Pole Thought for the Day: Climbing Trees in Heels

One of the reasons I love pole dancing is that it allows me to combine the childhood occupation of being a tomboy and climbing trees with that other thing little girls liked doing - dressing up in sparkly things and grown up shoes. Fun times :-)

Improve your pole dancing - squeeze a ball

Squeezing rubber stress balls or tennis balls is great for pole dancing. How?

1. The exercise will strengthen hands by working the muscles which flex the thumbs and fingers, therefore improving hand grip.

2. It exercises and strengthens the muscles of the forearms. Stronger forearm muscles will help support and stabilise the wrist joint. Therefore improving pole techniques (Split Grip) and positions (Handstands etc) which exert pressure on the wrist. This applies to spins like the Carousel or Cradle; and Inverted Aerial Holds like the Butterfly or Aysha, for example.

3. Therefore squeezing balls is great for strength building and injury prevention.

4. Technique - Squeeze and hold for 8-10 seconds, then release. Repeat a couple of times, enough to feel mild fatique, but never pain.

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Sample Level 2 Improvers Pole Dance Routine

Our Level 2 Course will lead to a pole dance routine along the lines of this after 6 weeks. Along with learning the routine, it also includes learning plenty of other Level 2 moves and techniques, and training groundwork for specific moves in higher Levels to come.





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Sample Level 1 Beginners Pole Dance

Here is a Level 1 Beginners pole dance routine, using a selection of pole tricks and dance steps learned in our Level 1 6 week course. More information can be found on the poleminx website.





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