Pole Dancing as a Fitness Phenomenon in China

The women of China are gaining freedom in a giant step. Pole dancing is the most popular form of exercise among women in China.

In the West, pole dancing is associated with striptease and erotic, while China’s women associate it, above all, with a firm body. Although Chinese women keep their clothing on, they say that it is the only form of exercise where they truly feel sexy.

The fact that such an exercise is fun definitely contributes to the popularity of pole dancing. It also attracts people who do not like to exercise.

In China, pole dancing does not have a negative connotation because most people have not yet heard about it and see it as an unusual and interesting exercise. Nevertheless, pole dancing was not accepted without any reservations because of the erotic elements it includes, regardless of how you perform them. Pole between women’s thighs is just a pole between the thighs.

Pole dancing has been brought to China by Luo Lan, who first saw it in 2006 when she travelled to Paris. She wondered into a pub purely by accident and saw a woman dancing around a pole. She was completely overwhelmed by the scene.

Her business ambition led her to a decision to offer something similar to Chinese women as well. She also took into consideration a fairly deeply rooted traditional understanding of women. She removed the shadier aspects of pole dancing and presented it as a new fitness phenomenon.

And she has succeeded. Why would she not? It has everything that a good exercise needs – women get a thorough workout, strengthen muscles, and feel free and sexy.

Such dancing classes are also spread across the USA, England and Australia.

The video below might arouse your interest in pole dancing: