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I have been in the fitness industry since 1994 but have been in some sort of sport/activity since I was 5 years old. The one thing we all have in common is FOOD as fuel but most of us do…
Owners Guide: This neighborhood IS big enough for the both of us!
Lets start with a disclaimer – mostly so you will take what I say here with a grain of salt (ha!). I have been on the studio owner side working my hind parts off to build a studio – when…
Interview with Dalijah Franklin, Black Girls Pole
Annemarie Davies from United Pole Artists in conjunction with our Gold Sponsor 123Poling.com, the best online resource for pole dance tutorials, talks with Dalijah Franklin, the founder of Black Girls Pole at PoleCon 2015! Black Girls Pole is a movement…
Guilt & Shame at the Gym: 3 Ways to Overcome It
I know the story. You want to be about that fitness life 24/7, but you're ashamed of something (everything) and are paralyzed by it. To hell with that -- time for you to step into your badassery! COACHES, these make…
The importance of Nutrition
While most of us started Pole for fun or fitness it has truly become an amazing sport. I don't ever hear too much talk about the dreaded topic of “weight loss,” aka this really means fat loss in true fitness…
Are you working IN your business, or ON your business?
One of the best things my dad taught me was the difference between working IN and ON a business. Are you teaching most of the classes in your studio? Are you the receptionist? Housekeeper? Main "fix-it" person? Then you are…
What Happens When Your Routine Gets Messed Up… er REVAMPED—Part 2
A couple of months ago, I blogged about what to do when your routine gets messed up. For me, my disruption was a move almost halfway across the country. New city, new job, new everything. Plus I needed to find…
Interview with Roz the Diva
Annemarie Davies from United Pole Artists in conjunction with our Gold Sponsor 123Poling.com, the best online resource for pole dance tutorials, talks with Roz "The Diva" Mays at PoleCon 2015! They talk about Roz's "Dangerous Curves" showcase, the first and…
How to keep your motivation for going to pole class during the fall and winter season!
Can you believe that it’s the fall now?! What happened to the summertime?? Wintertime is rapidly approaching and I’m not a big fan of the wintertime; cold air is not my friend. Trust me—if I could stay inside all winter…
Lets have a little rendezvous with New Orleans history: Voodoo!
Voodoo is a belief system that originated from African slaves. New Orleans was the first city in the United States that voodoo was brought to and it is a huge part of New Orleans culture and the city's originality. It…