Ok, so this isn’t exactly boudoir. At all. BUT, it is very very cool and once I explain it’ll all make sense. This is a story about a very busy girl who once upon a time regularly went to the gym but had to quit. For she found she did not have time to exercise because she was working fulltime, going to college fulltime, running a part-time photography business (ahem), raising her daughter, trying to be a good wife, and all the other things that comes along with life. So yeah, exercise was not on the menu. And yes, I’m talking about me.
So here I was with too much on my plate to find time for the gym but vowed as soon as I graduated I would return. As the time of graduation neared I started thinking about what type of exercise I was going to get back into. I had assumed I would simply return to my all-female gym and pick back up with the cardio, weight lifting, and cycling classes I had taken before; however, I had heard about a new type of exercise and decided I was going to try it out first. If I didn’t like it, I would go back to the gym.
So I signed up for this new fitness class at – get this – a dance studio. I was excited and nervous at the same time. When I walked into class I chose the piece of equipment at the back of the room. I stood there shyly wondering how hard this workout was going to be, and how much I’d like it too. After all, the piece of equipment I was going to be using for exercise was a pole.
Stripper pole, vertical pole fitness, pole dancing. Whatever. It’s a pole. It’s used for fitness. It’s used for dancing. The words are all semantics. The bottom line is the workout was one of the craziest intense and physically challenging workouts I’ve had, but the best part? It was FUN!
I’ve not had the desire to renew any gym membership since. I’ve been doing pole fitness for two years now, am in the best shape I’ve ever personally been in, and actually started teaching pole fitness classes earlier this year.
I have a display for my boudoir photography inside the dance studio so naturally it was only a matter of time before I did a shoot for the students. Below is a very small sampling of the beautifully strong, confident, and sexy pole fitness students the studio has in a little slideshow.
If you have any questions on pole fitness or would like to try a free class, let me know.
Until next time,
~Shay
