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How did you start poling?
Hey ladies I am just curious about how everyone here decided that they wanted to start poling, there are so many reasons and I would love to get to know everyone a little bit better by hearing what your reasons are. They could be for fitness, to feel sexy, curiousity etc =)
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My mother in law mentioned it one time, that her friend wanted her to take pole dancing classes with her. I'd never heard of it before. Looked it up, seemed interesting and fun, and started taking lessons shortly after. That was in January 2009. I quit lessons in 2010 and started teaching myself after 6 months off. My love for pole has grown so much since then 🙂
Now I love to accomplish new things I once thought were impossible!
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Wow thats awesome Polekitten!!Did your mother in law ever try it too since her friend wanted her to pole with her? I agree by the way on feeling like you can basically do anything even if it seems impossibe!
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What a great suggestion Peachpop! Well I cant remember what first intrigued me about pole-dancing and stripping, but all through my teens I found it kind of fascinating, and certain things would reinforce my interest in it, such as Natalie Portmans character in Closer, etc. (Pink-bob wig??? – oh so sexy). In my mind I just saw strippers as very independent and ellusive and kind of ethereal. I felt like they were the queens and all the blokes pawning at their feet were their underlings haha 😛 I liked how they were icons or elements of this other-world, only found at night, inside clubs, kind of like rare and unique fairies or something…. From 18yrs on I loved going to strip clubs and I was always the chick dragging her friends to Kings Cross after drinks at the local pub. I particularly appreciated the art of pole-dance – the skillful tricks and the aesthetic dance quality. And also I loved certain dancer's attitudes… it was prob just the lights and smoke and dimness that made them seem so surreal, but certain dancers just had this mesmerising self-composure and seductiveness…. It was probably just self-confidence now that I think of it 😛 I would imagine what it must be like to be one of those beautiful creatures…. I loved the idea of being the center of attention and being wanted but unattainable. (Hmm maybe I should see a shrink 😛 haha) Anyway….
I wasnt completely naive about the stripping industry; my cousin became a stripper for a year (the year before I did), and she conveyed all the dirty details…. its not a glamourous job, and you aren't always shown appreciation or basic respect… Its exhausting and monotonous and frustrating, but it can also be fun and adrenalin-fueled and ego-boosting.
Anyway, when I was 18 I think, my aunt held her birthday party at Bobbi's pole Studio in Sydney, we all got dressed up and payed on the poles… Trying to do spins and the feeling of flying and being out of control was just so exhilirating! (I've always loved roller-coaster rides, the scarier the better, so I guess im a bit of an adrenalin junkie).
From this experience I decided I just HAD to get lessons and train in pole-dancing, mainly because it was so much fun, but I suppose I had ambition to become quite good at it too. It took me ages to get around to enrolling, because I kept waiting for when my friends could do it with me (Gosh I was such a little scaredy cat). Anyway, all my friends who started out with me didnt last past a few semesters, I guess they just didnt get the bug or the expenses outweighed the fun for them, but Im still obsessed and in love with it!
Because of my proficiency and confidence with pole-dancing, and because my cousin had kind of broken down the barriers and given me access into that world, I started stripping at the beginning of 2010 and semi-retired at the end of 2010. I was mainly doing it for the experience (as I've explained it has been an almost life-long curiosity of mine), but I also enjoyed the instant and large amount of cash at my disposal, even if it was so unpredicatble and obtained from alot of sweat, bruises and bullshitting (flirting/hustling). I decided to stop when I started becoming bitter towards the male gender, they were no longer cute and endearing and flattering to my ego, they were irritating and ridiculous and represented 'The Man'… I dunno, It just got too hard to make myself go to work anymore… the fascination had been supersceded by disillusionment I guess. Now that I've stopped I think I could go into a Strip Club and enjoy it once more, although I'm definitely a little jaded… I know what the girls on stage are thinking and how they are feeling, there is no 'ecapism' element or surreal/other-worldliness to it for me now…. Yes you feel thrillingly isolated from the rest of the world, but you know the undercurrent… its not magical or ethereal anymore, its money money money, egos and sex. But its still a great place to party and I made some lovely friends along the way….
Anyway, I feel like I've been waiting to be a pole-dancer my entire life. It just fits. I sometimes try to expain the fascination I have for it by comparing it to surfing. My brother is a surfer, and anyone who knows surfers understand that they are addicted, totally at the mercy of the ocean. They will get up at 5am, trek through rain, hail or shine and plunge themselves in freezing water to catch that perfect wave, or just bob on the ocean, communing with mother nature. I wanted to be a surfer and tried it for years, but I never caught that 'bug'. It just wasn't me… As soon as I took that first swing at Bobbi's year's ago I was hooked. I think I may even have been hooked for years before that… I was always drawn to it. I've thought about the future and whether Ill be able to keep up my committment to it once I have kids, lose my abs and go through whatever else life throws at me…. The thought of not pole-dancing makes me feel so empty inside and… well.. ordinary. Mundane. I love that its still a very new sport, it can still shock people and open their eyes,….. I guess I like to be a bit of a rebel – I definitely enjoy the feeling of being progressive and liberated. But mostly I love the art itself… the smoothness of one's transtitions, the fluidity and individuality of dance, the expressive and evocative quality of the music, the fitness and skill required to exectute those intricate, "WOW" moves….. I lust love it. I know I will always follow it and appreciate it no matter what.
Okay sorry about the novel!!! haha I got a little carried away…. I guess thats what happens when u get me started on one of my passions! 🙂 You can imagine how I must drive my family and friends crazy with all this pole-talk!! hehe Thank goodness you guys can reciprocate the fascination though!! Im not alone! Hooray!!! 😛 xox
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Ohhh myyy God I just realised how much I had written! I am so SORRY guys!!! Honestly, I am hopeless when it comes to pole-talk! So bloody verbose!! My bad!
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Wow Scarletthoney! I thought I was obsessed with pole!!!! =D Your storey was beautiful and inspirational! You have been through so much in regards to pole dancing and seem to have really truly enjoyed your journey. I hope to be able to have an interesting storey like that one day! Dont be sorry about how much you wrote by the way I think that its great how open you just were! =)
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Great story Scarlett 🙂 don’t be sorry at all! Your passion for pole really does show in your dancing.
Great thread peachpop! It’s a great way to gt to know veryone and their unique stories 🙂
Hmmm…. I’d really wanted to try poling for a long long time. Watched YouTube vids for eons but never wanted to go it alone. Girlfriend after girlfriend bailed on me after saying they’d check it out but I just kept on watching and waiting. Finally one of my gals said yes and actually followed through! Thank god cause I absolutely love it and signed on for a year membership after two weeks of class. Loved the classes but wanted to work on moves that our teachers weren’t teaching, so I bought my first pole in November followed by another pole in december. And now here I am 🙂 not a spectacular story really, but I have always loved all forms of dance. There are some days that I work on purely floorwork and transitions 🙂 pole and floor work make me feel strong and confident. And as a bonus… My boyfriend loves to watch 😉
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Great story Scarlett 🙂 don’t be sorry at all! Your passion for pole really does show in your dancing.
Great thread peachpop! It’s a great way to gt to know veryone and their unique stories 🙂
Hmmm…. I’d really wanted to try poling for a long long time. Watched YouTube vids for eons but never wanted to go it alone. Girlfriend after girlfriend bailed on me after saying they’d check it out but I just kept on watching and waiting. Finally one of my gals said yes and actually followed through! Thank god cause I absolutely love it and signed on for a year membership after two weeks of class. Loved the classes but wanted to work on moves that our teachers weren’t teaching, so I bought my first pole in November followed by another pole in december. And now here I am 🙂 not a spectacular story really, but I have always loved all forms of dance. There are some days that I work on purely floorwork and transitions 🙂 pole and floor work make me feel strong and confident. And as a bonus… My boyfriend loves to watch 😉
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@PeachPop : No, my mother in law never tried. She had an accident with a snowmobile when she was 15 and her hand is not capable of gripping well and the range of motion in her fingers is bad. She loves to watch my pole videos and look at the pictures, and had her family from Maine come over to watch me perform on my pole when they visited. I don't think her friend ever tried it either, but she should! There's just no decent studios around here for advancing, they are all 3-4 hours away.
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Pole kitten, its a shame that your mother isnt able to try but its fantastic that you are able to let her live through you! You can always encourage her friend to try it out. =)
Sair, thanks I love hearing peoples stories and although yours isn't as dramatic as others its still a good story and we can all see how much you love poling through your dancing as well.
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My story isn't really inspirational or anything else really. I used to see the studio I now attend from the train regularly and wonder what it was like then decided one day to try it(much to my boyfriend's delight I discovered). I enrolled, and the teacher who was supposed to be teaching my class was away for the first couple weeks, and although I liked it, it wasn't really gripping me until the proper teacher arrived back and then I was hooked!
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Hmmm I dont know how to start this but when I was 28 I was told I had cancer so for everyone who knows about that u kinda lose everything my hair,looks,body and my sexy. well even when chemo was done I still didnt feel pretty anymore so a good friend of mine told me to fight back and thats when we found some classes which helped alot but they cost so much thats when she got a pole and we found videos on youtube and that was that I really cant do anything on it yet but i try and i feel alot better on the inside and i also like the fact that it keeps my mind busy so Im not thinking about other things sorry im not the best writer so i hope everyones gets what Im saying
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well me and my husband was at this strip mall and my hubby seen them spinning on the pole's
and ask me to come take a look and we went in and he signed me up this was in 2009
but my classes were cut after the beginners classes i lost my job and my hubby got sic from kidney failure so it was a real bad 2009-2010 but 2011 is the year my hubby is on the list for a kidney transplant and doing great and im back to work yay god is good so now i'm on my pole journey
and nothing is taken it away from me ever again
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i got really sick about 2 years ago and decided that when i got better i was goin to try everything i thought i would never try at least once. it's my "i would neva"list. 😉 soon after my realtor told me about this new fitness craze and about a local studio that opened. so i thought it would be a good thing to try at least once. well i got hooked immediately. after my teaser class i signed up for the beginner 6 week course. ive been polin off and on for a year now (health permitting) and have 2 poles at home and a million pairs of 6in heels. so i can offically say . . . my name is kat pole princess and i may need an invention!!! 😉 well u can try anyway. lol
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PEER PRESSURE! LOL! My 2 friends went to an intro and wanted me to sign up with them. I ended up working the day of the intro, so I decided to sign up for pole dancing classes…. Blind. Dropped $480 on something I had no idea what I was in for. One friend stopped after 2 months, my other friend stopped at 4 months, then here I am. 4 years later. Hahaha!
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