Pole Dancing Grip Help

Ok, so recently I went to try out a pole dancing class @ Crunch Gym. Just to see.... WOW! I was amazed at how many tricks they were trying to get girls with no experience to do. No spotters and no mats! ...But that is a different story.

What blew my mind was this stuff the instructor put in my hands. My first thought was that it was alcohol gel. The truth is, the pole needs to stay oil and lotion free. It makes anything, even holding on to lean back, difficult. I have seen more new girls pulled off second stage by a veteran dancer who climbs up on main stage to find an oil slick on the pole. Its like who is the fuck is wearing oil??!! So then your whole 2 songs are ruined because you cant even touch the pole. So you finish your set, proceed over to stage 2 where you know its Exxon Valdez all over again, politely grab her arm and say, Look honey, you cant grease up your body then rub all over the pole... its disgusting. Please get a towel and wipe it off (when you want to say bitch, wipe off your nasty crud).
Yes, I myself have gone off on a new girl or two. I mean its common knowledge. If your hands are so greasy you cant even grab the pole do you really think anyone else can? Sometimes they would bathe, I mean bathe in oil and then do floor moves and the next girl on stage almost falls down before she even gets to the pole!

But to my surprise this was not alcohol gel ...it was like this super antiperspirant. It helped to grip the pole alright. I couldn't believe it. I thought, well hell, this is cheating! Back in my day you just rubbed your hands on the floor to pick up a little dust. My, this is quite the improvement. But I still can't help but think it is cheating.
Here are a few I found.

• Dry Hands... with shipping 9.97 http://www.dryhands.com/


• Magic Grip Spray... with shipping 18.95 http://www.vsathletics.com/product.php?xProd=379&xSec=132


• Tite Grip ...with shipping 11.50 http://www.tite-grip.com/


• Mighty Grip http://www.mightygrip.info/


• Dry Touch Hands http://drytouchhands.com/

BTW, if anyone want to check out the class @ crunch, I'll tag along. Fun stuff.

Striptease workout : Stripper Strength

Stripper Strength is a our striptease work-out class!!!

The class is an hour long and uses real stripper moves to tone and strengthen the body. The class flows slowly much like a yoga class, and less like a cardio class. Then we use the moves you learn through out to put together a hot and sensual routine at the end of the class. You will need comfy work-out wear, and heels(bare feet or tennis shoes work as well). The class will be held every Tuesday from 6-7 PM, Wednesday 12:30-1:30 & 9-10PM, and every Sunday from 2-3 PM at Empire Studios located at 127 W. 25th St, 11th Floor (Btwn 6th & 7th Ave). The class will be open to the public, but will be conducted in a private room that does not allow for ANY spectators. The class is open to women only, 18 and up and will taught by Kimberly from StripXpertease. To pay for classes contact Empire Studios @ (212) 645-2441 or just drop in! You can also take a completely private Stripper Strength class, just you and the instructor.

EMPIRE'S CLASS RATES:
Single Group Class (drop-in): $20

World Dance/Dance Fitness Class Cards (buy several classes and get a discount!)(May be applied towards any Belly Dance and Dance Fitness class.)
5 WD/DF Class Card: ($13 per class) - Valid for 2 Months from date of purchase ($65 total)
10 WD/DF Class Card: ($12 per class) - Valid for 3 Months from date of purchase ($120 total)
20 WD/DF Class Card: ($9.95 per class) - Valid for 3 Months from date of purchase ($199 total)

Student Discounts: A 10% discount is offered to students who are actively enrolled in a college or university. Proof of enrollment with valid picture ID required.

Call Empire @ (212) 645-2441 for easy phone registration!
Check out their site http://www.empiredance.com/

Why take a striptease class?

I was recently asked a few questions and I wanted to share my responses with you. The questions are about why striptease is popular and why women are now flocking to it in masses!!


Why do you think Exotic dance has gained such popularity over the last year?
1. I think exotic dance and striptease has gained popularity year after year. Perhaps this year stands out to some because it is just reaching further across the US. But I think the real reason is that there has been a lot of press coverage on striptease fitness this year. Terri Hatcher raved about Shelia Kelly's S factor (pole fitness) and Oprah featured both of them on several of her shows. Also Carmen Electra's aerobic striptease video was released in 2003 or 2004, so it is just now really getting out into the world. And I think it will continue to grow. However, these "fitness classes" were just an acceptable front to what was really being taught, or sought after anyway. The public wasn't ready for "stripper" classes, but striptease aerobics was a little easier to swallow. However, now that the public is seeing that the trend is here to stay and that everyone from lawyers to Sunday school teachers are taking it, is becoming more acceptable. Now several companies, ours included, are skipping the fitness cover and going straight to the slow and sensual moves which are what women really want to learn. And other companies, just like ours, are using exotic dancers to teach and design their classes, not aerobics instructors. These ladies want to move like the girl at the strip club, not like Jane Fonda..no offense Jane. Because real strippers don't sweat!! The routines and moves are slow, sexy, and very sensual.

Why is exotic dance something that so many woman want to learn?
2. I think women just want to feel wanted, to feel sexy. That is why they come to class, to feel desirable and to awaken that naughty diva inside that society and just plain growing up has stifled. They want to feel OK about using their sexuality. It is a bit of the Cleopatra complex; to be able to use your feminine wiles to have ultimate power. But really it is about self confidence. I think most women with self esteem issues(and we all have our moments) trace this problem back to issues with their bodies, their looks, hence their sexiness. These classes let women use movement to reconnect to this lost sexiness, and big thighs and small breasts are forgotten when they see them selves moving. It is just another baby step in the yet unfinished feminist revolution that started over forty years ago.

Any other comments you might have about what you have seen as far as increased popularity.
3.Popularity is gaining because it is becoming more accepted. But we still have a long way to go. We(StripXpertease) still get denied rental space because of the "type" classes we teach and I still have clients who don't want to tell anyone about their classes. But there are those who do promote us and those clients who want to tell the world, and as long as they keep talking, this trend will continue to grow.

Pole dancing is hard y'all!

O ...this is why I don't teach pole dance..Cuz its hard!! And I dont' want to be responsible for this. I have seeen this happen in the club too...OUCH!!

More funny pole dancing commercials

Ok this is just funny...how many of us want to get down on that subway pole?

Yes, we alllll fall down

This could happen to you!

Funny pole dancing videos

Another funny video....

First pole dance.

Volvic water ad...the first male engineer..sooo true.