Dance It Out
As the competition season wraps up this year, I am forced to sit back and evaluate my pole journey and where I am headed. I found myself saying “I want to focus on my dancing this year.” I feel as…
How to maintain perspective when your pole world gets _________________ (insert somewhat negative adjective here)
The shortest version of my career history can be summed up as this: I left a very lucrative career with a fancy office and an impressive title to run my fitness pole dancing business full time. Woohoo! “Good for me,”…
No pole at home? Check out these exercises to do at home in between pole classes!
No pole at home? Need Exercise to do at home in between pole classes? Sometimes life hits us hard and we are unable to make it to pole class. To stay in shape outside of pole class, we must do…
What Happens When Your Routine Gets Messed Up?
I was in a great routine: Sundays: Hoop and Flexy Mondays: Pole Tuesdays: Crossfit Wednesdays: Yoga and Pole Thursdays: Crossfit Fridays: Maybe a rest day? or Yoga Saturday: Sometimes Crossfit AND Pole I had all the time in the world…
THE SOCIAL SIDE OF POLE: Come for the workout, stay for the community
I'm a self-proclaimed fitness junkie. I'll try anything. The less-conventional, the better. Trampoline cardio. Kangoo. Rock climbing. Circus. That one time I took a class that I thought was about circus/gymnastics, but really we spent the hour body-slamming ourselves against…
Choreography 101: How to Jump Start the Creative Process
Everyone has that one motivational dance they never forget. You go to it when all other motivation goes out the window. You play it over and over when you dive into the YouTube black hole. You’re friends ask, “What is…
How to Avoid the Freebie Pitfall
I had seen a member around the gym for months. We'd worked our relationship up from a smile and nod to commenting on each other's workouts. She'd asked me a few questions about exercises to improve her running, and I…
Pole Con Recap!
PoleCon has officially returned! We had more than 500 attendees from all over the world, almost 100 different workshops and an absolutely amazing slew of performances! Some things you're saying about the event (from our survey): “Many of the vendors…
Combating Anxiety with Dance
"I have always been somewhat of a high-strung person. I get bored very easily and therefore need lots of things happening in my life to keep me from getting anxious. I am a Gemini, and can move very easily and…
Rafaela Montanaro, la poler brasileña más reconocida habla de su historia en el pole, de su vida cotidiana y des próximas competencias.
La primera vez que Rafaela toco un pole fue en un cartel de la calle, había visto un video de Feliz Cane y le encantó, así que lo intento en cuanto pudo. Y con su fuerza, obviamente lo logro, pero…