Mid Month More About Me - Pole Fitness March

This months post is going to be a follow up from last months post about how I am starting to get fit from doing Stretch and Pole fitness. 

I have never really been to the gym, its not my sort of thing and going to one has never interested me. But lately I have wanted to tone up slightly and so I thought I would take up pole class. 

I am on my third month of doing it now and I am starting to notice the difference. Firstly difference in my strength, my arms are a lot stronger and I have definetly got more core strength. One way I have noticed that my arms are getting stronger is because in stretch class we are learning to be able to do a bridge. We are doing back stretches that help be more flexible making the arch of your back in a bridge better. I am on my third week of doing back stretches now and the first week when I attempted a bridge, I couldn't even list my head from the floor. The second week I just about managed it, and last night on my third session I pushed myself up higher than ever before. I am super impressed with myself at how far I have come in 3 weeks.
I am hoping that next week I will be able to do an even better bridge than this week. 

Below is a picture of week 2 doing a bridge and then last night which was week 3. You can see more arch in my back and that my arms are straighter. 

Pole class I can also see some improvement. I am starting to be able to go upside down a lot easier now and also I have managed to hang on with just my legs and go backwards. This move is quite hard taking a lot of core strength. 

Though the hardest part is getting back up when you get you upper part of your body backwards. So far not quite managed to do that yet and had to have help.

But I have noticed that I have toned quite well, my stomach is looking more defined and so are my legs and arms. I have also noticed I have lost weight on my hips which is what I wanted, but unfortunately that also means that my boobs have lost weight to, which I didn't want.
Usually during stretch and pole we also do mini work out sessions and that involved doing a good warm up doing jumping jacks and press ups. Then after the pole class we always do a 10-15 min core strength work out doing sit ups and legs raises. I actually really enjoy the core work out part of the session. I have started to do these at home too (when I don't forget) and this is also helping my stomach tone up.

But as I mentioned in my last post. Pole hurts and I can definitely use the words no pain, no gain. I am always covered in bruises and last night doing a spin move I somehow managed to rip the skin from my hand. If your squeamish then turn away now... 

But that does not put me off! I cant wait for each Monday for my sessions and I plan to keep it up for as long as I can.

Do you think you would give Pole Fitness a try?