I'm hungry... like all the time. As an orphan, I don't have a great relationship with food.
So this doesn't pair well with wanting to get fit and lose weight😅 and I'm far from the only one who struggles with this!
That's why I had a chat with Pam Moore on the Pole Adventures Podcast about Healing Your Relationship With Food, Exercise And Your Body!
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1:03 Pam's fitness adventure
7:51 Pam's most embarrassing fitness moment
9:32 What is intuitive eating?
13:48 The misnomer of a 'healthy weight'
14:55 The 'rainbow' way of eating
20:46 Dealing with the struggles of your stomach being a bottomless pit
27:13 The freedom of intuitive eating and its effects on fitness
29:42 Why you should let your body do what it's going to do
33:25 Your food relationship might be connected with perfectionism
37:45 Incorporating intuitive eating with our training
42:22 If you're beating yourself up about food, remember this
Pam is an occupational therapist turned award winning health and fitness journalist, intuitive eating coach, podcaster, author, personal trainer, six time marathoner and two time iron man finisher. She has such an incredible fitness background and helps people heal their relationships with food, exercise and their bodies.
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Ever heard your pole instructor say 'engage your core'... but have no idea what it means?!

Your core is complex, and so is the role it plays in movement. And guess what helps? Your breath.

I spoke to Nicola Kraemer on the Pole Adventures Podcast about How To Actually Understand And Use Your Core, and you won't want to miss this!

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1:05 Nicola's Pole Adventure
4:10 Nicola's most embarrassing aerial moment
6:26 What it ACTUALLY means to 'engage your core'
11:43 What it feels like to have an engaged core
14:12 If you're not breathing right, you're not using your core right
15:56 The 'balloon' technique to strengthen your breath
18:50 What a good breathing technique actually entails
22:32 The first step to properly improve your core and breathing
27:38 What 'breathing into your movements' means
29:27 What to do when you're in a position that makes it hard to breathe
31:41 Simple breathwork exercises to improve your technique
36:11 The number one core exercise for inverts
40:06 A word of encouragement for those with a 'weak core'
42:23 One last thing to remember…

Nicola is a physiotherapist that specializes in working with pole dancers, aerialists, dancers and more by helping you finding movement patterns that are healthy and effective for your body. She also lives on a sailing boat and travels to teach in studios worldwide.

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You can't half ass your training sessions... then complain you're not getting anywhere.

Our bodies require a real incentive to make that 'change', which is so important to understand for any #polefitness goal.

I spoke with Alicia Archer on the #PoleAdventuresPodcast on the Effort Equation: Encouraging Your Mind & Body To Accept Change. As an instructor, she knows the best way to train is by combining specificity, effort, tracking and consistency.

And today we'll be honing in on the effort part of the equation, or rather how to present the incentive for our bodies to change.

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1:18 Alicia's Pole Adventure
3:10 Alicia's most embarrassing pole moment
3:52 The specificity, effort, tracking & consistency method
8:13 Why you need to incentivize your body
10:35 The primary pillar of recovery
11:28 Is it uncomfortable, or painful?
13:19 How to make meaningful improvements without injuring yourself
15:27 When you're really sensitive to pain…
18:08 How to change motivation into discipline
21:24 Dealing with comparison de-motivation
25:32 A key way to reframe your negative discouragement
30:33 The 'dissection' method to solve your flexibility problems
31:56 The common mistakes you're making with your training progress
36:58 Why it's great to be experimental

Alicia is super passionate about fitness, flexibility and movement. After working in the dance industry she was quickly drawn to the circus arts and now specializes in combining body weight training with mobility and stretching techniques.

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https://www.instagram.com/kinkysweat/
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Whether you aim to reach your toes or twist yourself up like a pretzel, flexibility training is tough in it's own right!

But here's the thing, you CAN do it. Any age, ability, history, body type... flexibility is possible.

I talked with Dani Winks on the #PoleAdventuresPodcast about Pursuing Flexibility When You Feel Like You Can't.

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1:02 Dani's Pole/Contortionist Adventure
2:38 Dani's most embarrassing pole moment
3:36 Flexibility beginner or returning to it? Here's what to do
7:41 What part of your body you should train first
10:20 Do you struggle with the strength side of pole? Listen to this
12:16 Preventing flexibility injuries
14:18 When you have weaker parts of your body…
16:04 How to set realistic goals to help measure your progress
20:11 Combating comparison woes
22:25 If you feel like your progress is going up and down…
23:29 Sticking with your training schedule through the bad days
24:58 Are you making these common flexibility training mistakes?
28:48 You're NEVER too old to be flexible

Dani Winks is a professional contortionist with over 11 years of experience teaching pole dancers, aerialists, circus artists and more, and she is a master at distilling these practices on her bendy blog.

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https://www.daniwinksflexibility.com/links
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If you've ever tried to work towards a certain pole move, or your general strength & flexibility... but quickly lost the motivation, boy you're not alone!

Especially if you're not naturally a 'fitness' person, you work at a desk or hate the gym, it can be really hard to work up the strength you need to pole and not plateau.

I chatted with Andrea Plancarte on the #PoleAdventuresPodcast to help you create A Plan To Actually Stick With Your Pole Training.

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1:23 Andrea's Pole Adventure
2:55 Andrea's most embarrassing pole moment
4:29 Assess your current fitness level with these basic movement patterns
6:56 The 'performance pyramid' fitness test
11:11 Key milestones you should be reaching
17:35 Identifying the different types of pain
21:27 Crucial 'on the pole' training
23:50 How to find the right balance of consistency & frequency
28:59 Combating training fatigue with 'phases'
30:58 Two ways to make sure you stay motivated

Andrea Plancarte is a physical therapist specializing in pole and the host of the Invert Bend & Balance Symposium, and she helps dancers build up the strength and flexibility to nail all their dream skills safely.

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https://www.instagram.com/andreaplancartept/
https://andreaplancarte.com/links

✨❤️EPISODE LAUNCH GIVEAWAY DEC 6th - DEC 27th 2023❤️✨

1 WINNER: 1x Strong To Climb: An 8 week program to help you progress from beginner to intermediate

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1. Leave an honest review on any podcast platform of your choice (more platforms = more entries!)

2. Email a screenshot of your review(s) to paris@poleadventures.com, and mention the prize you’re entering for (enter for as many giveaways as you'd like!)

3. If you've already left a review, share the episode to any relevant pole group and send a screenshot!

Don't forget to grab your free access to the Pole Adventures Compendium, a collection of incredible resources to help you progress on your pole journey.

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Hands up anyone who's struggled with food😅✋

What we fuel our bodies with is critical to our output. It determines whether we have enough energy, recovery and strength to do the crazy stuff on the pole safely.

I chatted with Stacey Shapiro on the #PoleAdventuresPodcast about Using Pole & Nutrition To Build Up Your Fitness & Strength, so don't miss this!

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0:59 Stacey's Pole Adventure
5:40 Stacey's most embarrassing pole moment
10:20 When you suck at wrangling both fitness and nutrition
13:01 A crucial reminder to slow down
16:24 A tip to balance all your cross-training
19:04 This is the 'magic pill' that makes everything easier
19:59 The one thing you need to add more of to your diet
20:59 How to stay motivated with your training schedule
25:46 Focus on this mindset to personalize your nutrition
28:24 Should you use a food diary?
30:21 If you only remember one thing about your food, remember this

Stacey's spent the past 12 years helping people heal their relationship with food and build healthier, stronger lives as an accomplished personal trainer, body builder and meal prep company owner.

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https://www.instagram.com/staceyqshapiro/
https://www.staceyquinnnutrition.com/

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Getting in tune with your body can be difficult... so why not try movement intention?

I chatted with Britta Paulin on the #PoleAdventuresPodcast to discuss one of her specialities, movement intention, to help you explore how your unique body can be used to express beautiful movements.

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1:07 Britta's Pole Adventure
3:42 Britta's most embarrassing pole moment
7:10 What IS movement intention and why you need to understand it
9:21 Achieve the movement you want by…
11:19 Here's the best starting point…
14:10 How to use movement as emotional expression
16:57 Discover the 'pre-downloaded' movements in your body
18:22 An exercise for exploring your body
23:26 Are you 'trying on' someone else's training problems?
25:28 What to do when you're not sure what part of your body to train
29:58 How to use movement intention off the pole
34:22 Why you should actually make the movement harder

Britta Paulin is a strength and flexibility coach specializing in anatomy, physiology and psychology with an incredible background in pole, circus and the performing arts industry. She also has multiple gold medals, titles and world renowned awards under her belt.

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https://www.instagram.com/its.britta/
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A pole routine is much more than just slapping tricks together with music.

It's about telling a story, conveying emotions, entertaining your audience. And you can create beautiful routines with just the beginner stuff!

I chatted with Sergia Anderson on all things routine...

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1:05 Sergia's Pole Adventure
3:55 Sergia's most embarrassing pole moment
5:13 The step by step process to choreographing a routine
8:01 The 'board' trick you HAVE to do before choosing your music
10:45 How to 'map' your choreo song
11:46 What to listen for in your chosen song
12:40 Why you don't have to plan your routine from start to finish
13:29 Two quick things to immediately inspire your routine
14:17 How to figure out the character you're going to play
15:53 How to determine the story you're going to tell
19:06 A simple way to balance the story and the tricks you want to do
20:38 One powerful way to help convey your story
22:37 How to juggle telling your story ON the pole
27:07 The top mistakes most polers make when creating routines
30:21 When you get creative block, here's what to do

Sergia is the founder of The Vertitude Dance Studio with an incredible background across different dance styles, the 2013 US National Pole Champion and host of the Beginner Pole Summit.

✨❤️Linky Links❤️✨

https://www.instagram.com/sergialouise/
https://www.poledancefoundations.com/takewhatyouneed

✨❤️EPISODE LAUNCH GIVEAWAY NOV 15th - DEC 6th 2023❤️✨

1 WINNER: 1x Pole Routine Concept Creator Course

How To Enter:

1. Leave an honest review on any podcast platform of your choice (more platforms = more entries!)

2. Email a screenshot of your review(s) to paris@poleadventures.com, and mention the prize you’re entering for (enter for as many giveaways as you'd like!)

3. If you've already left a review, share the episode to any relevant pole group and send a screenshot!

Don't forget to grab your free access to the Pole Adventures Compendium, a collection of incredible resources to help you progress on your pole journey.

And if you enjoyed today's adventure, make sure to leave a review so other explorers can embark on the journey with us.

This is the Pole Adventures Podcast, and your next adventure awaits!

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