Womens Thoughts

If you are looking for a fun and great way to exercise, why not consider Pole dancing? Candy & Chrome (Chester & North Wales) who kindly have given us the run of their website, teach either in groups, on a one to one basis and also hold hen parties. From the age of 18 to 65! All kinds of people can benefit from pole dancing regardless of size/shape/tone. Good physical fitness is something to aim to work towards and not necessarily start off with!

Pole dancing has time and again been proved to improve:

·        Cardiovascular fitness

·        Strength & muscle development

·        Flexibility

·        Posture/Poise/Grace

·        Balance

·        Co-ordination

Pole dancing is also a fabulous accompaniment to any other fitness regime you currently have.

Other Benefits

Pole dancing has many other benefits for you to enjoy that may surprise you. Here are some of the things you may not have expected to walk away with from a pole dancing fitness class:

·        Confidence – For your body & you!

·        Better self esteem

·        More passion & lust for life

·        A new hobby

·        New friends

Pole dancing is NOT just a sport, it is outrageously good fun! It gives you something to be focused on, and get passionate about.

YOU WILL WANT to spend more time in the gym at your pole dancing lessons, so that you can improve your skills, ready for the next lesson!

You will enjoy the benefits explained above, and notice the rewards by subtle changes of your body shape & tone. This will keep you more motivated and determined to always better yourself.

Calories Burnt While Pole Dancing

Well this is a debatable topic in such early years of research, but it is DEFINATELY safe to say that pole dancing as a form of exercise kicks ass! Here is what we have found so far…..

Average calories burned per hour of dance:

POLE 290 calories per hour THE WINNER! (sourced from Boots.com)

Disco 261 calories per hour

Salsa 261 calories per hour

General 261 calories per hour

Ballroom 203 calories per hour

Irish step 255 calories per hour

Other interesting finds…….

400 According to Wiki Answers.
350According to Polesations Yahoo group
250According to Millymin.com
250According to weightlossresources.com

Amazed by these figures, we decided to dig a bit deeper to try and find someone who has been able to measure it more accurately. Sadly, we only found this one post on the forum of about.com. It is a pretty interesting find though…

“Well I scoured the web and there are a few sites that have calculated the burn of pole dancing they seem to consistently agree on anything from 400 – 600 per hour depending on how many lifts you are doing – (200 if you are just dancing around the pole no lifts/spins).

Having borrowed my friends HMR, I also found a website that lets you input for age, weight, average HRM and time and calculates the number of calories burned – (I’m not sure how accurate if it but it’s better than nothing and it seems to give me roughly the same results as the gym machines that allow details to be entered).

In a hours practice last night I burned 533 calories … anyway it lets me know I have seriosuly been under calculating my burn which is what I really wanted to know…”

For more information take a look at Candy & Chrome  Here you will be able to watch videos including one of  Eike Von Stuckenbrok - an extremely talented, new MALE pole dancer!

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