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more workouts

25 Friday Aug 2023

Posted by azahar in health, health & happiness, pilates, yoga

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cardio, fitness, pilates, yoga

more workouts

Since I started doing chair yoga and chair pilates I have since discovered a whole whack of different workout vids by this woman. They vary from quick 10-minute stretch/strength videos to 35-minute cardio ones and there’s lots of variety. The good thing is that there is never any excuse not to do SOMETHING each day, though I try to fit in at least half an hour, and obviously you can mix and match them. Some of them are quite challenging and, as you can see, I am also getting out of my chair (!). The whole point of starting with the chair stuff was to avoid having to sit or lie on the floor (knees! back!), so the standing ones work just as well for me. My goal is to also start fitting in some of the shorter ones (that don’t make me all sweaty) during the day, just for a bit of extra movement. Have to say that my back, and even my knees, are feeling much better.

chair pilates

21 Wednesday Jun 2023

Posted by azahar in health, health & happiness, pilates, yoga

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chair pilates, health

chair pilates

Omg so guess what? There are also Chair Pilates vids out there. I was so excited when I first discovered Chair Yoga last week, and have faithfully been doing one routine a day. But I’ve also been mixing it up with other chair workout options. They are usually 30 minutes and I can choose which one fits in best with whatever else is going on in my morning. And I’m really loving it. Couldn’t be more convenient, in front of my laptop, in my house PJs, getting in a light workout before I start my day. Still early days but I have noticed I am sleeping better, perhaps because I am breathing better? Anyhow, yay me!

life goes on…

23 Monday Nov 2009

Posted by azahar in animals & pets, blogging, books & writing, cancer, cats, change, computers, diet & nutrition, fitness, food & drink, friends, health & happiness, holidays, home, life stuff, music, pilates, tapas, travel, trips, work, yoga

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the pilates social club

09 Friday Oct 2009

Posted by azahar in fitness, health & happiness, pilates, rants

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yummy mummies

So remember when I started back at the gym in September with yoga (mon-wed-fri) and pilates (tues-thurs), and added a half-hour on The Bike after each class? Well, I am happy with my personal motivation at getting to the gym five days a week, and I am actually enjoying it. Or … I WAS enjoying it until the kids went back to school and suddenly my pilates class was stuffed full of so-called yummy mummies who think that the 9.30 class is an excuse to chat and act like they’re at a cocktail party.  And when I say chat, I mean TALK LIKE THIS at ear-splitting volume … during the class!!! It’s unbelievable. Oh, and with mobile phones constantly ringing. The other day one woman’s phone went of 3 times! I mean, WTF.

I could go to the 11.00 o’clock class, which isn’t as crowded and has a better class of attendees, but the timing isn’t so great. It really cuts the morning in half and I wouldn’t get home until almost 1 o’clock (instead of 11.30).

This never happens at yoga, perhaps because those classes are at 8.30 in the morning and the mummies can’t get to the gym that early as they are busy getting their 2.5 children ready for school. I am really starting to despise these women.

It’s always something …

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