Ah, I feel so much better today. Pilates is good for soul. At least my soul, anyway. Yesterday I got done with it, felt wiped, but stayed up late to write (FUN). I woke up feeling kinda out of it this morning but by lunch I was ready to take on the world. Soreness didn't make itself know to me, but I was a little stiff.
Today, got some decent pre-Pilates exercises in. Did some laundry, and ran around outside (beautiful weather). I was pleasantly surprised to find that that today was a day where we did some targeted workouts on areas not called the abs (thank goodness).
We started out with the first video, which was all about stretches. I liked this video a lot before and still like it now ... if I have this to look forward to every day, I'd be happy. I like the stretches. It has a very yoga feel to it and, though some find that a negative, I find that a positive. Yoga was considered as a method of exercise but it just wasn't challenging enough in terms of effort. I'm sure many of the positions would have been challenging, but I wanted to get a sweat up.
This video doesn't make me sweaty but it certainly gets my pulse going. It's also one of the few videos Cassie has that doesn't have any pop music in it (major plus). I recommend this video for anyone looking to for something to relax with.
The second video was new to me. This one looks to be one of the first she ever made, judging by the feel and tone of it (as well as the upload date). It targeted the upper body and a main focus was push-ups. I'm not a big fan of them. Years of being unable to do them soured me. But, since I've gotten into better shape, I've found them to be a nice little side workout.
She introduced some push-ups here that I have never before attempted. These Triangle Push-ups (she doesn't give an official name) are really hard to pull off. I struggled a bit with them before I got my form down. I've never tried to do that before and I'm intrigued as to how much my arms will be hurting tomorrow. Judging from how they feel now, I find that they'll be in a bit of pain.
The third video was all about squats to "Call Me Maybe" (detest that song) and so I tried to get done with it as fast as possible. They were challenging, I really felt my inner thighs begging for a rest, but I powered through it.
Overall, I found today's efforts much better than yesterday's, despite less sleep. I also feel a ton better in general than yesterday. Pilates helps me relax and doing it in the evening hours is a great way for me to wind down the day.
Thanks for reading, folks. I'll see you next time for Day Fourteen.
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