Pilates MUST be for skinny people?!?!

[dzneprincess]

OK>> I was sooo excited to try this new form of exercise. I popped my brand new Pilates for Dummies DVD in, and Well UHMMM is that lady crazy? My big ole belly got in the way of alot of the exercises, to the point where I felt I wasn't doing them properly.
So are any pooh sized folks here able to do Pilates? I just put in my WATP 1 mile tape instead.

 

[KathyTX]

I must admit that I don't look much like the women on the tape when I try to do Pilates!!

You know that balance-on-the-butt thing they do? I can *almost* do it, but I tend to tip over. DS finds it quite entertaining...

 

[geetey]

Okay, I REALLY don't look like the ladies in the video (heck, my toes start cramping if I point them too long!). BUT....between loosing some of my belly and stretching with pilates, I can even touch my toes now! It may depend on the type of pilates you are doing (I have the winsor pilates dvd) but you definitely feel it the next day. Be sure to do the modifiers until you have each move down. You still get a good workout!

 

[firecracker]

It gets easier! Be sure to breathe! It was SO hard the first few times, but now it feels so good to stretch out and really feel my abs working! I hadn't felt my ab muscles for about 8 years! No joke!

Start out doing the modifiers. Hang in there!

 

[nativetxn]

Okay, then. BRB, I've got a pilates dvd to return to Target

 

[LuvTigger]

I agree that it does get easier! I was doing Pilates regularly (I was taking a weekly class), and although I only took it for a couple months (it got expensive), I really noticed results! Not just in the way I looked, but in my posture and the way I felt, especially with breathing.

I recently bought a video set and do that from time to time, and you just have to work up to it.