Summer’s over. And, this is the time of year that I try to find some alternative ways to exercise like join belly dance, Pilates and yoga classes. But I live way in the country and there are not many interesting fitness classes available in my area. I could sign up for erotic dance and pole dancing classes in the city but that’s two hours of driving there and back each time. So, this year I decided to try out My Sexy Little Pole—Professional Dancing Kit from TabuToys.com.
My Sexy Little Pole comes in a long tube with the pole in three sections, hardware to attach it to your ceiling and floor, an instruction book and an instructional DVD. The pole is simple to assemble and fits ceilings 7 ½ feet – 8 ½ feet. My ceiling is actually just slightly over 8 ½ feet, so I have the pole extended to the max, yet it is still fairly sturdy. The pole is constructed out of stainless steel and will hold up to 200 lbs, which I checked and got my partner to climb it. He’s about 200 lbs. It says that some shaking and movement on the pole is entirely normal and you do experience that. They also warn you not to use it while intoxicated, probably a good tip!
As soon as I set it up I wanted to use it right away, so it does inspire you to get active. I set it up in my office so I can take a break from sedentary sitting at the computer, and start dancing around the pole for a ½ hour each day. Its pretty fun and I don’t feel like I’m exercising, even though my body feels the effects of it afterwards.
So, the first night after I had “erected†my pole, I put the instructional DVD in. The girl in the video, Kate, is very fit and looks like she is most likely a professional pole dancer or instructor. She shows you an entire routine, and then parts of it, so you can learn the basic moves. The DVD is fairly amateurish, as the sound quality is terrible in some parts with the music blaring so loud you can’t hear her instructions. Thanks goodness you can watch her and follow her moves, but I wasn’t impressed with this DVD. It’s too bad they didn’t take the time to make a good quality DVD to go with the pole as otherwise, this would be an awesome product.
You can basically follow what she is doing however, as she shows each moves several times so you can try it as you watch. Later on in the DVD she shows you some more advanced moves as well. Most of the moves are simple, and require coordination rather than strength, so anyone could learn these. I could also do one of the pole slides right away which was encouraging. A few of the more advanced moves will take practice, and time as I build up the strength in my body and loose a few more pounds.
My Sexy Little Pole is a great pole for beginners and experts who want to try some erotic pole dancing right in their own home. I have read that it is one of the sturdiest poles out there, next to Carmen Electra’s pole, but it is much cheaper. I haven’t tried Carmen’s pole so can’t verify which is better, but can recommend My Sexy Little Pole as a good quality, strong pole that will get you started right away, in a matter of minutes.
Erotic Dancing for your Lover
With My Sexy Little Pole, I also got “The Better Sex Guide to Erotic Dancing†DVD from Sinclair Institute so I could learn some other basic moves for erotic dancing. This DVD doesn’t teach pole dancing, but erotic striptease, however I thought it would teach me a few things that I could apply to pole dancing.
This DVD wasn’t what I was expecting. It begins with a dance instructor (Carmen, but not Carmen Electra) who has a class of “real women†to whom she teaches a few erotic dance moves. The classes are pretty short and don’t really teach you a lot. You learn the basic strip-tease “walkâ€, stretching, floor work (like crawling on the floor) and how to use some props, but nothing really specific as in moves. Then you watch the “real women†try these out themselves on their “real partnersâ€.  They do their routines, which are fairly amateur, and then the rest is a soft-core sex scene. I was like—Whoa! Wait a minute! I thought this was a dance instruction DVD? Well, it is but mostly it’s about erotic seduction and features soft-core porn. The one thing I did like about this DVD as it showed women of all shapes and sizes doing an erotic striptease, so if you can body issues, you might be inspired by seeing the plump girl do her routine which was the best one of the bunch. So, other than that, I wouldn’t say this DVD has any redeeming value and you certainly won’t learn too much erotic dancing from it, so fairly disappointing.
I do recommend My Sexy Little Pole however, and you can get it and “The Better Sex Guide to Erotic Dancing†DVD from TabuToys.com under Swinger’s Lifestyle Products and Erotic DVDs.
