Pole dancing kicks off Give It A Go

Fitness session signals start of fortnight of fun

A student gives pole dancing a try

Over 50 students had the chance to try something completely different as Give It A Go began with a pole dancing session.

 

Liam East went down to find out how the up-tempo fitness session went down.

 

What’s the first thing you think of when you hear pole dancing.... strippers?

 

Not anymore, the UCLan ladies have been giving it a whirl for this year’s Give It A Go event and it went down a storm.

 

The event took place on Monday February 2nd 2009 and attracted over 50 students (all girls) down to Total Fitness gym to try out the sexy way to keep fit.

 

Watch UCLan students warming up for their pole dancing session

 

Georgina Hunter, 21, third year police and criminal investigations student said: "It’s really fun and completely different to anything I’ve ever tried, it looks really easy but I’ve used muscles today I never knew I had."

 

The taster sessions lasted an hour and involved the participants performing a vigorous warm up followed by some ‘pole’ practice and then a relaxing warm down.

 

Lisa Lewis-Reens, 22, third year police and criminal investigations student said: "I didn’t really know what to expect from today but I thought I’d ‘give it a go’ and it was really good, I’d definitely do it again."

 

Give It A Go fortnight is a chance for UCLan students to try something new and different. It's no strings attached, you can just pay and play. If you’d like to get involved and give pole dancing a whirl visit: http://www.pole-n-tone.co.uk/ or call 07749461966. You can also see all the Give It A Go events on the mini-site.

03 February 2009