{"id":19664,"date":"2026-05-08T23:43:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T23:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=19664"},"modified":"2026-05-08T23:43:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T23:43:55","slug":"how-pole-keeps-this-58-year-old-former-bodybuilder-in-top-shape-mentally-and-physically","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=19664","title":{"rendered":"How pole keeps this 58-year-old former bodybuilder in top shape mentally and physically"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The first time Ray Kayan stepped up to a fitness pole, he thought he had it covered.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">He was a regular at the gym, had taken part in bodybuilding competitions and had even played hockey. He assumed adding <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/health-wellness\/article\/3351655\/60-pole-dancing-singaporean-influencer-showing-how-age-well?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\"><span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">pole for fitness<\/span><\/a> would be straightforward.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cI can do this easily,\u201d he remembers thinking.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">He discovered a much more challenging reality.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cGym strength does not translate into pole strength,\u201d the 58-year-old says. \u201cNot at all. You\u2019re bruised all over your legs, your body aches and you can\u2019t even spin around the pole properly. It was very humbling. A lot of people try it once and think, \u2018I\u2019m never coming back.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">But Kayan \u2013 who was born in Hong Kong and emigrated to Los Angeles with his parents when he was one \u2013 did not give up. He was enchanted by the idea of using a pole for fitness.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cJust watching people do amazing things on the pole, how they spin, how graceful they look \u2013 it was something I really wanted to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/health-wellness\/article\/3352754\/how-pole-keeps-58-year-old-former-bodybuilder-top-shape-mentally-and-physically\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first time Ray Kayan stepped up to a fitness pole, he thought he had it covered. He was a regular at the gym, had taken part in bodybuilding competitions and had even played hockey. He assumed adding pole for fitness would be straightforward. \u201cI can do this easily,\u201d he remembers thinking. 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