Pole Fitness Gym Offers ‘Flirty’ Workouts

By MARY ROSENTHOL
For Potomac Local News 

MANASSAS, Va. — Tucked in a small corner of Manassas is a shop with a bright pink awning called the Doll House Poll Fitness Center.

Around 50 instructors, students, friends and curious onlookers enjoyed an open house held there on Saturday night.

“I truly love the sexy yet healthy feeling of pole fitness,” said owner, Von Martin. “For over a year, I traveled an hour away to attend classes and I felt like we needed a studio close by.”

Martin greeted a cheering crowd on Saturday night as she announced demonstration dancers and called out numbers for a raffle. The Doll House offers classes and rental space for private parties.

“I like pole dancing because it’s something that women of any age and fitness level can enjoy,” said Martin. Everything from introductory classes to pole tricks are offered on a weekly basis and the first introductory class is free.

“You can be at level one for weeks or months,” said Washington, D.C. instructor Andrea Angeles. “We have dancers, gymnasts, even grandmothers who take classes with us!”

Angeles traveled to Manassas from Washington to celebrate the opening of the new pole gym.

“You get out of pole dancing exactly what you put into it. If you’re in the studio practicing every day you’re going to drop weight and learn quickly. If you only go to the gym once a week, then it’s going to take longer.”

With the open house out of the way, Martin and her teachers plan to resume a normal schedule of classes next week.

According to the pole fitness center’s website, the gym offers classes while encouraging women to feel “flirty” or “sexy” while working out. More than just poles, the siren room offers a place for up to five students to work out using both floor moves and chairs.

The gym is located on Lute Court, near the intersection of Va. 234 and Interstate 66, and is open weekdays 6 to 9 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and by appointment only on Sundays.