Don’t Pole on That! A Note About Safety
If you’ve read my other blogs, you know I’m more of an aerialist than a pole dancer, but in the past week or so I’ve seen some horrifying examples of how poles are installed. Now, for these examples, I don’t…
How Useful are Recovery Wearables When Doing Pole and Aerial?
The year of our lord 2025 has really been a doozy. I’ve been feeling like a corpse lately, and I wanted to figure out: is it post lockdown blues? Turning 35? Have I finally gotten out of the trauma response…
How to sustain your pole journey while traveling?
Traveling for work or leisure can be exciting, but how do we balance maintaining our pole fitness journey? Although pole is a lifestyle hobby/profession that can be practiced anywhere you can face obstacles while visiting a different city or temporarily…
When It’s Time To Change Up Your Training Routine, What Do You Do?
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.…
Psoas Activation: Part II
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…
We Got Your Breathing…Now What?
After my last few blogs, we should all agree that breathing is our bodies #1 goal because…. If we don’t breathe we DIE! Everybody on board with that? If I didn’t teach you anything else. If we didn’t learn one…
If you don’t breathe you…Die
Before I start to wax philosophic about breathing, I would like you to stand up and give me 5 bodyweight squats. While you are squatting, I want you to just check in with your body and notice what you are…
Tips for Returning to Pole Dancing
Aside from being a captivating art form, pole dancing is also an intense discipline that requires consistent physical training. In that regard, pole dancers in Michigan consider pole dancing a form of physical fitness. Various parts of the body are intensely engaged…
Post Workout Nutrition for Pole Dancers
Pole dancing is such an incredible workout. Between the flexibility, strength, and stamina, it really does wonders for your body, mind, and soul. Nutrition plays a huge role in all areas of pole because as an athlete, the foods you…
7 Exercises for Pole Dancers (Part 3 of 3)
Check out Part 1 here and Part 2 here! The Pole Dancing Strength Workout To get the maximum benefit from these seven strengthening exercises, I recommend making use of super sets in your workout. This is where you pair exercises…