She topped the leader board with Ashley Roberts on Saturday’s first live show of the hit BBC One dance series with an impressive 29.
And Faye Tozer has shared her Strictly Come Dancing fitness secrets and uses pole dancing to strengthen her physique.
The Steps star, 42, has been taking the intense dance and acrobatics lessons for 12 years after learning it for plays Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens in 2006 and The Naked Truth in 2016.
Impressive: Faye Tozer has shared her Strictly Come Dancing fitness secrets and uses pole dancing to strengthen her physique
Yet her gruelling pole dancing classes have left her with some rather painful injuries from friction burns, which she has shared on her Instagram in the past.
In one picture, Faye has raw-looking bruising all on the underneath of her arm, while a different snap sees the singer with grazes on her feet.
Yet not letting the injuries get in her way, the star captioned one photo with ‘no pain no gain’.
![Ouch: The Steps star, 42, has been taking the intense lessons for 12 years after learning it for plays Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens in 2006 and The Naked Truth in 2016](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/09/28/11/4606046-6218431-image-a-71_1538132119488.jpg)
Ouch: The Steps star, 42, has been taking the intense lessons for 12 years after learning it for plays Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens in 2006 and The Naked Truth in 2016
![Eesh!: Yet her gruelling pole dancing classes have left her with some rather painful injuries from friction burns, which she has shared on her Instagram in the past](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/09/28/11/4606038-6218431-image-a-72_1538132125040.jpg)
Eesh!: Yet her gruelling pole dancing classes have left her with some rather painful injuries from friction burns, which she has shared on her Instagram in the past
Talking about her pole dancing lessons and bruising, she told the Mirror: ‘I’ve had a training session today and I’m red raw all the way across my inner thighs, and I can see bruising coming up already.
‘I’ve been doing a Downward Crucifix and Martini Glass pose. All good fun, but really hard work and it’s painful.
‘The better you get, the more friction burns you get.’
![Talented duo: Faye is currently partnered up with professional dancer Giovanni Pernice on Strictly Come Dancing](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/09/28/11/4606108-6218431-image-a-64_1538132045262.jpg)
Talented duo: Faye is currently partnered up with professional dancer Giovanni Pernice on Strictly Come Dancing
![Wow: The singer impressed the judges with their Cha Cha Cha to Sigala and Paloma Faith's Lullaby and found themselves joint first on the leader board with Ashley Roberts and Pasha Kovalev](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/09/28/11/4606112-6218431-image-a-65_1538132048163.jpg)
Wow: The singer impressed the judges with their Cha Cha Cha to Sigala and Paloma Faith’s Lullaby and found themselves joint first on the leader board with Ashley Roberts and Pasha Kovalev
Faye is currently partnered up with professional dancer Giovanni Pernice on Strictly Come Dancing.
The singer impressed the judges with their Cha Cha Cha to Sigala and Paloma Faith’s Lullaby and found themselves joint first on the leader board with Ashley Roberts and Pasha Kovalev.
This week, Faye and Giovanni will be performing the Viennese waltz to It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World by Seal.
![Exciting times: This week, Faye and Giovanni will be performing the Viennese waltz to It¿s A Man¿s Man¿s Man¿s World by Seal](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/09/28/11/4606106-6218431-image-a-66_1538132051972.jpg)
Exciting times: This week, Faye and Giovanni will be performing the Viennese waltz to It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World by Seal