Pole Dancing – You definitive guide

Pole dancing burns calories, tones body muscles, increases flexibility, improves fitness and can help tone your whole body. If you want to take up pole dancing then head to a class or keep training at home with a portable pole dancing kit and the pole aerobics workout DVD included for the basic moves:

The Walk Around: Stand tall with your shoulders back. Hook your arm around the pole and tip toe slowly and sexily around the pole.

The Body Ripple: Holding the pole with one hand, move your shoulders into it. Stick your bum out and ripple inwards until your stomach is on the pole. Then pull out your shoulders, bringing your pelvis towards pole. Repeat several times so the movement flows. (more…)

Pole Dancing excercise / Pole Aerobics involves rigorous physical exercise and is therefore a fun alternative way to get fit and in shape.

Pole Aerobics Introduction

Recession snatching their plush jobs women are now on their toes to tunes as ‘gentlemen’s club entertainers’ at upscale jiggle joints in Manhattan.

Women who previously earned their living as stock agents, fashion executives and real – estate agents have now clutched the poles to sway their way as pole dancers and strippers for about 1,500 dollars for a night.

With the big bucks aiding to remove the dent caused by recession, the girls are also much for the job due to its flexible working hours.

A financial analyst by profession at Morgan Stanley, Randi Newton, 28, who lives in Midtown with recession laying hands on her job has now taken to pole dancing at Rick’s Cabaret in Murray Hill. She entertains three or four days a week and makes about ‘160,000 dollars a year on tips alone’. Newton calls herself as an ‘independent contractor’.

The New York Post quoted Newton as saying of her shift to the dancing job as : “A few nights after I got laid off, I went with friends to a strip club to get drunk and forget my unemployment troubles. The manager offered me a job as a dancer. I thought it was different. And fun”.

Newton also appreciates her new job atmosphere as, “It was very odd seeing a strip club being better run than a major brokerage firm, not to mention I’ve never had problems with sexual harassment at Rick’s,”

Owner of Sapphire Club on East 60th Street opened in January, Peter Feinstein’s words flow thus : “I am receiving a lot of applications from women who recently lost their jobs in particular New York City real-estate agents.”

Becky, 24 who worked as a pastry chef previously has now become a ‘massage girl’ at Rick’s.

Becky said : “I couldn’t find anything after I got laid off because it’s hard to land a chef job these days,” .

Though recession’s tightening grip has caused a lot of lay offs in different fields, business in the ‘Jiggle Joints’ seemed to be on an upsurge with owners into hiring more talent than ever at present.

A rep for Flash Dancers also went on to say about the mounting applications in surplus, as about 40 forms a month to occupy five positions.

Eric Langdan, Rick’s president has said that about 50 candidates a week compete for positions at their club.

“These places give men hope. Even in the worst of times, for us it’s the best of times,” said Langdan.

Greener pastures on the other side?

POLE-DANCING is casting off its sleazy sex-club image as more women than ever give it a whirl as a great way to keep fit.

The gymnastic workout involves a series of moves carried out to music which strengthens and tones most of the muscle groups.

Mum-of-three Tracey Huckfield, 29, has introduced around 200 women to the sport since starting her business Pagan’s Pole three years ago.

Tracey works from home in Valley, Anglesey, where a pole takes centre-stage in the living room and a full-sized mirror helps students to monitor their movements.

Tracey first took to the pole when she was studying for her psychology degree at Bangor University and liked it so much she decided to turn it into a career.

“I’ve got the perfect job really because I’m doing something I love and the vast majority of my clients have become friends,” said Tracey, who is also qualified to teach aerobics.

“The initial thing I do is teach a routine that allows a student to become familiar with the grips of the pole and builds confidence into their upper body strength.

“The girls bring a me a song of their choice and I choreograph a routine to that song.

“I’m more of a trickster than a dancer and will put up to ten tricks into a routine but that is pushing yourself to the limit and it’s more gymnastics and aerial skills.

“We’re trying to change the name to pole-fitness to try and get away from the stereotypical image of the sex industry and there’s a petition going round to try and get it into the 2012 olympics as a sport,” she said.

Nadine Challinor, 24, from Amlwch, started pole-dancing with Tracey four months ago and thinks it’s a lot more fun than going to a gym.

Naomi Harries, 31, is also from Valley and said she couldn’t believe how toned she felt after her first pole-dancing lesson.

“I’ve had three lessons now and I love it, it’s fantastic and a great way to keep fit and so much fun,” said Naomi.

“The work-out is unbelievable and I will get my own pole eventually
when I can afford it.

“I would encourage people to try it because it’s a great confidence booster and it’s a full-body work out,” she said.