Pilates?

[binny]

I am comsidering joining a Pilates class at the Y.
Has anyone done Pilates before? I hear great things about it.

 

[minniepumpernickel]

I took one. It was a mixture of yoga and ballet. We did some classic yoga poses, and we also used the bar. It involved a lot of stretching.

I like yoga better, because the teacher I had for Pilates kept talking about her personal life. She was driving me crazy, lol!

I don't know if all pilates classes involve the same moves? If I'd had a better teacher, I probably would have liked it more.

 

[alabamaalan]

Is that a class where you continually wash your hands? Or learn to interpret your wife's dreams?


Oh, not that Pilate...sorry!

 

[binny]

LOL Alan

 

[beachbunny]

Love it! I take a weekly class at the gym. It's low impact and it makes long, not bulky muscles.

 

[tater bug]

They offer it at our gym. I may try it.

You never know where gentle nudges to better ourselves come from, do you?

 

[BarryHom]

Sorry, when I read the title, I thought, "Pilates of the Caribbean."

 

[LuvTigger]

A friend of mine taught it. I did it for a while and I really enjoyed it, but it got too expensive.

I liked it because it worked first on inner-strength, which then leads to outer-strength. It is also something you can practice at home, or even at work (we first learned a certain breathing pattern to expand lungs). It's not something where you're doing vigorous exercise, but if done properly, you WILL feel it.

 

[luvmydogs]

I do Pilates videos at home, so I don't know if it's the same type you'd be doing, but I like it a lot. I have such a bad back, but pilates has really helped me stretch it out. I have no more pain when I wake up in the morning. I love the way I feel afterwards--energized and lengthened (if that makes sense). I really like it.