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In 2022 Dr. Johanna Nicholas published a study on injury rates in pole dancers.

66 pole dancers (primarily women) from 41 studios across Australia were followed for 12 months and asked to self-report injuries in an initial questionnaire and in a daily training diary. Only 25 people completed the full study.

This study is currently the first—and might be the only...


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We are sitting down to talk to our new instructors for PoleCon: West 2026! Learn more about them and then click here to purchase their workshop

1. We’re so excited to have you teach at PoleCon: West this year! Can you tell us a little more about what you’re ...

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For those of us starting our pole journey in the club or studio, usually we don’t get a whole lot of choice in who our first teachers are. They are simply the first person we start interacting with (or watching and mimicking) and hopefully they are offering us enough of what we need to keep us coming back!

As you decide that you’re really into pole, you might start to ...


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Pole dance, the workout on everyone’s radar comes to Phoenix for the first time this fall with “PoleCon: West”—held at the Sheraton Mesa Hotel at Wrigleyville West this September 11-13, 2026.

Open to the public, the convention provides attendees with all-star performances; seminars; workshops with internationally recognized “pole stars”; o...


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Nutrition plays a huge role in how people feel and how they can perform their daily activities, particularly when their daily activities involve something as dynamic as pole dancing.

Giving Nutrition Advice as a Pole Coach

First, as a coach or pole teacher, it is important to stay in your scope of practice. If you don’t have a nutrition certification o...


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