I met some pole dancers in Australia and they were both muscular and toned despite not lifting (I know Johnston is proud). I’ve mentioned before that most women can garner a healthy physique by eating a non-vegetarian diet with plenty of meat (insinuating the animal kind here, boys). Such is the case with the pole dancers I met; by doing plenty of pulling movements their backs and bodies were developed and toned. Not only is this true, it’s just an excuse for you guys to watch pole dancing. You’re welcome.

I didn’t want to spend time looking for a vid, so here’s footage of the 2011 Australian Pole Dancing Championship. Uh, if you work in a church, you probably don’t want to open this right now.


Regardless of your opinion on pole dancers or strippers, the pole work is impressive. It’s a non-boring version of gymnastics.

Here are some other videos from Australia. This one is footage from the nature park.


This one is me making fun of Tom because he can’t scramble eggs.


In this one from Shire Speed and Strength, Tom squats 150kg for a triple, I snatch 120 and 130 (I missed 130 at first, I thought it was 125 because I’m an idiot), and there’s some vid of Blake (who is playing football at Hawaii now) jerking 160).