Friday, October 28, 2016
Qualche consiglio per capire a che livello sei nella pole dance e non solo
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Pole dancing gym shows support for Pink Ribbon Day
[Renee Valentine | Newcastle Star]
“We have always felt the importance of supporting events like this and this year is going to be even bigger, so hopefully it makes an even bigger difference to those who need it.”
Leeanne Taylor has some show-stopping moves and plans to use them to create more awareness about cancer as she leads a weekend full of workshops all for a good cause.
The owner and managing director of mFit gym and mPole pole dancing studio at Broadmeadow will offer two days of workshops this weekend to raise funds and awareness for Cancer Council's Pink Ribbon Day.
Pole4Pink is in its third year and will be held over Saturday and Sunday.
Ms Taylor said this year “we have gone all out” with five workshops, a slumber party, pancake breakfast and guest talks from people who have lived experience with cancer.
Her gym is female focused and Ms Taylor had been surprised by many young women telling her they not do regular checks of their body.
“Cancer is something we definitely need to address more and build more awareness about, and get people informed,” Ms Taylor said.
“We teach a lot of young ladies and we want to get people to be aware that this is something that they need to be taking into consideration just in their everyday health.
“So there is a bit more awareness this year. Previously we've just done the workshops but this year we're saying, 'This is a real issue and people need to be more aware about what they need to be looking for'.”
Ms Taylor started Pole4Pink two years ago after hearing of a client's caring for someone with cancer.
“Our facility is female focused, and we have many survivors, carers and others affected by a cancer diagnosis, or the diagnosis of a loved one,” she said.
“One of our trainers became a cancer carer at the young age of 15, and her nana, a survivor, is now a regular to our over 50's class.
“We have always felt the importance of supporting events like this and this year is going to be even bigger, so hopefully it makes an even bigger difference to those who need it.”
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Thursday, October 20, 2016
Femminilità, sensualità e amore per se stesse con il boudoir
10 Reasons to Start Running Now
If you are like me, you've probably avoided running for some time now. It's never the right time – either it's too late to start working on the summer body since it's already summer or it's freezing or raining outside because it's autumn / winter, or you just don't think you're the kind of person who could enjoy running. I've been there and I've used probably every possible excuse you could think of in order to avoid running. But one day I just thought that's enough, I can at least give it a try. I don't need any special equipment or an opportunity. So I put on my workout clothes, my trainers, put some music on and went for a run. And believe it or not, running is now one of my favourite things to do. Still not convinced? Let's have a look at the 10 big time reasons to go for a run.
1 DO IT ANYWHERE
This is probably the most obvious one. But it really is that simple. Explore your neighbourhood, discover new parks or tracks in your area, discover new places when you're on vacation or on your next business trip.
2 NO NEED FOR SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
I've already said this but this is one of the main reasons why I went for that first run. All you need is a good supportive sports bra and a good pair of shoes, nothing else. Of course, there are fancy shoes and clothes made for running but you can always buy those later when you run regularly and you know it's a good investment.
3 FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF
Running really is a great way to feel good about yourself. Because you can constantly see the improvement. Maybe this week you can only run around the park once but next week it can be two times and in a few months you're a runner and you can really be proud of that achievement.
4 MAKE NEW FRIENDS
Check out local running groups or websites to find like-minded people, who can even give you some useful tips and who you can share your hobby with. It's also a great way to meet people when you move to a new area and you don't know many of your neighbours yet.
5 SAVE SOME MONEY
This is not only related to the equipment but also to the costs of a gym membership. Depending on where you live, you can run outside all year round (or if you prefer a treadmill in the winter months, you can always go back to the gym, you've saved a decent amount of money during the rest of the year).
6 DO IT FOR YOUR KNEES
Contrary to what you might have heard before, running doesn't wreck your joints. Since the biggest osteoarthritis risk factor besides age is weight, running can really help you solve that one. It's also proven that running bolsters your cartilage by increasing oxygen flow and flushing out toxins, and by strengthening the ligaments around your joints. It should go without saying, though, that it's important to treat all running injuries and to regularly replace your shoes. In the end, running will build your joints up.
7 IT IS A GREAT CARDIO
A study done by Medical College of Wisconsin at the VA Medical Center suggests that running actually blasts more calories than the stair-stepper, bike and other gym staples. Compared to the treadmill used at a “hard” exertion level, the overall caloric burn was lower.
8 SLEEP BETTER
Running encourages higher quality speed and moreover, runners tend to adapt to set sleeping routines in order to keep running performance high.
9 STRESS LESS
“Nothing beats that feeling when you settle into a strong stride with a powerful rhythm,” says Brooke Stevens, a four-time NYC marathoner, “The tension in my neck, back, and shoulders starts to loosen up, and I can think more clearly too.” Run the stress away because not only does running boost the brain's serotonin levels, regular exercise might actually remodel the brain, making it calmer and more resistant.
10 WORK ON YOUR CORE
When you're running, you're engaging the midsection and strengthening muscles. A strong core can then improve your posture and strengthen limbs, which just adds to the list of many benefits of going for a run.
Let me know in the comments what convinced you to start running and if you have more interesting facts, I'd love to hear those as well!
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
5 Things I Learned in a Pole Dancing Workshop
[ Caitlin Clark | D Magazine ]
But this wasn't a workshop about how to appeal to men. … The intention was to feel carefree and confident about your body.
When my girlfriend rounded up a group of us to attend a pole dancing workshop for part two of her bridal shower (part one was a tame brunch at Ida Claire), I knew it would be memorable, though none of us had any clue what to expect. What we found upon arriving to MoveStudio in Addison last Saturday was a clean, dimly lit studio and a welcoming teacher, Rachel, donning yoga clothes and bright red platforms. We learned that our instructor was a middle school guidance counselor by day and that we could choose different playlists based on whether or not we preferred profanities. (We did.)
Here's what else we learned.
1. You can bring your own champagne.
Any workout class where you're allowed (and even encouraged) to drink a little will forever be fine by me.
2. Booty dips are a great way to start a workout class.
It was an entertaining and easy way to prep for some the bolder, spin-inclusive sequences we'd do throughout the class. But the best icebreaker by far was the private dance our teacher asked to perform before we got started. It was undeniably impressive, but it also helped me put my own inhibitions aside. If this stranger felt comfortable enough to twerk in front of us, I could certainly put my heart into a booty dip.
3. I have poor upper-body strength.
As I write this, my upper arms are still sore, and my legs have bruises on them. It takes a lot of core and arm strength to make those spins look so smooth.
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Thursday, October 13, 2016
From Patriots to pole dancing
[Kaitlyn Krasselt | The Hour]
“It's everywhere, people just don't realize it… People still link pole with sexuality but one has nothing to do with the other. This is a judgment free zone.”
With one leg bent at the knee and wrapped around a pole and her other foot braced for support, Michelle Abbruzzese appears to float effortlessly at a 45 degree angle several feet off the floor.
With her hands on her hips and a bright smile, she holds the pose for nearly 30 seconds without flinching. She makes the intense test of strength look easy, but that's her job.
“We try to mimic what you would see at Cirque du Soleil, not a seedy nightclub,” Abbruzzese said.
With a background in athletic performance and a desire to empower men and women to feel confident through dance-based fitness, Abbruzzese, 45, opened Work It in South Norwalk six years ago, offering pole dancing and fitness classes, bellydancing, burlesque, cardio dance and more.
Pole dancing, while historically associated with strip teases in dark rooms, has gained popularity across the country as a popular strength-building and cardio fitness workout that gets people out of a traditional gym.
And while her goal is to bring more people to the world of pole, even Abbruzzese had to learn to put her own preconceived notions about the sport aside.
Abbruzzese has always been a dancer and a performer, but when it came to pole dancing and burlesque, she wasn't sure if it was for her. She also never considered cheerleading until college when she was asked to audition for the cheer team at the University of Connecticut.
“I fell in love with it because it was athletic, there's a dance element and an acrobatic element,” she said.
Those are the same reasons the Bridgeport native fell in love with pole dancing, despite her initial skepticism.
“Just like everybody, I wasn't sure about it,” Abbruzzese said. “But from the first class I was hooked. It played on my love of dance and athletics.”
Abbruzzese was a professional cheerleader from 1993 to 2008, cheering for nearly every sport and, most notably, for the New England Patriots. When her career as a cheerleader ended, she sought a similar outlet. A former cheer teammate from her time with the Patriots was teaching pole in New York City, and invited Abbruzzese to be a makeup artist for the studio in exchange for classes.
Abbruzzese began taking classes several times a week, traveling from her Norwalk home to the city. She eventually began teaching, and in August 2010 worked up the courage to open her own studio in Norwalk.
“I wanted a place for men and women to have dance-based fitness (in Nowalk),” Abbruzzese said. “The pure athleticism of what we do has attracted a lot of people. It's a place where people can come and feel supported. Getting in shape is a byproduct of dancing and having fun.”
In addition to providing an alternative fitness option, Abbruzzese said her goal is to break down the stereotypes that surround pole dancing by disassociating it with sex and encouraging more men to try the classes. Abbruzzese's husband, Tony, 49, started dancing pole by practicing on the one they installed in their home. He had no prior dance experience, save for tearing up the dance floor at weddings.
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Experience Scotland's newest art and light festival
Inside the glass roofed former shipyard, suspended from the original girders, Spinal Chord will perform aerial acrobatics on rope silks and trapeze high above boats and relics of maritime engineering.
Irvine's historic waterfront will shimmer into life this St Andrew's Day as the Scottish Maritime Museum in North Ayrshire launches the country's newest art and light winter illumination, Harbour Festival of Light.
Highlights of Illumination, which will take place along Irvine Harbourside and at the nearby Scottish Maritime Museum, include a free firework display celebrating St Andrew's Day and a free water-themed sculpture trail by international light artists Aether and Hemera, who are exhibiting in Scotland for the first time.
Illumination, which has received support as part of the Scotland's Winter Festivals events programme, will also feature aerial acrobatic performances within the museum, a community lantern parade and closing fireworks on December 3.
The four-day festival, which will run from dusk to 10 pm daily, will begin on St Andrew's Day on November 30, when the Saltire blazes across the night sky in a pyrotechnic display over Irvine Harbour. The launch night fireworks will mark Scotland's national day, designed to celebrate the country's history, culture and heritage with people both at home and abroad.
The free illumination Light Trail at the heart of the festival, which has also been made possible through funding from North Ayrshire Council, Creative Scotland, Arts & Business Scotland through a New Arts Sponsorship Grant, Caledonian MacBrayne, Booth Welsh and in sponsorship from NPL Estates, will feature three sculpted light installations.
Created by the trailblazing art and design collective Aether and Hemera, 'Voyage', 'On the Wings of Freedom' and 'Dreamt Vessels' will twinkle along the River Irvine and within the museum courtyard. The hundreds of brightly coloured and handcrafted origami boats and butterflies along the Harbourside will take visitors on a magical journey between 4 pm and 10 pm each day.
Nearby, at the Harbourside Museum, the colossal façade of the A Listed Linthouse will be animated for the first time in its 150 years with pulsating colours for the illumination Light and Aerial Art Spectacular.
Inside the glass roofed former shipyard, suspended from the original girders, Spinal Chord will perform aerial acrobatics on rope silks and trapeze high above boats and relics of maritime engineering.
Dancing rays and radiant beams will shine a light over the aerial acrobatics as well as 20 historic vessels and exhibits as part of the moving, 'theatre in the round' ticketed performance, which will take place four times each day.
The Lantern Parade, created in collaboration with Harbour Arts Centre and Ayrshire Youth Arts, will take place at 6 pm on December 3. Illumination, which also celebrates the Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design 2016, will then come to a close with a second firework display later that evening.
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Big Top Performance Art Center offers juggling, aerial arts classes
[Maura Gillan | Daily Nebraskan]
“My personal goal is to have this be a training and game space… People could use the poles or the mirrors, have jam sessions or just sit in the corner with a coffee and homework.”
The circus is in town, and it's here to stay.
Six weeks ago, Big Top Performance Arts Center, owned by Ciara Searight, opened its doors as a flow arts gym, a space dedicated to activities such as juggling, hula hooping and aerial arts, like aerial silks and aerial pole.
Searight was a suspended yoga instructor at Cornhusker CrossFit until the business closed down two years ago.
Ever since, Searight, who has been an aerialist for five years, has been looking nonstop for a space to host her troop Freak Works.
“I was swinging on some tall swings and just started playing around.” Searight said. “Something felt right about it.”
Searight used to swing by herself at night to mess around and de-stress. She wondered if it was an activity people did. Searight soon discovered trapeze and aerial arts, something that hadn't even crossed her mind.
Searight traveled to Chicago to take a lesson and was immediately hooked. Once she returned, she bought a rig and some silks. It's dangerous to practice alone, so Searight invited her friends over to practice with her in her backyard.
“I would invite people to come mainly so I would have someone there to call 911,” Searight said. “However, I started teaching them and I loved it. It gave me drive.
That's when I decided I wanted to teach. It really all just formed into place.”
Searight moved to Chicago, where she lived for about nine months and became certified as an aerialist instructor.
When she returned to Nebraska, she searched almost every day for a space to convert into a flow arts gym where she could host her aerialist troop, Freak Works.
The hard part was finding a building of the right size, with the right truss support and for the right price, according to Searight. She said she got lucky when she stumbled on a brand new building built with leftover materials from a newly built warehouse just east of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's City Campus.
Over the course of about 1 and 1/2 months, half the troop worked to renovate it.
Members came in the evenings to put up drywall and install equipment. Artist Nolan Tredway painted circus-themed murals on the walls. Searight said they had to put down the floor five times because there were so many mishaps, but she is very pleased with the final product: an all-black concrete floor with sparkle stone insets.
Equipment for the space was bought slowly over time, and some of the cost came out of Searight's pockets. The troop did a kickstarter and managed to make $300, a little less than the cost of a single aerial silk.
This summer, Big Top's space was used by Cirque du Soleil when it came to Lincoln. One of the troop's aerial artists, Zoe Zabattie, taught a three-hour workshop as well. Big Top said it was more than happy to oblige.
“Our very first class was by a top-dog professional before we even opened,” Searight said.
Big Top has been open for six weeks now and offers 28 classes a week. The staff teaches flow arts like juggling and aerial silk classes, as well as self-defense and a variety of yoga classes, ranging from Mimosa Yoga, to which members can bring mimosas and other alcoholic beverages, to Rage Yoga, in which members scream profanities.
As it gets colder, Searight said she'd like to start “Monday Madness” sessions, with an open gym 4-6 p.m. every Monday. Participants could use the space as they like and seek assistance from staff if so desired.
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Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Ho incontrato Zoraya Judd ad OriginAria Festival
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
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Monday, October 10, 2016
17 Things Fitness Trainers Do to Stay Fit
[Elizabeth Narins | Cosmopolitan]
When you see fitness trainers at the gym, in class, or in online tutorials, you might think they look as toned as they do because of all the time they spend instructing. But the truth is that most trainers put in the greatest efforts off the clock. Here's how they stay so fit:
1. They work out on their own almost every single day.
Certified personal trainer Alex Silver-Fagan, a fitness instructor at CrossFit Solace and CityRow in New York City, teaches and trains clients at least a dozen times a week. “While I am moving during my classes, mentally, they are not my workout,” she says. It's why she spends time doing her own exercise every single day.
She's not the only one: On top of training clients for up to eight hours a day, Los Angeles-based Instagram fitness star and certified trainer Massy “Mankofit” Arias wakes up early almost every day to spend at least 90 minutes doing her own workouts. Sarah Beth, a YouTube fitness star and certified vinyasa yoga teacher based in Colorado, also clocks her own exercise sessions off camera and outside of class time. “Even if I were teaching 20 classes a week, it still wouldn't keep me fit because I don't do a lot of demonstration,” she says. Her sculpted physique is the product of the high-intensity interval training workouts she does three times a week, plus two yoga sessions at home, one formal class, and one weekly hike.
2. They hire their own personal trainers.
“Teaching SoulCycle has become my base cardio,” says Kym “Nonstop” Perfetto, who pedals through 11 indoor cycling classes a week. But she doesn't count class time towards strength training. For that, she'll hit the gym to work out with celebrity fitness trainer Mike Donavanik.
3. They train for competitions.
A competitive cyclist outside the SoulCycle studio, Kym will take 60-mile bike rides on top of her regular classes to train for races.
4. They max out their workouts with high-intensity training.
“Everyone thinks we work out on the beach for a living,” wrote Tone It Up Instagram fitness stars Karena and Katrina in an email. They actually work crazy long hours, spending at least eight hours a day at their desks with even more computer time on weeknights and weekends. To stay fit despite all the time they spend sitting on their butts, they squeeze in workouts before work or between work and dinner, then focus on high-intensity workouts, which take less time to deliver results than steady-state cardio, and toning exercises, which build lean muscle that burns calories even after you stop moving.
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Thursday, October 6, 2016
Kendra Wilkinson stands up to slut-shaming in the name of her young daughter
'I have a two year old daughter. I looked at her [this morning], and I said “baby this is for you”.'
She's the doting mother of a young daughter.
And it was in the name of two-year-old Alijah Mary that Kendra Wilkinson spoke out at Amber Rose's SlutWalk in Los Angeles over the weekend.
The reality star stood up to slut-shaming with an impassioned speech, making it clear she had no regrets about her racy past.
'I have a two year old daughter. I looked at her [this morning], and I said “baby this is for you”.'
And she stated: 'I was a stripper. I was a f**ing stripper. I made a f** load of money and I'm proud of it.
'I was in Playboy. I can do whatever I f***ing want.'
Kendra's point was that, just like men, women shouldn't be made to feel bad – slut-shamed – for embracing their sexuality.
Now married to NFL star Hank Baskett, the 31-year-old first found fame as one of Hugh Hefner's three girlfriends in the E! reality show The Girls Next door.
But, she insisted, she did not regret that.
'They blame us, they shame us. They don't want us to have the power,' she told a cheering crowd.
'The real fight starts tomorrow. The real fight when you face the double standards we're faced with everyday.
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