Pick Me Up!

SWING into action

Walking into my first ever pole dancing class, I was absolutely terrified.

You must be Faye,’ one of the instructors smiled.

‘Hello, nice to meet you’ I replied nervously.

I’d just turned 16 and wanted to give pole dancing a go after watching a video on YouTube.

It looked great fun and certainly seemed like a full-on workout to me.

With that in mind, I found a class at The Art of Dance school, near my home in Plymouth and plucked up the

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