Pole fitness
When you think of pole dancing, you quickly think of half-naked dancers and strip tents. Nowadays, however, you will also find a dance pole in many gyms. Anyone who is dressed and already swinging around it is doing pole fitness. You often also do exercises next to the pole. This way you get a complete work-out.
Where other fitness forms often focus on certain muscle groups, pole fitness involves coordination between the different muscles a big part. Techniques from traditional pole dancing are combined with gogo aerobics, gogo dancing in aerobics style.
A real sport
Dancing on and around a pole is a combination of cardio and strength training. Furthermore, your movements should of course look graceful, fluid and streamlined. Good muscle control plays an important role in this. And that is something that takes a lot of practice.
The movements you have to perform and the control you need to do so demand a lot from your body. So don’t think too lightly about pole fitness. It is not for nothing a real sport, complete with world championships.
Especially in the beginning you will suffer a lot from the day after an intensive training muscle strain. Whoever manages to overcome this will eventually be rewarded with extra strength, flexibility, sense of rhythm and endurance.
Spinning in a group
If you want to learn pole dancing, it is best to go to a fitness center to go. More and more sports centers have a pole fitness course on the program.
Usually training is done in small groups, under the guidance of an experienced pole dancer. You will not easily find men there, because pole fitness is (still) a real women’s sport.
After a good warm-up you will be taught the basic techniques of pole dancing. Social contact plays a major role during the training. Your fellow students help you and encourage you.
Because everyone watches as you swing around the pole, some guts are a welcome bonus. A little agility can’t hurt either, but you don’t have to be a real contortionist.
At home on the pole
Do you like it so much that you want to do it at home too? Which can. You can order your own pole on the internet. From about 250 euros you have a mobile pole at home that you can secure between the floor and the ceiling.
For those who have a little more to spend, there are movable copies where the pole is fixed in a small podium. Both types are easy to install and available in various lengths and for different floor and ceiling materials.
Good instructions are also very important in pole fitness. There are several DVDs that will help you master the techniques of pole dancing. And what else is part of pole fitness? Music of course! Preferably a nice and solid beat, which gives you an extra boost.
