Hello all - just a quick post to let you know that we now have a new Youtube channel, in accordance with our re-brand from 'Showgirls' to The Pole Fitness Academy. You can visit the channel at www.youtube.com/polefitnessacademy. If any of you have home or practice videos that you'd like to be shwon on the channel, do please let me have them, it would be brilliant to get as many students on the channel as possible!
Now go and get watching!!!
L x
17.8.10
12.8.10
NEW VENUE LAUNCH!!!!
Hey ladies!!
As some of you may know, this weekend we launch our SEVENTH venue, at the Nuffield Health Centre in Aylesbury - yes, we are taking over the world!!
We are also in the process of re-branding the Pole Fitness classes, as we really want to show our commitment to fitness and wellbeing as opposed to the flashier, more performance side of what we do. SHOWGIRLS has therefore now become The Pole Fitness Academy (PFA). We have a new website which is due to launch very soon, so keep your eyes on this spot please!! We have a lovely new logo which you will see very soon...I know you're all going to love it!!
If you have any questions about the re-launch, or if you'd like to book any friends or family members onto taster sessions for classes in Aylesbury, please get in touch! You can email me anytime on lucycropper@aol.com or find me on Facebook!
Lucy x
As some of you may know, this weekend we launch our SEVENTH venue, at the Nuffield Health Centre in Aylesbury - yes, we are taking over the world!!
We are also in the process of re-branding the Pole Fitness classes, as we really want to show our commitment to fitness and wellbeing as opposed to the flashier, more performance side of what we do. SHOWGIRLS has therefore now become The Pole Fitness Academy (PFA). We have a new website which is due to launch very soon, so keep your eyes on this spot please!! We have a lovely new logo which you will see very soon...I know you're all going to love it!!
If you have any questions about the re-launch, or if you'd like to book any friends or family members onto taster sessions for classes in Aylesbury, please get in touch! You can email me anytime on lucycropper@aol.com or find me on Facebook!
Lucy x
24.7.10
Alethea Austin X-Pole Workhshop
I was lucky enough to get a space on X-Pole's Master Class workshop with Alethea Austin on Sunday 18th July 2010, held at Spin City in Bristol. Spin City Pole Fitness (http://www.spincitypolefitness.com/ ) is run by the lovely Kate Johnstone, who is herself and incredible and accomplished dancer.
I was welcomed by her lovely team, and we then enjoyed (!!!) a 90 minute floorwork session, where we did extreme stretching, floor exercises, and were taught by Alethea how to use every muscle in our bodies to make beautiful shapes and move from pole to pole and around the floor. It was intense but amazing, and I was surprised how much I enjoyed doing so much work without even touching a pole.
We were also lucky enough to have Chantelle Pritchard (British Isles Champion 2009) in our group, and it was awesome to watch her pulling her toes over her head while some of us (me!) struggled with our splits training!
We had an amazing day, and I learnt lots and gained lots of new bruises. I'm looking forward to doing further training, particularly with Kate and her team, who are fabulous!
Let me know if you'd like to be included in any future workshops at Spin City :)
I was welcomed by her lovely team, and we then enjoyed (!!!) a 90 minute floorwork session, where we did extreme stretching, floor exercises, and were taught by Alethea how to use every muscle in our bodies to make beautiful shapes and move from pole to pole and around the floor. It was intense but amazing, and I was surprised how much I enjoyed doing so much work without even touching a pole.
We were also lucky enough to have Chantelle Pritchard (British Isles Champion 2009) in our group, and it was awesome to watch her pulling her toes over her head while some of us (me!) struggled with our splits training!
We had an amazing day, and I learnt lots and gained lots of new bruises. I'm looking forward to doing further training, particularly with Kate and her team, who are fabulous!
Let me know if you'd like to be included in any future workshops at Spin City :)
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| Alethea and I |
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| Chantelle and I |
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| An exhausted team at the end of our 3 hours |
Taylor's Retreat Cup 2010
The day finally arrived for my very FIRST competition on 10th July 2010. The Taylor's Retreat Cup is in its first year, and I am in my first competing year, so I thought it was the perfect place to start! I've been to Taylor's Retreat previously for an amazing workshop with Alesia Vazmitsel so it was nice to at least be familiar with my surroundings, if nothing else!
The whole day was absolutely incredible, and I was so pleased with my performance. I placed 7th out of 10 which isn't amazing but, I didn't slip, fall or forget and those were my main worries! I'm really happy, and am now practising for my next entry at the end of October in the Miss Pole Dance/Fitness UK Semi Pro category. I may even have managed to persuade some students to compete!!
I am also lucky enough to be having an article published in Pole2Pole magazine's August edition, so you can get full details and photographs of my day out there! Subscribe or buy a single issue at http://www.pole2polemagazine.co.uk/.
General Update
Hello ladies! And firstly, may I apologise for the lack of posts on the blog - things have been absolutely manic and unfortunately the blog has suffered!
So, the biggest news is the launch of our newest venue in Caversham, Reading. We started classes there 3 weeks ago with a Thursday evening and Saturday daytime session of Tasters at the beginning of July. Classes began the following week, and are already filling up. We've got a fantastic group of girls who are already progressing through Level 1 moves, and the classes continue to fill each week.
You can check out the Club at http://www.clubchf.co.uk/, and if you have any friends or family members who might be interested in trying the class for FREE, please contact me at lucycropper@aol.com, or on 07899 722031.
Watch this space for our next venue launch in Aylesbury!!
x
So, the biggest news is the launch of our newest venue in Caversham, Reading. We started classes there 3 weeks ago with a Thursday evening and Saturday daytime session of Tasters at the beginning of July. Classes began the following week, and are already filling up. We've got a fantastic group of girls who are already progressing through Level 1 moves, and the classes continue to fill each week.
You can check out the Club at http://www.clubchf.co.uk/, and if you have any friends or family members who might be interested in trying the class for FREE, please contact me at lucycropper@aol.com, or on 07899 722031.
Watch this space for our next venue launch in Aylesbury!!
x
11.5.10
Pole dancing on Radio 1
Hey guys! I was thrilled to hear poledancing reach a wider audience a week or so ago when Fearne Cotton tried poledancing on Radio 1!!! You can see the video here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p007qtbw?moduserid=100506_fearne_poledance&pid=95977764&upm=False&asb=False&pmp=False#dnaacs
I have obviously offered her a free one-on-one LOL!!
Lucy x
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p007qtbw?moduserid=100506_fearne_poledance&pid=95977764&upm=False&asb=False&pmp=False#dnaacs
I have obviously offered her a free one-on-one LOL!!
Lucy x
9.5.10
Cancelled holidays, merged classes and master classes!
Hello lovely ladies....and apologies for taking SO long to update this blog. Things have been manic here, with lots of potential new venues to see, dates to confirm and classes to take.
As most of you will know, I was supposed to be on holiday from 19th April but due to the stoooopid volcano we are now booked for 28th May. Hopefully it will be a nice change for you to have different instructors covering your classes - I will of course be asking for feedback when I get home (if I go...fingers crossed!!!).
Our lovely instructor Iszy has also left us this month to jet off to Ibiza, where she will today be enjoying her birthday! Happy Birthday Iszy, we all miss you! Iszy's departure has meant we have merged some classes together and I must say it's been lovely to have some of my 'old' girls back :) They've all come along so far and it's lovely to see such progression in their dancing - well done ladies, you know who you are.
I'm off to a master class with Sally-Ann Giles with Bella next Sunday so watch this space for photos and hopefully I will be showing you all some new moves soon!!
Our blog address has also changed - it's now to be found at http://showgirlspoledance.blogspot.com/. Please visit and make yourself a follower!!
Talk soon.
Lucy x
As most of you will know, I was supposed to be on holiday from 19th April but due to the stoooopid volcano we are now booked for 28th May. Hopefully it will be a nice change for you to have different instructors covering your classes - I will of course be asking for feedback when I get home (if I go...fingers crossed!!!).
Our lovely instructor Iszy has also left us this month to jet off to Ibiza, where she will today be enjoying her birthday! Happy Birthday Iszy, we all miss you! Iszy's departure has meant we have merged some classes together and I must say it's been lovely to have some of my 'old' girls back :) They've all come along so far and it's lovely to see such progression in their dancing - well done ladies, you know who you are.
I'm off to a master class with Sally-Ann Giles with Bella next Sunday so watch this space for photos and hopefully I will be showing you all some new moves soon!!
Our blog address has also changed - it's now to be found at http://showgirlspoledance.blogspot.com/. Please visit and make yourself a follower!!
Talk soon.
Lucy x
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