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Meetup.com event hosted by Aradia Fitness
Saturday, March 7th, 2009 | Events | No Comments
I recently stumbled across a new social networking website called Meetup.com. Now this website isn’t your typical social networking page, like MySpace or Facebook. In those sites, the focus is on the individual user and they are often associated with stigmas like popularity contests or online drama. (Granted we love both sites… but hey, we’ve all had our fair share of internet theatrics.)
The refreshing thing about Meetup.com is that instead of focusing on the individual, this site focuses on the groups. Meetup allows its members to search for groups that are unified by a common interest (ie: cooking or small dogs). All you have to do is provide your zip code and topic/hobby of interest… and voila! Meetup leads you to other people in your area who have created such a group.
Anywho. A friend had mentioned it in passing and being the internet junky I am, I took a few minutes one evening to peruse the site. I’m actually a newlywed (aw!) and I often joke to people I meet that my culinary skills don’t extend past Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. Little do they know I’m not really exaggerating too much! So I clicked around the site and quickly found a popular cooking group. It had a ton of members and they create numerous events every month for getting together to share recipes & eat.
Then as I was looking around, I see two popular topics of interest are “Women’s Social” and “Fitness”. I instantly knew that Aradia Fitness would perfect for Meetup.com! I ran the idea by our studio owner and she was just as excited as I was.
So a few days later I created the Cary Pole Dancing & Sensual Fitness meetup group. Within a week the membership hit over 60 ladies and the feedback was fantastic. Pole dancing for fitness is a popular idea yet too many ladies never know where to go to try it out.
So yesterday evening (Friday March 6) we held our first Meetup event at the studio and it was a huge hit!
We had 15 ladies come to the studio at 630pm. Everyone munched on light snacks for thirty minutes and got to meet the other ladies in the group. We had numerous ladies that live around town and then several traveled from as far as Clayton, Sanford, and Fayetville for a fun & flirty evening out!
At 700pm we kicked things off and took the ladies through one of our most popular events – the signature Aradia Fitness Party. The ladies first experienced our sexy warm-up & floor exercises… they were surprised and delighted about what a great workout that was! Then of course, it was time to hit to poles!
By 830pm, our vivacious ladies were twirling and sliding on the pole. They loved our sexy pole routine and couldn’t believe that they were able to perform tricks like the Fireman Spin. However, we breakall the moves down into easy to follow steps enabling our ladies to master the art form slowly and safely!
Myself and the other instructors had a blast and loved the vivacious & diverse group we got to spend the evening with! All the ladies did a fantastic job and looked amazing as they performed our routine.
With a successful first event under our belt, Aradia Fitness is planning to host a monthly Meetup at the studio. If you are looking for a fun evening out and a unique way to meet other interesting and inspiring women in the area, check out our Meetup page, join the group and come out to the next event. We’d love to have you!
Are you ready to Meet Your Sexy Side?!