We see a lot on social media about food trends, supplements, and “magic ingredients.” Influencers are posting about unbelievable results they have gotten by following a certain diet or eating a certain ingredient regularly. And these results are usually tied…
Thank You for Applying to PoleCon! Goodbye. Showcase selection explained and how to make the best submission for next year. January has always felt exceptionally long. For one, everything we had put off until the New Year is not circling…
You’re doing everything right—Training both sides. Eating well. Hitting the gym and the studio. …But you’re not progressing. You’re tired all the time. Moves that once seemed hard are *still* hard. “Where are my gainz?!!” You scream at an Instagram…
Starting for the 2025 PoleCon event, PoleCon and the IPIA is offering three needs-based grant opportunities to help pole-preneurs or those that want to become pole-preneurs who would otherwise be unable to attend the event. Submissions Close: March 1, 2025…
Whether you’re someone who makes multiple lists when packing (me, a Virgo rising), or a “toss things in and hopes for the best,” packer (my friend, a Sagittarius), some things are fairly obvious and easy to remember. Of course, you’ll…
It seems like everywhere you look, someone else is quitting their day job and launching their full time career in the pole world. Some have won competitions, catapulting their first worldwide workshop tour, while others are creating interesting niche products…
Hey there, Can you believe May is just around the corner? Before we know it, we’ll be at PoleCon! But between the holiday hustle and cozy nights in, it’s so easy to let those pole goals slip—I know I’ve been…
Defining fitness While fit-ness can be defined in many individual ways, a more modern understanding of fitness looks at this concept across an interconnected web of elements that are relevant to your life and/or training. Some things to consider as…
Maybe you read my other blog post that was a play-by-play (with emotions!) about my very first audition experience. Well, the selection committee got back to me very expeditiously to tell me they decided to go in a different direction.…
“You could take pole dancing lessons,” he suggested with a leer. I had recently lost weight and acquired a boyfriend after a really tough year, and I’d been dithering about joining a gym or something similar. As it happened, I…