{"id":5864,"date":"2016-03-06T16:02:37","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T16:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/?p=5864"},"modified":"2024-02-06T16:18:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T16:18:36","slug":"first-five-days-of-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/first-five-days-of-march\/","title":{"rendered":"First Five Days of March"},"content":{"rendered":"

So the saying goes, “March roars in like a lion….” and that we are doing with a fever pitch for #MarchMatness2016. \u00a0Teachers and students around the world jumping into the fun of doing a little bit of Pilates everyday.I for one, have shot a lot of video in the past five days\u00a0in addition to doing an hour of cardio each day after teaching. \u00a0I am keeping my promise of wearing the ankle weights – just for the simple challenge of the work – and have incorporated the 2.5 lb ankle weights into my Intermediate and Advanced mat classes during the week.<\/p>\n

Those students are loving the additional challenge, albeit with a little curse, “whoa” and then a giggle after the the first leg lift. The ankle weights provide a gentle “resisted assistance” to several exercises, e.g., #rollup\u00a0and\u00a0#neckpull and a little more feedback and “oppositional resistance” for overhead movements, #corkscrew, #overhead and #controlbalance.<\/p>\n

I know I am going to be a new woman when this month is over. \u00a0The first five days were\u00a0pure joy!<\/p>\n