Fitness pole dancing has produced several unsuccessful knockoffs, including pole-vaulting over alligator moats and interpreting Footloose atop a utility pole. Learn the first and best incarnation of pole dance with today’s Groupon: for $20, you get a 1.5-hour pole-introduction workshop at Poletential in Redwood City (a $60 value). Click here to view the schedule.

Poletential offers “fitness with a twirl,” teaching anyone searching for an atypical aerobic workout the fundamentals, alongside more-advanced maneuvers, of fitness pole dancing. Introductory classes cater to those with an inexplicable draw to stop signs and totem poles by imparting transitional moves and a few basic pole tricks during the 1.5-hour session. Each student of the vertical beam will train on her own pole and in a relaxed and supportive setting with no more than nine fellow fitness fans. Dancers are encouraged to wear stilettos (supplied by the studio) and whatever clothes they feel most comfortable in, from workout shorts to an oversized Batman cape, as long as legs are kept bare to properly contact the pole. Poletential gives students the freedom of interpretation and style, allowing their choreography to be sensual, artistic, or focused on developing upper-body and core strength.

Poletential’s staff includes instructors trained in dance-based fitness, ballet, and jazz dance, though each found her niche with pole dancing. The 1,600-square-foot studio features 10 high-quality, 20-foot-tall poles, permanently installed and designed for both rigorous dance-offs and an intense American Gladiators physical challenge against Elektra.

Valid for new clients only. Poletential classes are for women only.

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