The POLEPLACE manifesto

Pole isfor everybody.

Not for a certain size, age or level. For every woman who has ever looked at a pole and thought: not me.

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POLEPLACE since 2020 · 10,000+ in the community

Manifesto film: Too strong to be ignored

Why we exist

What we believe.

Eight sentences we come back to whenever we plan a class, write a page or answer a message.

Your living room is a studio.

No commute, no mirror wall, no audience. Lamp on, music up, start. A studio-quality class shouldn't depend on where you live or what you earn.

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Nobody is watching. Everyone is cheering.

You train alone, but never by yourself. More than 10,000 women in the community know exactly how your first spin feels, because they had one too.

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Floor first. Then stand. Then air.

Safe is a method, not a mood. Every move is broken into steps you can trust, from the ground up. That is the Floor-Stand-Air Method™, and it is why beginners stay.

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Strong is not a size. Or an age.

Your first pole sit at 25 counts. Your first pole sit at 55 counts just as much. We teach the body you have today, not the one in an ad.

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Laughing at your first try
is part of the program.

Sensual, athletic, playful. You decide.

Pole means something different to everyone. Heels or barefoot, flow or tricks, all of it belongs here.

Progress beats perfect.

Ten minutes on a Tuesday is training. Small steps, repeated, are how every move you admire was learned.

Your body, your pace.

Pause, rewind, download the class, train at midnight. Nobody hurries you into a move you are not ready for.

Pole should never be a privilege for a few.

That is why POLEPLACE started in 2020, and it is still why we build every class.

Respect the roots

Pole didn't start in a fitness studio.

Before pole was a workout, it was an art form, and much of it was built by dancers in strip clubs. The spins, the climbs, the floorwork, the heels, the attitude: so much of what you learn here was created, named and passed on by them. Every class on POLEPLACE stands on their work.

A pair of clear platform pole heels standing on the floor, still life

India · centuries old

Mallakhamb

Athletes training strength, grip and balance on a wooden pole. Some of the oldest pole work we know.

China · circus

Chinese pole

Acrobats climbing, holding and dropping on tall poles. Pure power and control.

The clubs

Strippers & exotic dancers

They turned the pole into dance: flow, spins, floorwork and heels. Modern pole as we know it grew from here.

01We say stripper with respect. Never as a punchline, never as something to distance ourselves from.
02Heels, exotic and sensual flow are part of pole, not a phase you grow out of.
03Pole is still mocked and hidden from social feeds. We stand with the dancers who kept it alive.
04Training at home is a gift. Knowing where it comes from is part of training it well.

Our promise to you

Three words. Every class.

Accessible

Your living room is enough. Classes on iOS, Android and web, from $29 a month.

Safe

Structured steps from the ground up, starting with the 12-Week Starter Course and coach Irina.

Judgment-free

Every body, every age, every level. For every woman who never felt at home in a traditional studio.

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