blue_lotus13 | Death by pilates

I attended a yogalates class today. Suffice it to say that I should probably attend many more. I thought I was in pretty good shape as I walk, ride my bike, try to dance fairly regularily and occasionally do yoga. Well, it turns out that pilates uses a different set of muscles that I have not seemed to build up. In all honesty, I'm quite sway backed (which means my spine curves), and this means that it is difficult for me to do pilates. However, I talked to the instructor after class and he said that I might have problems in my lower back when I get older due to the curve. If I strengthen my abs, I can probably reduce the curve, and build up my muscles and eliminate this problem.

To be honest, the yogalates class reminded me of some of the stomach exercises I had to do as a child. I think my dance teacher noticed that my pelvis and spine were tilted, and I had to do ab strengthening exercises at home. (This was when I was about 5 or 6.) So all in all, rather fascinating, and probably something I should pursue further.

But right now, I'm very sore.