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Workout: Pilates for Beginners
Author: chaos

Tried out the pilates DVD another time before returning it. It definitely went more smoothly this time… familiarity with the motions is a definite plus. It really does make a rather large difference… it’s quite hard to do the exercises properly when you don’t really know what you’re trying to do. Not surprising, I suppose.
I did try to focus more on my “powerhouse” during this workout, since I had some idea of what I was doing. I guess it worked… my abs area definitely feels like it got a workout. My breathing was definitely better as well, although I still got lost for a little bit at one point. I wasn’t relaxing as much as I would have liked, though… pilates doesn’t seem to be as much about that as yoga is, from what I’ve seen. It does seem to be very much about building a strong abdominal area, though. Which has its points. Anyway… in theory, this is a one workout day, but I may try and get in my total body workout, anyway. If not, perhaps I’ll take it easy with one of the yoga for strength sessions.

Workout: Pilates for Beginners
Author: chaos

Decided to give the Pilates for Beginners workout a run today. Overall, it’s fairly easy… definitely nothing outside of my capabilities. On the other hand, it is unfamiliar, and the breathing pattern is sometimes hard to follow. Somewhat surprisingly, even the beginning level workout provides some moderate ab work. Then again, considering that one of the core ideas of pilates seems to be to improve that area of the body, the powerhouse, perhaps it’s not all that surprising. Not having much to base my perceptions off of, I don’t really have a lot to say about the workout itself. I’ll probably try to give it another run before returning it to the library. I might also try to pick up a different pilates disc, to get an idea of what the differences are between various workouts. Whether or not I’ll eventually incorporate more pilates into my routine on a regular basis remains to be seen.