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Target Areas in Pole-What will help you improve the most?
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Upper Body strength
Shoulders, chest, biceps, triceps, forearms, and wrists
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Core
Abdominals, obliques, lats
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Lower body
Quadriceps, Glutes, calves, hamstrings, hips
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Flexibility, strength, muscle endurance are key to making pole fitness a good workout that flows and has aesthetics
Workouts:
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Train at Home or the Gym
Legs (2-3 sets)
10x Front leg lift right
10x Front leg lift right
10x Front legs lift together
10x straddle leg lift right
10x straddle leg lift left
10x straddle legs lifts both (circles like)
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Core (2-3 sets)
5x The dish hold for 10 sec
5x the arch hold 10 sec
3x Dish and arch roll (hold 10 seconds each) ‘superwomen roll’
2x 30 second plank (elbow plank)
2x plank with foot hold (30 sec) right leg
2x plank with foot hold (30 sec) left leg
5x V sit ups-pike (if too easy increase to 10-15)
5x V sit ups- straddle (if too easy increase to 10-15)
Upper body: (increase or decrease on capability)
10x standard Push ups
10x diamond push ups
10x push ups with tucked elbows
More workout options
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Creative at-home workouts (3-4 sets)
Quick gran towel 60 seconds
15x Slow rises (very slow!) add weights
Spelling B (3-5 words, depending on length)
15x Rock and hold
15x Sit ups
15x Pendulum
10x elevated push ups
From: https://greatist.com/move/pole-dancing-exercise-strength-moves-you-can-do-at-home#1
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Basic (How to design workout)
20x Squads
20x Tiptoe squads
POWER IS KEY (explosive movements)
Grip and finger exercises for strength (tennis ball, tight hair bands)
From: https://www.thepolept.com/fitness/how-to-design-a-training-programme-to-be-a-better-pole-dancer/
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General class Conditioning:
​20x Tiptoes with bands pull-downs
20x squads (tiptoes and normal)
10x lunges (per side)
Downwards dog walk (30 seconds)
10x Downwards dog left leg lifts
10x Downwards dog right leg lifts
10x Downwards dog right bent leg lifts
10x Downwards dog left bent leg lifts
Lounges stretch/ hip and balance 15 counts
30 side crunches
30 crunches
30-second plank
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