Tag: pole fitness
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Crafting the performance
What does it mean to craft a pole performance? For me, the task involves working backwards. In my head, I can visualize the outcome – the outfit, the audience, the flow of the tricks, transitions and spins. Feeling the music and connecting to the beat is a goal (in addition to accomplishing hard tricks successfully).…
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Pole at the Playa: My Best Discovery in Barcelona
It’s summertime and the beaches are popular places to hang out. A few summers ago I made an amazing discovery on a family trip to Spain: a pole on the beach. As a mostly indoor sport, it’s an entirely different feeling to perform tricks with some sun on your skin and a breeze in the…
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Smile and the bubble gum is yours!
As a kid growing up in the small town of Rockland, Maine, Mrs. Drinkwater was my very first dance teacher. She taught us how to move our bodies to “Beat It” by Michael Jackson, the 5 basic ballet positions, and how to kick ball change in our shrinking tap shoes. Each dance season ended with…
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The Pole Fitness Community
What does it mean to be a part of a community? When it comes to pole fitness, it’s the shared love for anything pole: the common language, the struggles to reach a personal goal, the supportive atmosphere. One of the key words is “personal” since pole is very much an individual sport. As a pole…
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No Lie: The Big Apple Has it All Including Pole Fitness
I’m fortunate to live in the tri-state area with relatively good access to a variety of pole fitness studios. One of my goals with Poles & Places is to take a pole fitness class whenever I travel. Included in this goal is sampling some local options. However, having a “home” studio is like your hometown…
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Fitness in Florence (Italy)
Last summer, I had the privilege of traveling to Spain and Italy on a cruise. Before heading overseas, I asked Google for pole fitness studio suggestions in the cities we would be visiting. While Google managed to show me several options, calculating the distances between the cruise ports proved challenging. Would I have enough time…
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Goddess grip leggings: A tall tale
I’m tall, 5’10 to be exact. In the pole world, that’s a lot of legs to lift. Speaking of legs, last month at Polecon, I purchased a pair of Shibari Chic Goddess Grip leggings from the brand, Active Elixir. Pulling them up my legs felt like putting on a bat suit! I wondered if there…
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The pole trick that terrified me: An Ayesha
In your opinion, what is one of the most challenging pole tricks? Is it the Iron-X where you’re essentially balancing like a letter “X” from the side of the pole? Or, is it the seemingly inhuman flagpole? Maybe it’s a handspring or an invert, or even a chopper. Depending on where you are in your…
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