Back in 2006, Jacqueline Fernandez was crowned as Miss Sri Lanka for a reason. Not only does she have swoon-worthy curves, but also a fit body that she regularly maintains with her constant and various workout choices. Known to ace her fitness game and with her alluring and exuberant looks, the actress has amassed millions of fans across the world. She sweats it out in the gym and has often stated how she enjoys a gruelling workout regime.
Yoga, Pilates, dance routines and weightlifting, the Sri Lankan beauty does it all. But it is her, new, bold choice of pole dancing, as one of her major fitness routines which made her stand-out and our Prime Persona. Not so late, following into her footsteps are the Bollywood actors Yami Gautam, Varun Dhavan, Malaika Arora Khan and Isha Gupta who have become a fan of this mania.
For many, the pole is just for the dance floor and a prop used for arousal but only a few know that you could also use the pole for a variety of exercises and stay in great shape. Pole fitness goes a step ahead of pole dancing and uses the pole to its maximum potential as fitness equipment.
Roksolana Chubenko, popularly known as Roxy, shot to fame when she was recently asked by Jacqueline Fernandez to train her in pole dancing for her movie A Gentleman, believes that there is no pole dancing culture in India, while it is already a big art and fitness form in the world. The leggy model-turned-actress prepped for three months with Roxy and became the talk of the industry with her on- point pole-dance moves from the song ‘Chandralekha’. Once again she got to flaunt her moves and her rhythm with the pole in her recent blockbuster film Race 3, with Salman Khan, in a peppy song Heeriye.
The actress is quite a pro in the task and has been garnering praises from fans and friends alike for the skill. Roksolana shares, ‘Since the time Jacqueline took up pole dancing, people have started resonating with the dance form as a regular fitness regime. She has inadvertently popularised pole dancing. When I look back, it makes me realize that Jackie has come a long way, as today she performs moves which people with years of training might find difficult to perform. All that twirling on a pole requires a lot of core strength and her dedication and commitment to learning is something I truly adore. Even on days when she has been bruised, she wouldn’t want to miss a single class.’
The Judwa 2 actress is a master at the craft and has often given us snippets from her practice lessons wowing everyone with her pictures and videos of pole dance fitness routines on Instagram. She has certainly set a perfect coordination with the pole and knows how to do magic with it. Thus, a lot of young fitness enthusiastic who look out for something different and fun to keep themselves fit have now started following it.
Pole dance is an emerging form of fitness which is a wonderful cardiovascular and isometric exercise wrapped into one. The workout has many health benefits as it enhances sleep, improves posture, develops kinesthetic awareness, good for bones and joints, improves posture, good for the heart, helps you tone up, increases endurance, strengthens the back, makes you flexible and enables core workout.
The leggy model is a restaurateur and owns a number of them in Sri Lanka. Jacqueline has, recently, launched her own athleisure brand Just F for women, exclusively available on Amazon fashion. All Just F products are specifically designed forth Indian female body type and are imbued with crossover styling to bring fun back into the mix, even as it helps women fashionably achieve their fitness goals.
