How Pole Dancing has thrust itself into the mainstream become one of the hottest fitness and trends emerging in 2005 Rachel Holmes

How Pole Dancing has thrust itself into the mainstream become one of the hottest fitness and trends emerging in 2005 Rachel Holmes

New trends in our society are so often celebrity led or media endorsed. The media hooks onto a product, beauty secret, diet or fitness regime practised by the "in" celeb of the moment, and before you know it the public are demanding that product or service. In the fitness industry so many trends are media inspired. For example Madonna's toned and flexible body helped re-launch Yoga to the masses. Once seen as a hippy dippy way to keep fit and supple it suddenly becomes hip and trendy and the demand for Yoga classes and qualified Yoga teachers intensifies. Every celebrity from Demi Moore to Geri Hellawell is said to practice Yoga. The demand for training courses soars as health clubs and fitness centres constantly need to recruit more teachers to cope with demand.

Hot on the heels of Yoga and the next "BIG THING" according to the tabloids is Pilates. Seen as an underground, unique and even cult like form of exercise/rehabilitation it has suddenly becomes HUGE because celebrity magazines and daily papers are full of Gwytheth Paltrow and the like all sashaying down to the local Pilates centre carrying mats underneath their arms. As a result the general public goes into a Pilates frenzy demanding to know what it is. Can it cure my bad back? And will this a form of exercise help me to stay skinny and glam? Can anyone do it? Where can you do it? Book me in now!!.

Teacher demand has skyrocketed and savvy Health and Fitness entrepreneurs and training courses providers have stepped up to the mark to train this new wave of holistic fitness teachers.

So here we are again with Pole Dancing. Although not quite the same as Pilates and Yoga. Fitness Pole Dancing has appeared on the mainstream arena mainly through word of mouth, websites on the net, Pop videos and the massive rise in lap and table dancing clubs all over the UK. Can you imagine how successful the Spearmint Rineo chain of table dancing clubs are? Its now cool to be a Pole Dancer. The Media hooks onto it and before you know it every sexy, cool celeb from Angelina Jolie (cool celeb of the moment) to Sadie Frost and Zoe Ball apparently have poles at home and are busy spinning and swinging around looking trim, toned and sexy. The Pussy Cat Dolls are now number 1 all over the world and entertaining the men is hitting the mainstream. Even Oprah has featured Pole Dancing on her show.

Pole Dancers have that certain allure. They are athletic, sexy, spontaneous, almost circus like in their act as men gaze admiringly on. Pole Dancing is an art form, you need strength, flexibility and the ability to dance.

If you would like to learn the art of Pole Dancing. www.fitnesspoledancing.com