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Pilates with Ellen Barret - Thumbs up A good video, with enough challenge to make it worthwhile. But I prefer her non-Crunch series (123 Pilates) because it's designed a bit differently, and it doesn't strain my neck as much. Either way, she's a great instructor. And for videos for tiny living rooms, Charity D is right on with this one.
30 Minute Small Apartment Pilates Memoir One of my earliest childhood memories is of my mother jazzercising away in her pajamas along with the local public TV aerobics instructors. Thanks to our relatively spacious family room, she could kick and high step as instructed without breaking the coffee table, or whacking her legs into the couch. I was 5, and I was mesmerized. In my teeny New York apartment, finding space to exercise at all, let alone jazzercise, gets a bit more challenging. The closest I get to an open area is a spot I can create if I move my coffee table and my arm chair, and unroll my yoga mat half in my living room, and half in the walkway to my kitchen. When I lay down on the mat and extend my arms over my head as directed by Ellen Barrett, of the fabulous "Crunch: Pick Your Spot Pilates" DVD, (to be reviewed below in moments), my hands get a little extra exfoliation courtesy of the coir area rug by my front door. And when I do my bicycle leg circles, I have to move my armchair all the way into my kitchen to avoid inadvertent injury. I like thinking of it this way: The furniture rearranging is part of the workout.
Home Workout #1 Thankfully I had some dvds because my streaming netflix was too slow! I had to nifty up the living room to make space but that was for the best anyway. I popped in the Ellen Barret Crunch Firm and Burn Pilates. I hadn't done it in awhile and it's actually pretty energetic. While it was warming up in the dvd player, I did a quick 15 pushups. I think I did about 28 s
Pilates a la Living Room I'm down with a broken toe at the moment, so I'm limited to biking, on the rare non-rainy days here in New York, and pilates. Yesterday was Crunch Pick Your Spot Pilates streamed through Netflix. It's not the hardest workout, but it seemed like the best of the Watch Instantly options, and it's a nice half hour of activity.
Starting an Addiction. An addiction to pilates that is. I did another 30 minute DVD at home after work tonight. My core is killing me, but I think this is something I need to start doing in the morning (as a motivation to get my ass out of bed). I'm going to try to start it all tomorrow morning... assuming my core will still be functional in the morning.
Back at it, bitches! Started doing pilates at home again. A standard gym workout is fine and all, but I really miss doing pilates. Netflix + Moving Furniture = Pilates at Home. Only 30 minutes (I'm a busy girl), but I freakin' KICKED ASS at it... except for the thighs workout, the hips make me feel like I'm a weeble, kinda frustrating. But I'm off to a good start! Hooray pilates at home!


