pole dance and weight loss
pole_kitty started this discussion ·
hi. can anyone share their experience in losing weight with pole dance? any tips?? 😀
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pole_kitty started this discussion ·
hi. can anyone share their experience in losing weight with pole dance? any tips?? 😀
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Ive lost 60lbs last year, its a mix between giving birth and pole. 😂 When I was pregnant w/my son I gained 80lbs. The morning of delivery I weighed in at a whopping 316lbs (never again). I lost at least 20lbs on the operation table (1 gallon of fluid, 11lbs baby, yadda, yadda, yadda). I started going back to pole after my 6wk check up from my dr. I normally take 2 classes 2x a week. On average I can burn about 500 calories from 1 class. Now I worked up to that I didnt start right away taking that many classes. I also watch my portions when I eat, and choose fruits and veggies first before eating anything else. I also do things at home that can help with pole. Also carrying around my baby linebacker helps too 😉 (currently @ 11mos old hes over 27lbs - he better play football). I do ballet conditioning, yoga, push ups, and ocassionally go to a gym. Pole has always been my first workout. It forces me to get out of the house and just have fun even if its only for an hour.
faerie9 ·
Adding in any decent exericse to your routine will help you lose weight even if you don't change your eating habits. Doing both = much better results. Just changing your eating habits with no extra exercise doesn't work as well (I believe). So, pole is good! 😉 😀 I dropped a stone in about 4 months from starting pole (2-3 times a week) combined with a homeopathic diet (to help my depression as opposed to intending to lose weight) which involved cutting out wheat and sugar. I now swear by cutting out wheat combined with exericse, along with drinking 2l of water a day if I want to lose some weight (I'm someone who regularly swings between 9 and 10 stone so I'm not overweight but I'm not skinny either). THere's a girl at my pole school who started pole size 22 (UK) and is now a 16 and all she changed was pole dancing. 🙂
RoxyPink ·
I lost all 90 lbs of my preggo weight plus another 10lbs...the only exercise that I do is pole! If you want to lose the weight you have to change BOTH your diet and exercise....but honestly I think diet has more to weightloss. How and What you eat effect how or if you will lose weight. I've recently been introduced to clean eating and it emphasises diet rather than exercise as the means to losing weight or getting cut! I haven't stepped on the scale since I started but I'm sure I've lost a few pounds...here's hoping!! Pole dancing is a fun way to burn some calories...I can spend hours on end dancing! You forget that you are even exercising!!
I lost all 90 lbs of my preggo weight plus another 10lbs...the only exercise that I do is pole! If you want to lose the weight you have to change BOTH your diet and exercise....but honestly I think diet has more to weightloss. How and What you eat effect how or if you will lose weight. I've recently been introduced to clean eating and it emphasises diet rather than exercise as the means to losing weight or getting cut! I haven't stepped on the scale since I started but I'm sure I've lost a few pounds...here's hoping!! Pole dancing is a fun way to burn some calories...I can spend hours on end dancing! You forget that you are even exercising!! Excuse me missy...you also use the elliptical machine as well ma'am. That makes a difference in your fat burning 😎
RoxyPink ·
OMG!! My bad...I didn' think of that because I'm not doing it consistently! lol
OMG!! My bad...I didn' think of that because I'm not doing it consistently! lol 😀 I did because I stalk you.
pole was my gateway to a better lifestyle... its changed my life (on top of becoming a mom in 09 lol ) I used to be the laziest, most unmotivated person i knew, but when i got my pole in july (my 22nd bday present for myself) i've become a fitness finatic haha I eat healthy now and my body has adjusted and if I try to eat a chip or anything thats really not good for you i wanna gag lol I also end of oct early nov added strength training to help with poling. I do chaLEAN extreme, its a program like p90x i'm almost done with the second phase and i love it. my strength has improved dramatically i can see oblique lines in my tummy now and moves on my pole become easier and easier. before my flexability was nothing like it was a struggle to reach past my knees standing bending over hahah and a pushup??? hahah must be joking! now i can reach the floor with my tip toes (huge for me 😛 ) and can do 12 on your toe real pushups lol which is again HUGE for me the pole has giving me a whole new perspective on life!! 😀
wow - all u guys are great inspiration! im trying to save for my 1st pole for my 22nd bday (yay!) and i think im going to get a xpole. along with a regular treadmill and weights workout. i hope it turns out for the best!
carriej ·
Yeah, since starting to pole in early September, I haven't really lost pounds but I have dropped like 2 pant sizes. Pole keeps me motivated to eat smaller portions and healthy food. Plus, I just imagine how much easier it would be in all my inverts and tricks if I have a little less to hoist up! haha. I just feel better all over when I'm poleing.
I haven't really lost pounds but I have dropped like 2 pant sizes. I agree with carriej above. However, I've actually put on weight since I started pole and am now just over 10 stone I think (although I only get to weigh myself when I go to my friends' every so often as I don't own scales - they are bad for your health in my opinion as you get obsessed with your weight!). But, even though I've put on about half a stone, my clothes now fit me better and I feel like I have lost inches - I am hoping the weight gain is due to muscle 🙂 It's great tho when you can see what a difference it has made to your shape. I am much more confident now than I was just a year ago and can see I look better than I did before. According to those stupid weight to height ratios I am apparently verging on the overweight, but that must be the biggest load of tosh (unless I have a skewed vision of what I look like). All those weight charts and telling you what you should and shouldn't look like is the biggest pile of rubbish going - I know people need guidelines, but some of those things are ridiculous. You should be happy with your body - whatever the shape or size - as that is part of you so therefore it deserves to be loved 🙂 (rant over!)
faerie9 ·
But, even though I've put on about half a stone, my clothes now fit me better and I feel like I have lost inches - I am hoping the weight gain is due to muscle 🙂 It's great tho when you can see what a difference it has made to your shape. I am much more confident now than I was just a year ago and can see I look better than I did before. According to those stupid weight to height ratios I am apparently verging on the overweight, but that must be the biggest load of tosh (unless I have a skewed vision of what I look like). All those weight charts and telling you what you should and shouldn't look like is the biggest pile of rubbish going - I know people need guidelines, but some of those things are ridiculous. You should be happy with your body - whatever the shape or size - as that is part of you so therefore it deserves to be loved 🙂 (rant over!) Absolutely!! I don't go so much on what I weight but whether my clothes fit. BMI calculators are for 'normal' people. Bodybuilders who are all muscle will be technically overwieght. I don't know if carrying that extra weight, even if it is muscle, carries the same risks as carrying extra weight in fat, but anyone who's building that kind of muscle should know the health issues associated with their sport anyway. Not that we are bodybuilders ! 😂 😈
so i have a question for you girls, i think it may have been answered already. So when working out on the pole does any know how much calories vs time being on the pole you can burn up to? Just curious if anyone has tried tracking it. Plus is it aerboic or anerboic? (spelling bad) I know I have been doing well on the wii fit plus and I wanna see how much I am burning. I know there is formulas out there that can track how many calories you can burn. Just thought I will bring this up.
I haven't really lost pounds but I have dropped like 2 pant sizes. I don't own scales - they are bad for your health in my opinion as you get obsessed with your weight!). i couldnt agree more with this statement right here... i'm a tall girl i'm 5'10'' 5'11'' so i'll never every weigh what i'd like to see lol especially putting on more muscle so i look at my progress pictures (which i posted in my latest blog http://www.studioveena.com/blogs/entry/progress-2-months-into-my-workout-program-D ) i've lost maybe 5lbs in the past 2 months but i can clearly see a change which i love!!
for me sometimes the harder i work out the hungrier i get!! i'm really bad about carbo loading, so i'm sure if you stick to more proteins, you'll get leaner!
for me sometimes the harder i work out the hungrier i get!! i'm really bad about carbo loading, so i'm sure if you stick to more proteins, you'll get leaner! omg me too!!! when i have weight circuit days i feel like a boy in puberty i just cant feed myself enough lol
My weight from poling hasn't changed a singe iota but I have got a lot leaner all over - Im currently home (Perth Australia) for the holidays and all my old clothes that didn't fit properly a couple of years ago are now super loose 🥂 In fact I've actually lost a couple of kilos since I've been here (that's what, like 5 pounds?) because I'm losing muscle like nobodys business due to the lack of exercising and poling since I left (havent even been able to touch a pole for like 3 weeks arrrgh). I've spoken to people about weight and body before and I think there's a point at which your body says 'ok, I'm happy here, I'm not going to move', so if someone's doing the right thing exercise and diet wise, and not losing weight, its important to listen to their body and not try and force it to be something it doesn't want to. 😀 In terms of calories, well I would burn abut 350 in 20 min on the treadmill, so an hour of decent poling I reckon would be at least 450+. But I guess it depends on what you do...
Audball ·
Yeah I think measuring progress solely by weightloss (especially if you're not overweight to begin with) can be misleading as, as was mentioned before I think, muscle weighs more than fat, so you may well be slimmer, but weigh more. And onviously that's a positive thing as you've then got less fat and more muscle, yay! You can gauge muscle tone loosely on someone fairly slim by just looking... can often see outlines of muscle groups. In regards to BMI, a lot of my doctor lecturers don't hold much regard for this method of measuring nutritional control. Yeah it can tell often if a person is really over or underweight. But if you've got a naturally short person, who has large muscle mass, or a tall, naturally thin person, the results won't tell you much. Rather if a person is eating a fairly balanced diet, and exercises regularly, they will usually then be at their 'natural' and usually healthy weight. I'm really encouraged to hear stories of people losing weight by pole dancing. My main goal isn't really weight loss, but i wouldn't mind dropping 10lbs or so in the next few months. If that doesn't happen, i'm happy with maintaining my shape! I know that exercising often helps you to eat better, it's like you've got a reason to do it now! Here's to hoping anyway!
