylon when performing various elements.

What to wear for the Pole sport lesson

For pole sport lessons the presence of shorts and top is obligatory as this direction is basically directed on the performance of acrobatic elements and their combinations. It is extremely important that in the chosen clothes you were comfortable and nothing interfered with the training.

Here are some options for clothing for classes pole sport.

Clothes for exotic pole dance

For exotic pole dance classes, you can wear both shorts with a top and sometimes leggings.

Exotic pole wear
Photo by chaoss on Shutterstock

Clothes for Pole Art

The pole art dance will be adorned with a long silk skirt or other lightweight and soaring fabric.

History of Pole Dance – how people stopped perceiving dance as a striptease.
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels

Dance form care

If your uniform is made of bi flex, it does not require special care. You can wash it often and not worry about its color and quality. The main rule – do not leave to dry on direct sunlight, bi flex may burn.

If you have chosen clothes for dancing from velvet, it is harder to care for it, because it can not be washed or ironed. Thoroughly clean the cloth from dust, clean with a sponge moistened in water and well wrung out to avoid disturbing the pile. After you get rid of the dust, wipe the product with a soft woolen cloth.

What NOT to do before the lesson:

  • apply moisturizing cream to your hands or body;
  • to use perfume abundantly;
  • to wear jewellery: rings, necklaces, and bracelets will scratch the pylon and prevent you from exercising effectively.

Happy poling!

 

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