Wildside Pole N Fitness, Palm Harbor

Some detractors may write off pole dancing as frivolous, but to Wildside Pole ~N~ Fitness owner Eva Spicola, the dizzying workout is “the best upper-body fitness and core training you could ever have.” A certified personal trainer who has managed her own health clubs in the past, Spicola now preaches the pole's benefits to women of all ages and abilities. Her classes embrace sinuous workouts on the pole and chair, striving to produce leaner limbs and confidence through body-weight exercises. She rounds out her curriculum with boot-camp, spinning, and dance-centric pole classes, which take guests from basic spins to choreographed combinations executed in platform heels. Chair and pole classes cap their attendance at 10 students, allowing instructors to customize their lessons while preventing the combined centrifugal force of too many twirls from lifting the studio off the ground.