I know the story. You want to be about that fitness life 24/7, but you're ashamed of something (everything) and are paralyzed by it. To hell with that -- time for you to step into your badassery! COACHES, these make…
The Butterfly is one of the most desired achievements in pole. It’s classified as an intermediate move, but, let’s face it, it’s a difficult intermediate move and the struggle to get the Butterfly is real. Don’t get down on yourself…
Irmingard Mayer, reigning PSO Artistic Pro National Champion, just put out a beautiful video chronicling her road to nationals. She shares a few tears, her adorable chubby cat and her frustrations during her 6-month journey. After watching the 5-minute video…
There is this magical moment when you do your first pole inversion. For me, after struggling for months to kick my damn feet over my head and just grazing the pole with my toe, that powerful moment of joy and…
A few months back, I wrote a popular blog post here about all my tips and tricks for dealing with sports injuries. As I said then, I've put a lot of time and energy into finding the best ways to…
Pink Puma, the US Pole Sport Federation champion, talks with Irina from 123poling.com and 123TV, the best online resource for students and instructors! Hear her talk about her winning performance (reprised for the IPSF Showcase) and her background in performing…
I'm a self-proclaimed fitness junkie. I'll try anything. The less-conventional, the better. Trampoline cardio. Kangoo. Rock climbing. Circus. That one time I took a class that I thought was about circus/gymnastics, but really we spent the hour body-slamming ourselves against…
La primera vez que Rafaela toco un pole fue en un cartel de la calle, había visto un video de Feliz Cane y le encantó, así que lo intento en cuanto pudo. Y con su fuerza, obviamente lo logro, pero…
As instructors, we wear a lot of hats. We prepare our class material and we work on choreography. Sometimes we teach 8-10 classes a day. We have to fit in our own pole workout to stay current with what is…
As a pole athlete, I spend most of my time either contorting myself into crazy shapes, throwing my body weight around in the air, teaching other people how to do these things, or thinking up new, even crazier ways that…