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Nutrition for….Your Skin?

I can think of very little that is more frustrating than being ready for a pole session, getting warmed up, and then having skin that is slippy-slidy on the pole! It’s either so dry that it’s like a piece of paper sliding right off the pole, or it is so sweaty that it’s like your skin is crying when you touch the pole! I personally am a dry-skinned poler, and people are surprised to hear about how dry skin can be as slippy as sweaty skin!

You might already be thinking about how your skin care affects the condition of your skin on pole days, but are you thinking about how what you eat affects your skin?

The following tips that are probably not surprising will hopefully improve your overall skin health from within! Your skin will be healthy from the beginning of your pole sessions, and it will recover sooner.

  1. Stay hydrated: This is important for sweaty polers, dry polers, and everyone in between! Being hydrated is not limited to drinking water (but that goes a long way) but eating fresh veggies and fruits that are water-dense. The foods you eat should contain plenty of electrolytes (Salt, Magnesium, Calcium, and Potassium). Adding even a pinch of salt to a plain glass or bottle of water will give you a boost in sodium!
  2. Eat your share of protein: Proteins are the building blocks of your muscles, but also other tissues of the body, like your skin! I don’t have to explain to you how much pole dancers put their skin through on an average training session. We get bruises, burns, and even calluses when pole dancing! And we often don’t take time for all of that to heal before we hit the pole again. Foods rich in collagen (and collagen powders) have been researched to likely help with the skin cell production (more research is being done to verify that collagen we ingest is beneficial for the skin).
  3. Eat foods rich in Vitamin C: eating foods rich in Vitamin C is connected to skin health in various reliable studies. It is noted to help collagen production, and boosts the skin’s ability to prevent skin cancer. This linked article discusses the research linking Vitamin C and skin health, and it does note that more research will be done to continue to confirm this. So why not grab an orange or some pineapple before or after training?

So, while we invest in skincare to use before and after pole, think about taking care of your skin from within. This will help you be prepared for the “damage”, and help you recover and be ready for more! What you put into your body is an investment, as well!

If you have any questions about nutrition in preparation for and recovering from pole, reach out to [email protected] or Instagram: @selfalchemystudiodfw !

You can also catch me at PoleCon 2025 in Maryland giving a Free workshop on fueling your pole practice! I would love to chat with you!

Jamie Thompson-Griffin
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