I see mainly two different ways of doing this move… The way that works for me is a straight top arm & pulling down with lat. The other way that I see which doesn’t work for me is a bent top arm & pulling with bicep, which it looks like is the method that you’re trying in this video. So, I recommend standing a little bit closer to the pole, extending the top arm & trying to pull down through your lat. does this make sense?

Lolol we’re both mad scientists 👩‍🔬🤣 I’m intrigued by the shaving cream that both you and Susan Papp Mlodzienski mentioned!!

I just read Vanessa’s too and I’m so intrigued by this shaving cream thing lol I may need to try this!! Does it make you grippy? Ahhh lupit pad- I forgot about those!! I’m loving all this info too- it’s always cool to see what works for other people. Thanks for sharing!!

Oh nice!! Haven’t heard of pole poised products. Will have to test them out! Thanks for sharing!

Oh yes dew point I remember is great too!!

Dry hands here too! It’s a classic 🤣

I tend to have really dry skin and a really slippery pole, so my table of grip aids looks like a science experiment some days lol Before warm up, I spray with Tree Frog Dry Skin Spray (which happens to the genius creation of one of our members, Thuy Dinh), and then I put sweatpants on to help build some moisture on my skin. After warm up & before pole time, I spray legs with GripIt rosin based spray from Amazon, and I'll use the classic dry hands for hands.

P.S. your answer doesn't have to be this long lol I just wanted to provide more information for those that were curious :)

Elena Martelli let me know if you have a chance to try this again this week. No pressure, just want you to know I'm thinking about you!!

Right?! I believe 100% that Susan is a splits person! Those lines!

Niiiiice John!! 👏🏼