Hi I'm Lucille!
Owner & founder of body synergy
Dreams come true!
Welcome to Body Synergy! We offer a fun and professional health and fitness service in Birmingham, catering to a wide range of people looking for a healthier and happier mind and body. Our intentions lie in connecting people and offering a mechanism for empowerment through engaging in exercise and dance.
a little about what we do here
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Body Synergy offers an alternative to the conventional gym routine and presents the Midlands with fun and stimulating forms of exercise. One of our most popular services is our Pole Dancing Fitness classes in Birmingham. Most of our pole classes are fitness based and we recognise pole as an artistic sport. We are enthusiastic about the training we do and are captivated by the strength and athleticism required for this beautiful art. We say, break the mould and break away from the norm, getting fit and healthy doesn’t have to be boring! If you want to learn to dance and try linking some moves together, we also offer Lyrical pole flow and Hypnotic Heels pole flow classes which focus on learning to dance and finding flow, elegance and style on the pole and floor. If the world of circus arts takes your fancy, we also offer Aerial Hoop lessons in Birmingham. You don’t need any previous experience in fitness, dance, or circus to take part in our classes as our coaches will guide you from your very first step. We offer sessions for complete beginners right through to competition coaching for elite level athletes.
MORE THAN JUST FITNESS
Lifestyle Community Passion
Our Birmingham pole and hoop classes are much more than just fitness! Aside from the benefits to health, we aspire to encourage personal development and stimulate engagement in physical activity. Having had many success stories, we know that finding passion for an activity positively affects all areas of your lifestyle. Adopting the mental and physical discipline needed to overcome challenges helps builds character and boost confidence. We recognise that exercising and learning skills are fundamental to personal development and mental health. The qualities developed in physical training and learning a new skill are transferable qualities that can be applied to all aspects of life.
Be disciplined, find focus, pursue a goal, experience set-backs, overcome challenges, succeed and grow.
Lucille Marshall
owner & founder of Body Synergy
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Lucille is a UK based dance & fitness expert and the owner and founder of Body Synergy. She became UK Professional Pole Champion 2016 in her first competition. Following on from the UKPPC Championships she was honoured to be invited to perform in the IPAAT Champions Cup 2018 where she won 3rd place. She guest performed at Miss Pole Dance 2018 and began judging University level competitions in 2018. Alongside Body Synergy, she works as a professional contemporary dancer and teacher across the UK. She trained in Ballet for 22 years with the Royal Academy of Dance and was awarded a 7 year ballet scholarship in Yorkshire. She holds an XPert Pole Fitness Instructor level 1 & 2 qualification, Essential Science of Heels qualification, Children’s Pole & Aerial qualification as well as a Spin City Aerial Hoop qualification and Pole Fitness Instructor qualifications in all 3 course levels of Advanced, Intermediate & Beginner level Pole Instruction. She is a registered PDC level 5 Pole Dancer and was granted the specialist 4* Pole Instructor award.
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Academically she was granted scholarship entry onto a full time undergraduate program in London where she achieved a First Class Honours Degree in Dance & Exercise Science and a Distinction in her MSc Masters of Dance Science. Her research is published in the Journal of Strength & Conditioning & she presented her award winning research in Washington D.C, USA, 2011 and received a scholarship for the conference. Before beginning her pole career, Lucille worked for many years in the fitness industry. She is a REPS certified fitness instructor, qualified personal trainer, group exercise instructor, core stability, PowerPlate, Body Balance, Zumba and Kettlebells instructor.
Prior to running Body Synergy full time, Lucille worked for a private health company as a Health Consultant offering health screening and one-2-one health consultancy around the UK. She also worked as the Lifestyle Manager in the Occupational Health Department in a large corporation managing & co-ordinating the on-site gym, group exercise programs, lifestyle consultations and company wide health screening. Lucille has worked previously with the Birmingham Royal Ballet Company and English National Ballet and continues to pursue dance and exercise research.
Meet the team!
Liam tipping
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Liam Tipping is our in house multiple champion! Some of his winning titles include Heir to the Chrome Doubles Champion 2019, Mr Pole Fitness Semi-Pro 2018 Champion, Midlands Pole Semi-Pro 2017 Champion and Step up to the pole Semi-Pro 2016 Champion! He was also judge and guest performer at the Midlands Inter-University Pole Championships in 2019 & 2020. He began his training in pole and aerial in 2012. He began began teaching in 2014 and holds an XPert Pole Fitness Instructor level 1 & 2 certification, Spin City Aerial Hoop certification and is a PDC 3* approved instructor. He instructs beginner, improver, intermediate & advanced pole, aerial hoop, stretch and specialised workshops across our Birmingham venues.
Gemma Pearcey
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Gemma began her pole training in 2014 and soon started working towards her instructor training with Body Synergy in 2016. Gemma is our Community Manager. She engages with our community and brings us all together via all our social media and communication platforms and helps us voice our brands values. She organises most of our special events such as photoshoots or charity fundraisers as well as being the welcoming and kind voice at the end of the messages when your first message us to enquire about our services! Gemma is Spin City Pole Fitness Instructor certified and is a PDC approved 3* Pole instructor. She instructs beginner, improver, intermediate pole and lyrical in our Great Barr studio.
KAmila Totosko
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Kamila specialises in all elements of our dance instruction at Body Synergy. She trained as a contemporary dancer and graduated with her undergraduate degree in dance from De Montfort University. She began teaching in 2019 and holds an Xpert pole instructor level 1 & 2 certification and an Xpert Essential Science of Heels certification. Kami teaches beginner, improver & intermediate pole fitness, stretch, lyrical pole flow, hypnotic heels pole flow and specialist dance workshops across our Birmingham venues.
Christina Jones
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Christina is head coach at BCU, one of our Birmingham University Pole Societies. She started pole fitness in 2015 and fell in love with it! She started teaching pole in 2017 and currently holds Xpert Pole Fitness Instructor certification in both Beginner & Intermediate level 1 & 2 and Intermediate/ Advanced level 3 & 4. She is a PDC approved 3* instructor and teaches beginner, improver, intermediate & advanced pole fitness at Great Barr and at our Birmingham pole societies.