I have long nails, will it affect my pole
dancing? A recent question to Pole
Passion from a new student wanting to start pole dancing for fun and fitness
My only question... As silly as it seems,
is that I have acrylic nails ... Would that make it more difficult to do pole
dance fitness, is it worth getting them done shorter? I look forward to hearing
from you. Best Regards, Dani
With any sport, fitness and dance discipline it is important
to keep nails at a length that they cannot get caught in clothing, hair/hair
accessories, and equipment or indeed scratch you during the activity and of
course pole dance fitness is no exception.
Nails that are longer than the finger
length themselves do pose more risk than nails that are not beyond
the finger length. And the longer the nail the higher the risk of getting them
caught and causing damage, to yourself, equipment especially mats, and or your
fellow participants (should you be doing doubles pole work
or spotting techniques during more intermediate advanced pole moves)
It would be our recommendation to keep nails short during
training (by short we mean no longer than three millimetres beyond the finger.
Especially acrylic or gel nails, because if they get caught
they are not as flexible as the more natural nail that has more flex and give
in them.
The acrylic nail is more likely to damage the nail bed
should it get caught, causing a more permanent and painful injury to that of
the natural nail, should it get caught.
However that being said if you have had your nails a long
time, depending on the length you will be more familiar with them and you will
have already made adjustments to the way you do things on a daily basis.
We hope that has helped
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