The hardest thing to do in pole is to walk through the door of a studio for the first time. It can be scary, daunting? and outright confusing. If you’re lucky enough to have multiple studio options available to you,…
PoleCon and 123poling.com have worked together since 2015 when they first covered PoleCon 2015 in New Orleans, as videographers and later as the popular DJ PoleCon keeping everyone hyped during the evening showcases. (The featured photo on this blog is…
Pole dancing is hard! It’s physically hard, it’s mentally hard (and can be super confusing – which leg do I use?!?), and it can be emotionally taxing as well. The key to being successful in your pole dance experience –…
Like everyone else, my training routine got a huge shock in March of 2020. I eventually found my way through it, with the online classes offered by my home studio, and the occasional extra workshop when I could afford it.…
What is an isometric movement? Let’s look at a bicep curl. In a bicep curl, you are bending and straightening your elbow. There are three types of muscle contractions that happen in the bicep curl: Concentric: the bicep muscle (on…
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.…
In the last article we talked through what your Psoas muscle is, where it can be found and how to start a conversation with it. The first Psoas activation was simply to take your hand and start massaging the area…
Loss of overhead motion of the shoulder that you perceive as “pinching on the top of the shoulder.” Your shoulder motion comes from several joints - not just the ball & socket of the shoulder (aka the glenohumeral joint). There…
If you’ve ever had neck and shoulder pain, you have likely experienced one of the following symptoms: A sensation of tightness on one side of the neck that is exacerbated by neck movement (either towards that side or away). Loss…
(also posted on the IPIA website) We held the third annual Virtual PoleCon Saturday October 22, 2022, to a small but enthusiastic, virtual crowd! This event was born during the pandemic and has changed in all three of its incarnations…