Pilates
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Nov 2014
11:37am, 4 Nov 2014
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Sharkie
With a good teacher and a good class Pilates should always be challenging. It's about precision and targeting the correct muscles and patterns of usage so is a different sort of 'hard' than perhaps the sort of exercises you are used to. No point in doing it if you are bored - you are obviously not engaging, which suggests the class and teacher are wrong for you. I imagine you would enjoy equipment based Pilates a lot more - but it is more expensive as only two or three people can be taught at one time. I don't mean you are not trying! |
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Nov 2014
11:39am, 4 Nov 2014
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Sharkie
Oops everyone else said much the same thing while I was vacuuming and thinking!
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Nov 2014
11:46am, 4 Nov 2014
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Gymfreak
I'm totally bored Sharkie!! I genuinely don't have time to make a special effort to get to a class- this one is directly opposite my office in a gym at lunchtime. There is also one on a Wednesday, different instructor. Maybe I will give that a go instead |
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Nov 2014
11:47am, 4 Nov 2014
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Gymfreak
Oh and these are free with my membership so much cheaper than the equipment ones 
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Nov 2014
12:06pm, 4 Nov 2014
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HappyG(rrr)
Hi H! I've been doing Pilates for 2 years now. And I've been uninjured for 2 years now. I'm doing the Math (as they say in US of A!) I think it can be as hard as you make it. A good teacher will tell you what each exercise is, and a range of easy, medium, hard and you (and I!) can operate at the medium and hard end of the spectrum. I can make it *very* hard for myself - I work hard on the core stuff, the abs, the glutes, hip flexors etc. I am less bothered about the back stuff (you might be). And I enjoy the stretching too and think it is very beneficial for avoiding injury. Any questions about specific exercises, let's discuss! G
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Nov 2014
12:34pm, 4 Nov 2014
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Bazoaxe
I am now 3 years in Pilates and it definitely helps, although once a week is not enough IMO and I need to do more work on my own between classes to reap the benefits. I am lucky in that I stumbled across a class for runners, cyclists and triathletes, led by a teacher who is a pretty decent runner herself and puts much of her success down to introducing Pilates. The class focuses on things that runners and cyclists will specifically benefit from and can be very challenging, especially if done properly. For a while I also did a more general lunchtime class which I didnt find as challenging or beneficial. Last Saturday I spent time doing glute and ab exercises I had done the previous week in the class, then on Sunday in the last 2 miles of a 10k, the day befores ab/core work really started to make itself known and I realised that it was complaining due to lack of work over time and I need to make sure I do this regularly to get the benefit. |
Nov 2014
12:36pm, 4 Nov 2014
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faithfulred
Try this book it's excellent: amazon.co.uk These exercises are definitely not easy! |
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Nov 2014
12:56pm, 4 Nov 2014
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Gymfreak
Bazo that sounds great. I think I'm just at the wrong class. I will try the weds one and see if it's better
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Nov 2014
1:16pm, 4 Nov 2014
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HappyG(rrr)
Good point Bazo too about doing some of them by yourself. Not sure if you *have* to do more than 1 x Pilates. But I agree you have to do more than 1 x Something per week (apart from your core sport - be it cycling, running or whatev.) Esp as I get older - the old bod can recover from just running when you're 20, but harder when 40, I find. I do body pump class (1 hour) and Pilates (45 mins) and about 1 hour of my own gym (stretching, core, conditioning - with and without weights) per week. Plus a swim (0.5 - 1 mile front crawl, quite long/hard for me, I'm not a swimmer). I was doing commute bike (c. 15mph on a hybrid, which is going quite hard for me!) 5 days a week, but I'm down to 1 or 2 days at the moment! If I just ran, I'd break more than I do, I think. G
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Nov 2014
2:09pm, 4 Nov 2014
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Bazoaxe
G - what I mean is if I could just maybe twice a week find 20-30 mins in which to do some of the exercises that work they key parts - glutes/core - to support the main class, then I would reap the benefits I think you have a great balance of everything and that works. I dont have the time, or motivation for all of that |
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