{"id":68947,"date":"2023-11-05T10:39:49","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T10:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/?p=68947"},"modified":"2023-11-05T10:39:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T10:39:49","slug":"pole-dancing-grandma-53-shows-off-incredible-physique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/lifestyle\/pole-dancing-grandma-53-shows-off-incredible-physique\/","title":{"rendered":"Pole dancing grandma, 53, shows off incredible physique"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Pole dancing grandma, 53, shows off her incredible physique &#8211; years after being told she was too big to be on stage: &#8216;Life begins at 50!&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kerry Burnett, from Essex, gained the confidence to take up pole dancing at 50\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Read more: Super fit gran, 53, says she still feels sexy<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A pole dancing grandma who took up the hobby in her 50s says she is now in the best shape of her life.<\/p>\n<p>Kerry Burnett, 53, from Essex, explained how she was told she was too fat to be a professional dancer when she was younger, and later developed an eating disorder.<\/p>\n<p>But she gained the confidence to take up pole dancing later in life, and it was the first time &#8216;I ever felt good inside and out&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Burnett said: &#8216;I<span>\u00a0feel like fate really put this in my path, not only to recover my body, but to get rid of the negativity that comes with it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;At the age of 47 I made a bucket list of things I wanted to try and I&#8217;ve always wanted to do pole dancing, but I was worried I was too old.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/05\/10\/77419733-12712299-image-a-24_1699178709380.jpg\" height=\"1172\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Kerry Burnett, 53, from Essex, explained how she was told she was too fat to be a professional dancer when she was younger, and later developed an eating disorder<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was only going to do one class but the class was so refreshing and non judgemental and there were all different body sizes, so I stayed, and I&#8217;m 53 now at the strongest I&#8217;ve ever been.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;ve started to actually perform pole shows since then too which if you told me I&#8217;d be doing than when I first started, I&#8217;d say no way, but this is my career now and I get to travel the world doing it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Ms Burnett attempted a career on the stage when she was younger, but her dreams were shot down when she was told she was too big to be a professional dancer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was told to just eat cabbage and drink water,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I tried to do it, but I was starving so then I just started eating and eating. I was having to spend my day in a leotard, and I was so conscious of my weight, everyone was always talking about me and it really started to affect me.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/05\/10\/77419737-12712299-image-a-25_1699178717059.jpg\" height=\"998\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>She gained the confidence to take up pole dancing later in life, and it was the first time &#8216;I ever felt good inside and out&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/05\/10\/77419739-12712299-image-a-26_1699178719825.jpg\" height=\"722\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ms Burnett said: &#8216;I feel like fate really put this in my path, not only to recover my body, but to get rid of the negativity that comes with it&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I didn&#8217;t know how to keep the weight off other than throwing up, it was just a very lonely experience.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Then one day about 20 years later, I walked past a gym and I saw all these amazing women with huge muscles and I really admired how they looked. They were so confident and I wanted that for myself, so I started to go and really began feeling good about myself for the first time in my life.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Ms Burnett now teaches pole dancing classes for beginners.<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8216;I<span>t&#8217;s the best feeling in the world getting to help people feel empowered and be the best they can be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I even managed to place first in my first big pole competition, I&#8217;d only being doing it for a few months, so I was completely blown away.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Pole is the hardest and most addictive thing I&#8217;ve ever done. 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