It has been a while since my last post. First time parenting fills my days in ways I couldn’t have imagined and time to write comes in small pockets. It has been almost five months since my child was born, though it feels like years already. Perhaps it’s the sleep I haven’t been getting, but I’ve loved every second with my baby. I still intend to write about my past competition experience (Pole competition posts) in the near future. For now, I want to write about my postpartum pole experience while my memory is still fresh.
Pole Fitness/Pole Dance while pregnant
While I still plan to write about my previous competition experiences (Previous pole competitions: Update August 2025), I wanted to share my thoughts on pole fitness and pregnancy while the memories are still fresh.
My Pole Journey: Beginner to Intermediate
I started taking pole fitness classes regularly starting January 2021. I achieved my goal of climbing to the top of a pole about three months after and then moved on to the next level which was level 2of classes. Level 2 class was my first big obstacle. I started learning upside down tricks such as laybacks and inverts. All those tricks seemed scary and impossible at first.
My Pole Journey: Tucson, Arizona
I first took a few pole classes in Tokyo back in 2018. Before I started climbing pole, I started my graduate school, and I couldn’t go back to pole until January 2021 in Tucson Arizona.
In this entry, I would like to look back on the beginning of my pole journey.
My Pole Journey: Tokyo
I started this blog at the beginning of the year promising my self to write at least once a month.
Well, the plan was not successful… life happened, and I’ve decided to compete in a pole competition.
In this entry, I wanted to look back to when I first started pole and then how far I’ve come.