by Lisa D

 

I don’t think you need a pep talk about discipline, I think you need a class that starts at 6.

For those of us who learn pole online, there’s a particular kind of optimism involved in saving a pole tutorial – an intention that you’ll try it, possibly love it, and wow not only yourself, but also your friends, family, the King, and any aliens who might be watching. “Yes, that trick is FIRE. I’m definitely trying it this week!”

Then work runs late, or your kids need you, or the dog starts vomiting, or your energy simply disappears after a long day in the muggle world. You get to your pole, spend ten minutes deciding what to practise, revisit two things you already know and call it a session.

So the tutorial stays saved and your good intentions remain spotless – virgin soil ready for the next seed of hope to be planted and maybe watered – schedule, dog vomit and motivation permitting…

And throughout repeating this process a gajillion times, you obviously decide the problem is you, and that you need more discipline or more motivation or a better training plan. Or maybe the answer is an accountability buddy? Some new pole wear? A fucking personality transplant??

 

 

But what if the problem is actually HOW you are trying to train? 

Training independently asks a lot of you. You are the coach, the student, you set the timetable and plan the class. You’re the troubleshooter, the motivator, and the learner, all in one. Which can be spectacular from the perspective of your freedom to choose what your training looks like, but it can also be complete chaos when you’re decision fatigued and mired in real life that doesn’t give you space for so much added work. Because even if you have the time to do pole, do you have the time or headspace for all that extra work around it? 

Sometimes what we need is simply someone else to say: “Here’s exactly what we’re working on today. See you at six.”

You want a class in your calendar. An expert instructor there in real time who’ll answer the questions you have while you’re actually wrestling with the movement, rather than you having to get off the pole, rewatch the video you’re learning from, and trying to troubleshoot on your own. 

 

 

There’s a reason showing up can feel easier when something is happening at a set time. “I’ll train sometime this week” is a negotiation you can keep having with yourself. A scheduled class gives you a decision you’ve already made, and it builds accountability into the learning process. Most of us don’t like to miss appointments, and if we know someone is expecting us, we’ll show up. And on top of that, it’s nice to have something you’re excited to turn up for.

A class with an incredible instructor who will help you learn something fucking cool? Yes, please. 

In the online learning pole world we talk a lot about finding the motivation to train, but we could probably talk a little more about creating the conditions that make training easier to begin with, and HOW we train is a key aspect of that. 

That’s the thinking behind PoleSphere Live Studio, coming in November.

Four weeks of online classes, with 29 live sessions and seven incredible instructors, bringing a live studio schedule and real-time instructor access into your training. More structure, more support in the moment, and something concrete to put in your calendar and look forward to.

Come and try out a new way of training! Your saved tutorials will still be there for you to ignore when you get back to them. 

Head here to find out more.