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"That's hot."
It really isn't.
1. We all scrape our hair back to keep it out of our eyes.
2. We don't wear make-up because it runs. It might run up or down, depending on whether your sweat is trickling up or down your face.
3. True, we wear very little, but it's necessary to stick on the pole. Our bodies aren't generally pretty to look at though - we're covered in bruises and burns and flaky skin and liquid chalk (to stick harder).
4. We all swear like sailors when our skin gets pinched in a move or fall on our faces.
5. We don't just 'back up dat ass' against the pole and grind. We climb a metal pole, hang upside down on it and pose. It's athletic and tiring.
6. When we leave the studio, we walk like John Wayne because we have thigh burn.
7. Even our feet are bruised.
8. Our skin is super dry because we can't moisturise the day before we pole or else we'll fly off.
9. Our hands are calloused and scratched from gripping so hard to poles that sometimes have chalk caked on them.
10. The first time we learn a new move, there is one person shrieking and all the others in the class holding them up so them don't face plant. It's not sexy.
Of course, this doesn't apply to shows/competitions, but these are some very common misconceptions which annoy me. It's more accurate to call what I do pole fitness than pole dancing, but that's what people call it (including most of the community).
Despite all the above problems, I love pole dancing. Every burn and bruise is a badge of honour. My pole clothes are threadbare and holey from doing it for 4 years.
It really isn't.
1. We all scrape our hair back to keep it out of our eyes.
2. We don't wear make-up because it runs. It might run up or down, depending on whether your sweat is trickling up or down your face.
3. True, we wear very little, but it's necessary to stick on the pole. Our bodies aren't generally pretty to look at though - we're covered in bruises and burns and flaky skin and liquid chalk (to stick harder).
4. We all swear like sailors when our skin gets pinched in a move or fall on our faces.
5. We don't just 'back up dat ass' against the pole and grind. We climb a metal pole, hang upside down on it and pose. It's athletic and tiring.
6. When we leave the studio, we walk like John Wayne because we have thigh burn.
7. Even our feet are bruised.
8. Our skin is super dry because we can't moisturise the day before we pole or else we'll fly off.
9. Our hands are calloused and scratched from gripping so hard to poles that sometimes have chalk caked on them.
10. The first time we learn a new move, there is one person shrieking and all the others in the class holding them up so them don't face plant. It's not sexy.
Of course, this doesn't apply to shows/competitions, but these are some very common misconceptions which annoy me. It's more accurate to call what I do pole fitness than pole dancing, but that's what people call it (including most of the community).
Despite all the above problems, I love pole dancing. Every burn and bruise is a badge of honour. My pole clothes are threadbare and holey from doing it for 4 years.
I did my first one by accident - My thigh hold slipped and I was hurtling face first towards the floor when my thighs kicked back into gear and caught me.
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