I like keeping my skin hydrated, but for the sake of the pole, I'm going to forgo using lotion on my legs for the next week.

I keep having this problem of slipping off the pole! And it's really preventing me from learning "the K", which is sort of a base for a lot of other moves. With the K, you're upside down on the pole and release a leg while turning your body and stretching out your arm. It's pretty much one leg holding up your whole body. And I slip!!

Usually on the day of class and if I shower before class, I don't use lotion on my legs, but maybe two days or more would help.

I realised that it has taken me a year to get back to where I was 2 years ago. I started taking pole dancing classes 3 years ago. I did it for a year, and then I took a year off. Then I started up again because I missed it.

But I only recently clued in about the lotion on the legs. With my last stint, I couldn't stay upside down, and I couldn't figure out why especially I seem to have this massive strength.  ;-) I finally realised to can it with the lotion. I mean I know not to wear hand cream!

My favourite instructor hasn't been able to figure out what is preventing me from perfecting the K. But she did ask me if I had really soft skin (I do, but I also add on lotion!), and then she suggested I not wear lotion for a while to see if it helps. She is great. She knows I'm really frustrated with this, but she reminds me that I'm really good at other things.

(When I said bye to her last night, I wasn't sure if I pronounced her name right. I hope I did...I've known her for quite some time now :-/)

She said she wished I could see myself doing the tornado because she says I do it even better than she does it. And then I remembered...That was my signature spin a couple of years ago. BWAHAHHAA Back then the other instructor I really liked said I was the only person who could even do it, out of all the students. Only I think I do it better now. Weee!

I wish I could describe that spin, but I think it'd be really hard to picture. But let me try...

You walk around the pole while holding on to it with one hand above your head. Then you grab the pole with your other hand, placing it above the hand that's already there. As you grab, you pull yourself up and in (like you're about to do a crunch) and then turn your body so that you're spinning with your back to the pole.