I first fell in love with this type of sexy dancing after reading Shiela Kelly's S Factor and watching her performance in the film 'Dancing at the Blue Iguana' and I just had to get my own pole and learn! I was headed to Las Vegas for my 30th birthday so and had pole dancing on the brain so I purchased a spot in the infamous "Stripper 101" class! I became immediately addicted after getting on the pole for the first time and learning the Fireman spin.

I scoured the net for a class in my city and could not find one. I had to drive over an hour away to attend one but I took the leap and signed up. I told the instructor (the beautiful Diane Flores from Venus Pole Fitness in Modesto, California!) that I had no experience and wasn't sure about my strength to hold my own body weight but she told me not to worry and come on in and have some fun!

In her and Tina's classes I learned to climb and sit on the pole (painful at first!), perform various spins like the Fireman and Attitude; I learned to put many moves together into routines and boy...do they kick your butt in their workouts! If it hadn't been for their drill sargent-pushing (with a smile, of course because they know they are helping to shape that bod of yours!) I may have not pushed myself as hard alone.

To say that the experience was life-changing is an understatement. I found self-confidence and a new body and woman inside of me that I had always dreamed about being. I stood taller and my curves righted themselves. I could now got to the park playground and swing on the monkey bars with ease-something I could never do before.

My hip displacement problems faded as well as back pain. I learned flexibility exercises that lengthened my muscles and could do a full push-up.

And I could perform. I could pole dance in my own kitchen after I took another leap and bought my own removable pole.

Now I tell my story and encourage every woman I know to learn to pole dance; it is an incredibly fun way to become as fit as you want to be and learn how to dance sexy with newfound sensuality and strength.

This site holds all the resources you need to learn to pole dance; from buying your first pole to how to spin around it to where to go for your first lesson. I even have a place to contact me if the information you are looking for is not here!