I’m away from my pole studio for a little while and wanted to set my students some pole homework 😀
I’ve broken these down into 4 pole exercises and 4 bodyweight strength exercises per week. There are different options – option 1 is the easiest, and the difficulty increases as you go through the options. You can choose to do the one option that is a good level for you.
With the pole exercises, I suggest doing them 5 times on each side. With the bodyweight exercises I would do them for 30 seconds (per side if appropriate) and increase by 15 seconds if the exercises are too easy.
Below is our list of pole strength exercises for you to look at.
Week 1
- Pull up from flat feet (opt 1)
- Pull up from tip toes (opt 2)
- Full pull up (opt 3)
- Knee tucks
- Chair – pike legs
- Pencil hold (opt 1)
- Pencil hold and lower (opt 2)
- Tricep dips
- Plank
- Squat
- Press ups
Week 2
- Pull up from flat feet (opt 1)
- Pull up from tip toes (opt 2)
- Full pull up (opt 3)
- Pull up spin (opt 4)
- Seated lower – hold and mini lower (opt 1)
- Seated lower from climb (opt 2)
- Straddle lifts (or knee tucks) (opt 1)
- Straddle – v inverts (opt 2)
- Climb to the top (or Crucifix) (opt 1)
- Forearm climb (opt 2)
- Tricep dips
- Side plank
- Lunges
- Burpees (opt 1)
- Burpees chest to floor (opt 2)
Week 3
- Pull up from flat feet (opt 1)
- Pull up from tip toes (opt 2)
- Full pull up (opt 3)
- Pull up spin (opt 4)
- Pull up from floor (opt 5)
- Leg lifts – from floor (opt 1)
- Leg lifts – from floor – forearm grip (opt 2)
- Leg lifts – from climb (opt 3)
- ‘D’ hold – feet (opt 1)
- ‘D’ hold – past ankles (opt 2)
- ‘D’ hold – forearm (opt 3)
- Side climb hold (opt 1)
- Side climb (opt 2)
- Tricep dips
- High knees
- Mountain climbers
- Toes touches
Advanced Pole Extras
- Superman – top leg lifts off the pole
- Aerial V inverts
- Shoulder mount hangman
- Climb over – singles (opt 1)
- Climb over continuous (opt 2)
I hope you enjoy them – please let me know how you get on 😀
