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Pole-Dancing Workout Leads to Lawsuit

January 8th, 2010. By AbiK

I’m on the fence (vs. the pole) on this one. Here’s the low-down (via nydailynews):

• NY Dermatologist Sue Ann Wee is suing Crunch gym (that’s not her, or Crunch in the vid).
• She was taking a pole-dancing workout class.
• She had signed up for a free class (aka, this was apparently her first go at the pole)
• Wee’s suit claims she was left un-spotted (or unsupervised) while upside down on the pole.
• She alleges to have asked her instructor for help.
• She fell.
• She got injured.
• She was out of work for 6 months.

Now, all I know is this (and I feel like I’m channeling Oprah’s , “What I know for sure”):

• If I’m taking a pole-dancing workout class, at the very least I want the equivalent of those mats you see pole vaulters flying into under me. I know that I am not a professional pole dancer.
• If I’m thinking of maintaining a professional career image, I’m not thinking I’ll have my lawsuit involving a pole dance blasted all over the media (time to channel Seinfeld: “Not that there’s anything wrong with that” (i.e., pole dancing)).
• If I’m taking a first-at-bat exercise class of any sort, I’m going into it fully mindful of any potential limitations my body–or whatever it might encounter–might have.  I know I won’t be hanging upside-down from a pole between my legs, simulating some form of gyration or twist with the rest of my bod, and thinking, hey—next up: audition for Cirque du Soleil. I know hanging upside-down by my feet on the pole is an advanced pole dancing move (see the vid, from Polercise Tenerife).

Having said that, I am me and Sue Ann Wee is herself. We do not “know” the same things apparently. And, alas, Crunch gym is being sued. Not that they don’t have any responsibility in this—if the allegations are true, shame on them—particularly with a seemingly novice student. We’ll see where this one goes…

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