Now, as I've mentioned before, I ♥♥♥♥♥ pilates.
I've done pilates on and off for years at home, but last September my friend Susan asked if I fancied goung to a taster session at one of the leisure centres. I thought why not (owt for free!) and I really enjoyed it. 4 months later and I've been going regularly twice a week and can't believe how much it's changed my body.
I do have a bit of a wonky body, what with broken verterbrae, twisted pelvises and achey knees and I always will. But pilates has made them all so much more manageable. I even have a curve in my lower back for the first time in years!
Pilates is also good for the soul. You stretch, breath and spend an hour just taking everything at a slightly slower pace.
Last night, our instructor gave us an advanced move to do called the swan dive. The idea is that you look elegant whilst performing said maneuver. Here's how it SHOULD be done:
Now the first part of the exercise I could do and made quite a nice diving action...but then I couldn't rock back again and ended up looking more like this:
Plus I was facing Susan's feet and, no matter how elegant she was, looking at someone from that angle is never flattering. So of course I started laughing so I was more of a flailing hysterical swan than an elegant diving one!
But hey, all that laughing gave my stomach muscles a good workout! ;-)
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