I did gymnastics for about 10 years and took a couple pole classes when I was out of town and they had them. I loved them but if it hadn't been for gymnastics I would have failed. Only reason I know, okay and I have a few friends who do it um professionally.
Haha... I am laughing. We had a girl come into the studio to take lessons a few weeks ago. She was a "professional" pole dancer so they put her in the class I am in thinking she had "experience". Now I personally have actually never been to a club where they pole dance professionally so I can't speak about all pole dancers in that setting, but this girl was hilarious... she couldn't do anything that took her feet off the ground. It was fun having her in class and I really liked her a lot, but they had to move her down to the beginner class to get some basics, then she quit because it was too hard.
With a gymnastics background you'd be way ahead of the curve of the average girl walking in, certainly ahead of me because my gymnastics days are a LONG time ago. I wish you lived nearby so I could get you into my class!!
Haha... I am laughing. We had a girl come into the studio to take lessons a few weeks ago. She was a "professional" pole dancer so they put her in the class I am in thinking she had "experience". Now I personally have actually never been to a club where they pole dance professionally so I can't speak about all pole dancers in that setting, but this girl was hilarious... she couldn't do anything that took her feet off the ground. It was fun having her in class and I really liked her a lot, but they had to move her down to the beginner class to get some basics, then she quit because it was too hard.
With a gymnastics background you'd be way ahead of the curve of the average girl walking in, certainly ahead of me because my gymnastics days are a LONG time ago. I wish you lived nearby so I could get you into my class!!
Some "professionals" are really good, others not so good. It all depends on the club and the girl ( I have a lot of male friends and a few friends who are "professionals"). I am sure some could do amazing in the class.
Gymnasts who do bars have the most advantage in the class because you have to use a lot of similar muscles and techniques. I just wish there were classes by me.
as far as i see it, if you are exerting yourself in a competition of skill, its a sport.
i suppose sporting clays, chess, curling, gymnastics, auto racing, ect aren't sports in your book either?
EDIT: after more thought i have more to add
to me something like this is sporting in it's rawest form. there are no teams to worry about, no contracts to worry about, probably very little money to worry about. it may have been born from stripping, but to me this no less artistic then the many gymnastic styles we see in the olympics.
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...Hmmm...I have a hard enough time holding myself up against a brick wall now and then......let alone tryin' to do it on that skinny pole...Definitely a sport...
i suppose sporting clays, chess, curling, gymnastics, auto racing, ect aren't sports in your book either?
Kinda going off on a tangent but I would say only 1.5 of those is a true "sport." Gymnastics is a sport, curling is kind of a sport. Racing aint a sport, its racing. Chess aint a sport, its a game.
a : a source of diversion : recreation
b : sexual play
c (1) : physical activity engaged in for pleasure (2) : a particular activity (as an athletic game) so engaged in
i suppose i could see chess being classed as a sort of 'mental' sport. curling requires excellent muscle memory and precision and racing requires endurance and precision as well as physical strength. both of those, as far as i can see would fall under 'sport'.
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...let alone tryin' to do it on that skinny pole...Definitely a sport...
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