Sacramento Strip Clubs: Mother of three brings ‘family-based’ pole dancing to Antioch
A nightclub activity long considered the domain of strippers, pole dancing for fitness has begun nudging its way into the mainstream. Oprah Winfrey endorsed the striptease-style workout in 2003, and many gyms now include it in their regular slate of classes.
Hicks, a former gymnast, encountered the craze a little more than a year ago at a San Francisco bachelorette party. She practiced for the next few weeks, and except for a few hiccups, such as the time her cheap plastic pole broke and sent her flying into a living-room wall, easily mastered the aerial acrobatics.
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While pole dancing may be losing its sensual undertones as it develops into a sport (supporters are petitioning to get it into the 2012 Olympics as a test event), some of the moves still recall stripper routines.