Tag Archives: pole fitness

Progress, and Recognising It

Recovery from chronic mental illness is not as straightforward as some ignorant people seem to think it ought to be. It’s not a straight line, it’s a curly one with ups and downs and swings and roundabouts. Sometimes there are dips, and then I start to feel so hopeless because it’s awful to feel so […]

Pole Progress

I’ve reached a bit of a plateau with regards to my progress at pole fitness. This is definitely because I haven’t been working out and my strength isn’t increasing enough to move on to moves that require more upper body strength. On the other hand, I did manage to invert on my right for the […]

Pole Fitness Promotion

I’ve been doing pole fitness for a couple of months now and it’s super fun. Would encourage everyone to have a go and see if you enjoy it. Pretty much anyone can start, doesn’t matter if you’re super unfit, or overweight, male or female, certain disabilities or injuries can be worked around etc. It’s super. […]

Pole Progress

So I’ve finally mastered two pole spins that I’d been struggling with: Monkey, and Chair. I did both of them yesterday properly for the first time on both sides, yay! I also managed to perfect Sunwheel (also known as Attitude), and I can now do a couple of other spins that I couldn’t do before […]