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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...

Simone Muscat

Apr 15, 20239 min read

Anatomy of a Superman

Ready to tackle the pole dance superman? Well you're a superhero in our eyes! Join us as we break down this nemesis move!

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

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...

Simone Muscat

Jul 30, 202214 min read

Twisted Grip - Don't get it Twisted!

Hands up if you avoid any form of twisted grip like the plague?? Does your body not like it? Does your pole instructor refuse to teach...

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...

Concussion in Pole: From innocuous hits to falls

Simone Muscat

Sep 18, 20219 min read

Concussion in Pole: From innocuous hits to falls

Injuries in pole dancing vary from location and intensity. Starting from our fond pole kisses (bruises) all the way to the more serious...

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...

Injury Spotlight - Shoulder Dislocation: What to do when your shoulder is unstable!

Simone Muscat

Jun 5, 20216 min read

Injury Spotlight - Shoulder Dislocation: What to do when your shoulder is unstable!

There are many different things that can go pop in the shoulder, but I’m talking about something very specific today – shoulder...

Simone Muscat

May 1, 202110 min read

Anatomy of an Iron X & Human Flag

A natural follow on from our Ayesha & Handspring series, get ready to delve into the power required to perform this boss move!

Simone Muscat

Dec 19, 202010 min read

Anatomy of an Ayesha

December 19th, 2020 So when I was a baby poler watching the more advanced polers, Ayesha was the big dream for me. I remember thinking,...

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