Spring Break
Pole dancing: the new sexy workout
Alessandra Frausin, Contributing Writer, afrausin@smu.edu
Issue date: 5/2/08 Section: News
Hidden between the flashy lights of pubs on Greenville Avenue is a little red door that leads you to The Girls Room. It's dark outside, which sets the mood.
Britney Spears, Demi Moore, Carmen Electra and many more celebrities started a new workout craze: pole dancing. You can walk in any studio all around the country as a beginner or with previous experience and find the class that best suits your abilities, one that will mold your body into having flat abs, smaller thighs and perfect buttocks. In just 50 minutes you can burn up to 500 calories.
The Girls Room is just one of the numerous places where you can try the workout of the moment. It's girls only, and the participants are not professional pole dancers.
"Pole dancing is cardio, body mechanics, strength training, core strengthening, upper body workout, power by breath work while increasing flexibility," said Karyn Lynn, the owner of The Girls Room.
Lynn is a former Playboy model and showgirl who decided to start a studio to "show and teach women how to express their femininity in a sensual and exotic fashion through dance."
A few women shyly entered the studio and ask about the pole dancing class. The women are wearing regular workout clothes, and have no idea what they are getting themselves into.
Lynn's assistant, Tiffany Drenn, begins spinning around the pole and showing the women a few tricks. Two to a pole, the women try to copy Drenn's moves.
"Some like to find themselves through yoga and meditation, while others like to explore their sexuality and dance," said Katie, a brunette business student who does not wish to be identified.
Drenn is not a professional pole dancer; she works in sales. She took Lynn's beginners pole-dancing class in the fall. She is now taking the advanced class and judging from her upside down position on the pole, one could swear the classes really work.
"The Girls Room is like a sanctuary," Drenn said, "this is not a place for men to watch, it's a place meant for girls only."
Britney Spears, Demi Moore, Carmen Electra and many more celebrities started a new workout craze: pole dancing. You can walk in any studio all around the country as a beginner or with previous experience and find the class that best suits your abilities, one that will mold your body into having flat abs, smaller thighs and perfect buttocks. In just 50 minutes you can burn up to 500 calories.
The Girls Room is just one of the numerous places where you can try the workout of the moment. It's girls only, and the participants are not professional pole dancers.
"Pole dancing is cardio, body mechanics, strength training, core strengthening, upper body workout, power by breath work while increasing flexibility," said Karyn Lynn, the owner of The Girls Room.
Lynn is a former Playboy model and showgirl who decided to start a studio to "show and teach women how to express their femininity in a sensual and exotic fashion through dance."
A few women shyly entered the studio and ask about the pole dancing class. The women are wearing regular workout clothes, and have no idea what they are getting themselves into.
Lynn's assistant, Tiffany Drenn, begins spinning around the pole and showing the women a few tricks. Two to a pole, the women try to copy Drenn's moves.
"Some like to find themselves through yoga and meditation, while others like to explore their sexuality and dance," said Katie, a brunette business student who does not wish to be identified.
Drenn is not a professional pole dancer; she works in sales. She took Lynn's beginners pole-dancing class in the fall. She is now taking the advanced class and judging from her upside down position on the pole, one could swear the classes really work.
"The Girls Room is like a sanctuary," Drenn said, "this is not a place for men to watch, it's a place meant for girls only."
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Ultrafemme
posted 5/02/08 @ 11:35 AM CST
Why does pretending to be a sex worker tend to boost the self esteem of upper and middle class white women?
Just because you learn to pole dance doesn't mean that your husband will stop going to strip clubs or stop seeing other women. (Continued…)
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