Taking Aerobic Pole Dancing For A Spin At Floored On Grand

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While I won't be quitting my day job, I had a lot of fun trying out some of the basics.

Remember the hours spent swinging around on the monkey bars, doing flips and jumps and challenging your friends to the latest gravity defying feats? Sure it was an adrenaline rush, but it was also great exercise. The same basic premise underlies aerobic pole dancing - a popular new exercise class being offered at Floored on Grand. This South City dance and yoga studio offers nine pole dancing classes a week at varying skill levels, and the classes fill up fast. The class sizes are only around eight to nine students, and the room has no mirrors - a couple of blessings for those who are pole-shy but want to give it a whirl.

All types of St. Louis ladies, from teachers, to nurses, to real-life exotic dancers, take the pole dancing classes for a fun way to build core strength and confidence. Michelle, one of the pole dancing instructors at Floored, talked to me about some of the health benefits of the class and showed me a couple of the basic moves. Click on the Featured Video tab to see me take aerobic pole dancing for a spin.

Floored on Grand has been offering classes from their studio space, located at 3190 South Grand, for just over two years. Evening and weekend classes are available in a variety of dance styles, martial arts and yoga practices. The pole dancing classes are priced at $100 for an eight-week session, and trust me they are a ton of fun. You can check out their classes schedule and even register try some pole dancing on for size yourself at www.flooredongrand.com.

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