Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Thing #5 Again Fitness Pilates

This time was better than the last. Part of it is that it was a different teacher, whose style meshed with mine better with mine. And, as always, part of the inmprovement was that doing something a second time is almost always easier and less stressful. I knew more what to expect.

I liked this class – it certainly works my muscles hard in ways that I don’t always do in my other workouts. And I like the focus on the core for a whole host of reasons – it has done wonders for my posture, my clothes fit better without a loss of weight. More importantly it t is truly amazing how much strength in the abs and back supports any other athletic effort. Or daily life pursuits like carrying groceries or pushing doors open, for that matter.

I will say that I don’t push myself as hard as when I’m working one on one with Sally The Trainer. There were a couple of moves where I just eased off when the muscle burn got to be too much, or the muscle shake got too pronounced.

I still managed a good workout, though, so I’ll go back!