Pole Dancing To Become An Olympic Sport?
Posted by: Susannah Breslin
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2:30PM, Friday November 21st 2008
Apparently, a bunch of Mormon women in Utah—yes, Mormon women in Utah—are seeking to turn the fine art of pole dancing into a competitive sport at the 2012 Olympics. Typically when one thinks of pole dancing, one thinks of strip clubs, cigarette smoke, alcohol, mirrored walls, Lucite heels, Poison’s “She’s My Cherry Pie,” and thongs stuffed with dollar bills. With these ladies? Not so much. Instead of “pole dancing,” they call their brass pole gymnastics “pole fitness.” “I don’t take my clothes off—at all!” one woman protests. Their high heels, they explain, are for muscle building. “We are some of the safest, most-skilled athletes,” another Olympics contender reveals. Some practitioners are housewives, not Olympic hopefuls, but no matter who you are it sounds like working the pole sheds pounds. Want to sign the petition? It’s here. [Buzzfeed]
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Lynn
wrote on November 21 2008 @ 11:39 pm: [report]
Oh, of course, high heels are just athletic equipment! So now when I get all dressed up I can count it as equal to going to the gym, right?
Lynn
wrote on November 21 2008 @ 11:41 pm: [report]
To be clear, I think pole dancing looks like a super fun workout and I have no problem with people pole dancing and wearing stripper heels all day, every day if they want to. Just own up to what you’re doing!
Pipi
wrote on November 22 2008 @ 01:09 pm: [report]
So yeah funny little sorry, for my 24th birthday me and one of my best friends were dancing at this club that had stripper poles. Well being drunk we of course think we can do all of these tricks. Well at one point my friend swings around the pole with her foot out and completely knocks a girl off the stage. And we have it on video.
Pole dancing is way athletic, like when I woke up the next morning I couldnt even walk. Add in there that I decided to do some kind of grab the pole backwards and swing around it thing and fell straight on my ass.