It's your Thursday 4/24 weight cheerleader again!

[trucker girl]

Oooh- that is just wrong!

 

[fairybasslet]

Well, I'm down 2 lbs from last week. TG that sneaky extra .5 that crept up there is gone. Good to have you back Almitywife. Missed you. And I know that all those bootcamp exercises you do helps tone and make you fitter, thus the lower inches but same weight.

 

[trucker girl]

I think the post I just put in alcina's ch ch ch changes thread should probably have gone here instead...

Anybody else have a hard time remembering to weigh in on Thursdays?

 

[alcina]

planks and pilates- these are two things I don't get. I tried pilates and never really "got it" and I do the planks when they're part of whatever DVD I'm doing- but I still don't get it. And the core stuff. I think I'm just old fashioned or something.

I love yoga. I can get back into it after a long absence and in only a few sessions I can already feel the relief in my back, neck and shoulders. Don't give up on yoga - try something new or a different type, imho. I like the Windsor Pilates DVD - it's literally the only thing I've bought off home shopping in the last ten years

Even when I'm not doing anything else, before a plane trip I will always try to do yoga; maybe only a couple of poses, but it seems the times I do, my flights are much more comfortable and I arrive in much better shape.

The "core" is just the middle of your body. It's responsible for keeping up upright, letting us walk properly, helping our necks and shoulders release tension and for giving us a nice middle section Not taking care of this issue is my single biggest stupid choice...I feel so much better on about 100 different levels when I just do even the minimum amount!

OK, you've shamed me into it - outside the dogs go so I can do a session today!

 

[trucker girl]

Are planks a yoga thing then? I just know that on two of the DVDs I do, they talk about planks- and you do kind of an intro to planks. I don't know. Maybe they just stand out too much from the rest of the DVD. Or is that just pilates?

OK, you've shamed me into it - outside the dogs go so I can do a session today!

WE WANT PICTURES!

 

[alcina]

Pictures of the puppies? You can look here for a fix

I've never done/seen planks so can't help with that.

 

[sarita75]

Nice blogs Alcina. I love the photo of the fish being fileted and the glowing cat eyes, waiting! Too great.

 

[almitywife]

one of my exercise goals in the next 8 weeks is to do a full plank... i currently do the modified version where im on my knees

 

[alcina]

OH!!! The Plank Pose! Hand me the dumb blonde hat...I thought you were talking about some sort of equipment, like your bands LOL Gawd, what a dummy I am!

 

[trucker girl]

I've done planks- I just don't get it. So- pilates is yoga... planks are something else? I think I just need a treadmill. Life is simpler that way!