Pole dancing – the new way to keep fit in Honiton
POLE dancing is the unlikely new way to keep fit in Honiton.
And women in their 50s are proving to be just as agile as their teenage classmates.
So popular are the sessions that instructor Kirsty Mills is poised to open a class for men.
Kirsty, 19, who suffers from a life-limiting illness, admits when she attended her first lesson she did it “for a laugh”.
She was then a student at Exeter College, studying the performing arts and art management.
“I had no perception of what pole dancing pole was,” she said.
“I never knew I’d be going upside down and doing crazy moves.
“Like any cardiovascular exercise, I knew it would be good for me – because I have cystic fibrosis.
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