ScoopAway started this discussion ·
I feel like I can only pole for about twenty minutes before getting tired. How long do you go? How did you make your sessions last longer?
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I probably pole for a little bit over that... maybe 30 minutes. I usually aim for my workouts to be about an hour long, and that's including things like strength and flexibility training. My warm up is also pole work, just lighter- I don't practice hard moves or spins, just keep it light, and as I get warmer, I add in more tricks, till I'm fully warmed up and doing the harder stuff. So don't worry too much ;) Most performances don't go longer than, say, 5 minutes!
The classes I take at the studio are an hour which includes about 10 minutes of warm-up. At home I probably pole for at least an hour or an hour and a half. At that point I don't necessarily want to stop but am usually getting pretty banged up and figure I better give my body a break.
Your question is a little vague...do you mean continuous dancing? Or a pole practice (working on moves, conditioning, etc)? i can pole for hours that way, but not sure how long I can pole DANCE continuously as I sure haven't tried 20 min straight!
I have been known to do multiple classes in one evening and that is due to the fact that I work horrible hours and poling is my stress reliever. Its all in the conditioning you are doing. I do not pole continuously during the classes and sometimes I am even sharing a pole. What we do for conditioning is climb challenge (stay moving on the pole for the entire song without touching the ground) and free style dance on the floor, wall, or pole for an entire song. With the way the classes run I end up with a 15 min. warm up, 10 min. warm up on the pole (free style transitions and climbs), 20-30 min. working on moves (spins, inverts, transitions), finished off with a free style song. Classes run 1 hour to 1.25 hour long. As long as your enjoying yourself your doing well. You did not mention how long you have been poling just the amount of time you are working on it currently.
When I first started pole I could only hang for an hour class once a week. Then I moved up to 2x a week. And then I started hooping, and yoga. After a while I added zumba, bootcamps, weights & plyo, and aerial silks to my routine too. I now pole for myself 3-4 hours a week, as well as teach 8-10 hours of pole classes plus private lessons. I also do hooping for cardio and the occasional gym day too. I prefer to have 90 minutes minimum to workout now, 15 min warm up, 60 min pole, 15 min cool and stretch.
When I first started pole I could only hang for an hour class once a week. Then I moved up to 2x a week. And then I started hooping, and yoga. After a while I added zumba, bootcamps, weights & plyo, and aerial silks to my routine too. I now pole for myself 3-4 hours a week, as well as teach 8-10 hours of pole classes plus private lessons. I also do hooping for cardio and the occasional gym day too. I prefer to have 90 minutes minimum to workout now, 15 min warm up, 60 min pole, 15 min cool and stretch.
