Day 2 of Training: Owie ouch ow, ow, ow, whimper. Did I say I was sore after the first day? I had NO idea what I was talking about. Because today, after covering level 3 AND 4 spins, I am truly sore. But wow do I know a lot! More than I ever have- even [...]
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Pole Teacher Certification – Where Should You Go? Part III
February 20th, 2011 
ThePoleStory Pole Teacher Certification – Where Should You Go? Part II
February 19th, 2011 ThePoleStory Day 1 of Training: I am ready and rearing to go. There is nothing I like better than learning (I’m a HUGE nerd) and I show up at OC Pole Fitness with what I hope is a beginner’s mind: empty and hungry. OC Pole Fitness has a brand new studio space in Aliso Viejo, and [...]
Pole Teacher Certification – Where Should You Go?
February 17th, 2011 ThePoleStory Pole Dancing is a relatively new form of dance fitness, which means there are a limited amount of teacher training programs available and a large number of teachers who teach pole without any certification whatsoever - which seems insane to me. As someone who suffered a pole related shoulder injury as a student relatively early [...]
The Pole Show LA 2011
January 25th, 2011 ThePoleStory I mean, I don’t even know where to start. The LA Pole Show was divine. And justso we are clear, the definition of divine is: relating to, or proceeding directly from God, that is to say, supremely good. So I’m going to say it again: The LA Pole show was divine. The show was hosted by [...]
The Pole Story Part 2: Michellates
December 26th, 2010 ThePoleStory About a year ago I began taking Pilates in addition to pole dance classes as a part of my fitness routine. I was initially just curious about how Pilates worked. I had heard that it did amazing things for the body and I was particularly interested in the blend of stretching and strengthening that the workout [...]
The Pole Body – Part 1
November 18th, 2010 ThePoleStory For the next two weeks The Pole Story will be featuring a two-part article called “The Pole Body”. The first part will focus on Nutrition and Fitness (with guest blogger and Integrative Nutritionist Rebekah Fuller) and the second will focus on Strengthening and Fitness (with the help of expert Pilates Instructor Michelle Blum). The goal [...]
Happy Halloween
October 29th, 2010 ThePoleStory Aaaah Halloween! My favorite holiday of the year. A day when people are encouraged to express another side of themselves, to get creative in their dress and to be someone or something else for a whole night. A day to celebrate the dark side of things. Mmmmmm, yummy. Of course, I get to dress up [...]
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October 23rd, 2010 ThePoleStory I did a photo shoot a few weeks ago with a very talented artist by the name of Gregory Beylerian. He was interested in capturing some images of women on their poles at home and he was especially interested in capturing the emotionality and the sensuality of the dance – much more so than the [...]
Did you hear who was at The California Pole Dance Championships?
October 21st, 2010 ThePoleStory 
Ohhhh the California Pole Dance Championship was splendid! I had the immense pleasure of hanging out in Bad Kitty’ s VIP box and mingling with the dancers backstage. So much fun! The setting at The Avalon was the perfect mixture of lounge and theater and the show was sold out. A big thanks to Anjeldust [...]
Just A Little Bit
September 21st, 2010 ThePoleStory Respect: 1. the condition of being esteemed or honored 2. to show regard or consideration for 3. To refrain from intruding upon or interfering with. Last week there was a touch of the drama in the pole world. I certainly don’t want to dredge up something that has been put to rest (and probably for [...]
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