Health Benefits

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Pole dancing

Pole dancing offers many fitness and health benefits. You tone up. You get stronger. You get more flexible because you're dancing. As a cardiovascular exercise, pole dancing increases the heart rate to a healthy level and so increases overall fitness.

When you perform pole tricks you're holding your body weight up on the pole and you're spinning round, so that takes a lot of upper body strength. Stamina is improved over time and lean muscles develop, creating the toned dancers body.

Exercise through dance has shown to increase well being through release of endorphins from the brain. Apart from being a fun activity, research suggests that young adults who participate in a healthy fitness regime are less likely to develop diseases such as; heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure and diabetes in later life.

Regular exercise such as pole dancing can improve lifestyle as well as improving health, some of which include; increased levels of HDL ‘good’ cholesterol, lowering raised blood pressure, boosting your immune system and improving your mood by reducing anxiety which can be caused by stress and lead to depression.

Can Can

Can-can dancing is high kicking, high energy fun that is a fantastic way to exercise. Your flexibility will improve as you learn fake splits, kicks and ‘highland flings’ - all moves that are excellent in increasing the elasticity in your muscles.

Stomach muscles are additionally an area that receives a great remodeling. The force from your body that pushes your legs to kick higher comes directly from your stomach - after a two hour class you will feel the intense workout experienced by your abdominals; they will gradually start to become firmer.

Can-can classes are also superb stamina builders; you will discover that you can last for longer as the weeks go on. The nature of can-can dancing gets your heart racing - perfect cardio vascular exercise. By gradually improving your stamina, you will be able to do things like running and walking up stairs for longer before getting tired.

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