What’s the best thing to wear when practicing your pole dancing?

The clothes you choose can make a huge difference to your pole work. Wear the right thing and you’ll have more grip, feel a lot less pain and avoid the odd, um, unwanted exposure too.

Pole dancing is all about gripping at the right times and with the right parts of your body. Skin tends to be sticky, but clothes (as a rule) are not, so it’s important to have enough skin on show to let you climb, hang off and spin round your pole. Read more →

Difficulty: Intermediate

About the icon splits

The icon splits is a fantastic pose and stretch. You don’t need to be able to do the full splits to do this move. No matter how flexible you are, this move will help to increase it! It will also help build your arm strength and grip on the pole. Read more →

Do you sometimes have problems gripping the pole because of sweaty or slippery hands?

You’re not alone – about 80% of my students have suffered from the same problem at some point. Luckily there are some simple steps you can take to minimize the problem. Here are my top 5 tips for dealing with sweaty hands and keep you hanging on that pole! Read more →

Difficulty: Beginner

About the fireman

The fireman is a great first exercise to learn. (In fact I felt I had to start with the fireman as it just feels wrong for me to start teaching with anything else!) The fireman is a simple but elegant spin with the thighs gripping the pole. Read more →

It’s important to find a good location to put up your pole. If you get it wrong it’ll spoil your fun and – much more seriously – could even fall down. Not good if you’re in the middle of a gemini at the time!