I know some of you are gonna watch this video and think I’m just posting it for a laugh. Yes, of course, that’s part of it. It’s certainly an odd image… and I’m sure this guy, Joel, would even agree. But it’s only a small part. Really.

Mainly, I chose it because I think Joel is, for lack of a better word… awesome. And I’m not trying to be ironic by saying it.

He built the pole himself. He seems to practice every day. He’s posted several videos… not of himself showboating, but just trying to learn. Many of the comments on his YouTube channel are tips, support, and people just generally observing his progress.

In fact, after I watched two of his clips they didn’t seem funny to me at all. These repetitive, clinical videos simply chronicle the journey of a man trying to get better at something he loves; his struggle with the pole itself, totally identifiable to me.

If someone were to tell me that the secret to our existence lies somehow in Pole Dancing… I think now I might know what they mean.

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