Let’s Get Your Glutes Going
Now that we have your Psoas acting right, we have to bring those glutes up to the same standard. Do you remember that blog where we covered the whole idea of “if you can’t move you die” and I painted…
The challenging intersection of teaching safely and making money as a pole dance instructor
Many students come to pole dancing as adults and that offers a unique set of challenges. Setting up the challenge These adults have layers of movement compensation and sometimes unsaid expectations about their current movement patterns and future movement goals.…
3 Tips to Overcome a Movement Block
I teach a LOT and I always feel (whether it’s true or not!) the pressure to be learning and teaching new things. Fortunately, I love learning but sometimes I get stuck and have no idea what moves I want to…
Land a Fun Gig Using Your Pole Dancing Skills
Fashion magazine Vogue reported that Vivetta Ponti unveiled her ready-to-wear fall collection in February with the help of pole dancing models. The unlikely combination of extravagant Italian fashion usually showcased on runways and pole dancing offers you fantastic inspiration of how…
Muscular Compensation isn’t (necessarily) bad
Your body is extremely adaptable. It responds to requests that you intentionally or unintentionally give it all the time and makes what are known as “compensations” or deviations from your optimal body alignment with respect to gravity. If you have…
One way to prevent injuries in pole
Before I purchased my motorcycle, I took a safety class. The first lesson the instructor taught us was at some point in our riding lives we were likely to “lay the bike down.” This is a term referring to when…
What do People Ask Online About Pole Dancing?
Remember that time you witnessed pole dancing for the first time and your jaw dropped? Learning a new hobby appealed to you. You watched a few online videos and pictured yourself spinning on a pole. Maybe you planned to perform…
How to do Fitness Cross Training for Pole Dancing
Often times as a pole dancer I hear prospective students say things like “I have no upper body strength,” “I have no core strength,” or “I’m too big to hang upside down.” Aside from the ‘big’ factor, I had these…
Pole Retreats—The Good, The Bad and Everything in Between: How to attendees and organizers can improve constructively
As most PoleCon attendees know, pole retreats and conventions can be a great escape from jobs and everyday life to come together with pole friends, take workshops with some of our favorite pole stars, buy new pole merch, enjoy visiting…
How to Make Instagram Work for You
Instagram is the largest worldwide pole dance resource available free of charge. It connects dancers to other polers, studios, workshops, training camps, conventions, showcases, and competitions across the globe. While Facebook, and YouTube are both excellent resources, Instagram has blown…