This past month I decided to host my own version of a pole challenge on my
Instagram. Since February was a short month, I figured it would be easy to tackle a challenge and commit to daily pole workouts. My challenge rules were to pole dance for a minimum of 15 minutes every day. From the start, I knew I was going to be unable to participate for 4 days as I was going to be on a ski trip. So to recap my motivation and efforts, I averaged 13/24 days of participation or 54%. If this were the standard letter grading scale, I'd have an F on my report card.
I think what matters most is how I am coming away from this challenge and how I feel. I feel like the ski trip really killed my motivation. I started out strong and then slacked off. Despite this month being fairly busy, I think my participation was decent. There were a few nights where I opted to be lazy as opposed to doing the challenge.
What I'm taking away from this challenge:
- I got back into poling after having been on an unintentional hiatus since July of 2017. (Way too long to not touch the pole!)
- I was able to explore some dance techniques and movement to step outside of my traditional go to dance moves.
- I had fun.
- This challenge left me feeling good about my dancing.
- I got in some great cardio!
Overall, I think what matters most about doing these online challenges is that you are able to do them at your own pace and do them as a fun way to stay in touch with your pole. It's easy to get bored and flake out on your fitness. I never intended to go so long without dancing on the pole. As I'm entering a new month, my fitness goals will be on hiatus due to some necessary medical treatments. I'm hoping to take this next month for recovery, self-love, and healing. Thank you to everyone who participated with me in my February #FortheLoveofPole challenge.
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