Pole Dancing

Today I thought I would share with you all something I've been doing for three years now. It's pole dancing. I know some people are still a bit funny about this type of exercise but I absolutely love it and encourage people to start up all the time! 

It started about three years ago when myself and a few friends took up one of those online deals for cheap lessons. We just thought, it could be a bit of fun so why not? So four of us started together. As months went on, they all gave it up for different reason. Other commitments, injuries, etc. so I ended up on my own and decided to continue. 

Now let me admit, I was absolutely hopeless to begin with. It took me a good couple of months to even be able to simply climb the pole. I had no upper body strength at all and found it all to be really quite challenging. The key to it is persistence. Yes, it hurts and yes, it's hard but we never said it was going to be easy. 

Three years on, I have learnt so many new tricks, found muscles I never knew existed and it even contributed to my 10kg weight loss! I told you it was great, right?!

So if you ever thought about starting pole dancing, I would absolutely recommend it! It will do wonders for your strength, fitness and confidence. Don't be scared. Everyone else in your class will be on the exact same boat as you!