How to Ace the Chest Mount
The Chest Mount, also called the Broomstick is a strikingly beautiful move and all the rage at the moment. Here are a few tips and tricks that can aid in achieving this move. But before we go anywhere with this…
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…
Conquering the Butterfly
The Butterfly is one of the most desired achievements in pole. It’s classified as an intermediate move, but, let’s face it, it’s a difficult intermediate move and the struggle to get the Butterfly is real. Don’t get down on yourself…
Competition Prep or Moderation in a Time of Pole-fection – Fact or Fiction?
Irmingard Mayer, reigning PSO Artistic Pro National Champion, just put out a beautiful video chronicling her road to nationals. She shares a few tears, her adorable chubby cat and her frustrations during her 6-month journey. After watching the 5-minute video…
Finding Balance
There is this magical moment when you do your first pole inversion. For me, after struggling for months to kick my damn feet over my head and just grazing the pole with my toe, that powerful moment of joy and…
STOP POLING WITH PAIN: Strength training for injury prevention
A few months back, I wrote a popular blog post here about all my tips and tricks for dealing with sports injuries. As I said then, I've put a lot of time and energy into finding the best ways to…
Interview with Pink Puma
Pink Puma, the US Pole Sport Federation champion, talks with Irina from 123poling.com and 123TV, the best online resource for students and instructors! Hear her talk about her winning performance (reprised for the IPSF Showcase) and her background in performing…
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…
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…
Instructors: How to make it all about your students!
As instructors, we wear a lot of hats. We prepare our class material and we work on choreography. Sometimes we teach 8-10 classes a day. We have to fit in our own pole workout to stay current with what is…