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Anatomy of a Cupid, Genie and Knee Hold in Pole Dance

Jul 16 min read

Anatomy of a Cupid, Genie and Knee Hold in Pole Dance

What do a cupid and a genie have in common? They are both pole moves with knee holds! Learn more about the anatomy of a knee hold

Simone Muscat

Dec 16, 20236 min read

Anatomy of an Outside Leg Hang

Welcome to our latest and greatest anatomy series on the outside leg hang (aka Gemini). In this blog we will be breaking down the...

Simone Muscat

Aug 12, 20236 min read

Anatomy of a Bird of Paradise

I remember my first-time hearing a fellow poler mention a bird of paradise (BOP) at the studio. Naturally my mind gravitated towards the...

Grips and Holds - The Complete Guide for Pole Dancers Part 4

Kristine Slater

Jul 15, 20234 min read

Grips and Holds - The Complete Guide for Pole Dancers Part 4

LOWER EXTREMITY GRIP STRENGTHENING We made it! This is the last part of the Grips and Holds blog series to conclude our complete guide...

Kristine Slater

Mar 25, 20236 min read

Grips and Holds: The Complete Guide for Pole Dancers

PART THREE: UPPER EXTREMITY GRIP STRENGTHENING In part one of the Grips and Holds Blog, we covered specific mobility and strength...

Kristine Slater

Nov 26, 202212 min read

Grips and Holds - The Complete Guide for Pole Dancers: Part 2

LOWER LIMB HOLDS Welcome back to our grips and holds series. In part one we brought you the complete guide for the upper limb hold. And...

Pole Dance Throughout the Menstrual Cycle

Julia Vo

Nov 12, 202212 min read

Pole Dance Throughout the Menstrual Cycle

This one is for all my menstruating humans all around the world (but sing it like XTINA). While it’s absolutely fascinating to...

Danielle Davey

Oct 29, 20229 min read

Nerves - The Upper Limb Edition

Welcome to part 2 in our series on nerves! This one is alllll about the upper body. Before we jump in, make sure your background...

Simone Muscat

Aug 27, 202213 min read

Anatomy of a Ballerina

Working on nailing your ballerina or capezio? Then look no further, this is the blog for you! Come join us as we break down the ins and outs

Simone Muscat

Aug 13, 202221 min read

Pole Dance Research Recap:

A narrative review of pole dance physiology and injury research Since the modernisation of pole dancing in the late 90’s/early 00’s,...

Grips and Holds - The Complete Guide for Pole Dancers: Part One

Kristine Slater

Jun 4, 202210 min read

Grips and Holds - The Complete Guide for Pole Dancers: Part One

HAND & UPPER LIMB GRIPS Do you struggle with certain pole grips and wonder why they are harder than others? Do you worry that you may not...

Simone Muscat

Feb 26, 20222 min read

Power Bands: Power to You!

When learning our key pole moves, it’s common for us to want to master our tricks yesterday! So if you’re finding it a struggle to nail a...

Simone Muscat

Dec 25, 20215 min read

Anatomy of a Brass Monkey

As we venture deeper into our pole ninja journey, we start to conquer a few different leg grips on the pole. When we first start out, we...

Simone Muscat

Oct 20, 20218 min read

Anatomy of a Backbend - Part 1

Welcome to our next anatomy series on the backbend. Due to the shear volume of information in this series we will be breaking it up into...

Simone Muscat

Jul 17, 20216 min read

Anatomy of a Shoulder Mount

We are certainly making our way through the anatomy of a few tricks this year! If you haven’t already, go check out my anatomy series...

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