Day 12 Health Benefits of Pole Dancing

Pole dancing - no longer sleazy, now it's good for you!!! By Jaxter Chan

When one thinks of typical exercise regimens you tend to imagine classic exercise machines like treadmills, weight-lifting equipment or certain recreational sports such as swimming or cycling. What you wouldn't normally associate with an exercise regimen is pole dancing. However, in recent years pole dancing as a method of exercise has increased tremendously in popularity, especially in the UK.

Many people have realized the potential benefits of pole dancing, which include:

· Improvement in muscle tone and structure.

Most of the muscles in the body, especially the thigh, upper-arm and abdomen muscles, are used when pole dancing - thus an improvement in the structure and tone of these muscles can be expected.

· Improvement in body posture.

Incorrect body posture is a major factor in many cases of chronic back and neck pain. Pole-dancing will help improve your body posture and increase muscle and bone strength in these crucial areas of your body.

· Improvement in flexibility.

In order to be a good pole dancer, joint flexibility need to be in its optimal range. Thus an increase in range of motion in most joints can be expected.

· Potential for weight loss.

In the past few years, most women have started pole dancing with only one objective in sight - weight loss! As in any exercise regimen diligence, hard work and dedication is necessary to see significant improvement in this area. However, if you keep at it, you will soon find yourself shedding the pounds - in a much faster, fun and exciting manner than ever before.

· More vigorous and exciting sexual experiences.

With your improvement in flexibility, comes an improvement in this important and fun aspect of life. The movements used in pole dancing have been known to invigorate and stimulate many couples' carnal desires.

· Increase in self-confidence.

If you can hang on a pole, with only your abdomen keeping you upright, you are certain to soon realize what a strong, independent and self-assured person you are or can be.

With the increasing interest in pole dancing, many studios have opened with the sole purpose of giving pole dancing lessons as an exercise modality.

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