Weekly Challenges

The weekly challenges/exercises I normally post on Facebook will now be posted here on the blog.  This week we will be performing the Bridge.  The goal is 2 sets of 10 repetitions. Perform this exercise slow and controlled and as always breathe.

The Bridge not only works your gluteus muscles and your hamstrings but it is also a great core and spinal stabilizer.

 

 

 

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1. Lie on your back with your knees bent and your feet flat on the floor, hip distance apart and your arms by your side, palms down.
2. Inhale to prepare
3. Exhale, keeping your torso in one flat piece, press your feet into the mat and squeeze your butt as you lift your hips up and off the mat. Your body should make a straight line from your shoulder to your knee (There should be no pressure on your neck).
4. Inhale here holding the Bridge position for 10-20 seconds.
5. Exhale and lower to the mat.
6. Repeat

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Have a great week everyone.

 

Simple Words of Wisdom

Don’t ever give up!!! Words of encouragement.

 

 

 

 

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Which athletes use pilates?

Listen…To Your Body

LISTEN………….

I always tell my clients and myself to ‘listen to your body”.  Many times we wait until we are injured and either not able to workout or we have to scale our exercise sessions a lot.

When we are in our 20’s and  early 30’s we  are able to push our bodies to its limits and without our bodies giving us any “back talk” or push back. Basically our bodies did as it was told so to speak. But as you get older you realize you cannot workout the same way you did in earlier years, yes your body has a voice and its talking to you.   Sometimes it whispers to you with a little twinge or minor ache here and there, basically a warning that says “slow down, take it easy, I need a day off, be kind and gentle to me .” Sometimes we may listen and cut back but other times we are so focused on getting our workout in and wanting that intense sweat we “power/ push through it until an injury has derailed us and knocked us on your butt.

 

I am a firm believer in cross training and you can do this by incorporating  flexibility training in your weekly routines, for example Pilates is a fantastic method of exercise to add to your routine, it not only stretches you but it also strengthens you and more importantly it will keep your core strong and your spine flexible. As Joseph Pilates said ” You are only as young as your spine is flexible”.

 

Other ways to cross train is by adding cycling, swimming, dancing, hiking, hula hooping Barre exercises adding weight training if you are not already do this.

 

The other aspect of honoring and listening to our bodies is to feed it wholesome, nourishing food. Including lots of fruits and vegetables, lean proteins and healthy fats in our daily diets and always hydrate, drink your water.

Let us love, respect, nourish, mindfully care for and move our bodies so we are able to continue this journey of movement into our  80’s and 90’s.

 

Have you been listening?

 

Extras from around the web:

 

Feeling Compressed?

The Importance Of Staying Fit and Healthy,Thriving and Finding Balance

Eat less,Exercise More isn’t The Answer For Weightloss.

Mediterranean Vegan Kale Salad

 

Feel free to comment and share.

LISTEN………….

I always tell my clients and myself to ‘listen to your body”.  Many times we wait until we are injured and either not able to workout or we have to scale our exercise sessions a lot.

When we are in our 20’s and  early 30’s we  are able to push our bodies to its limits and without our bodies giving us any “back talk” or push back. Basically our bodies did as it was told so to speak. But as you get older you realize you cannot workout the same way you did in earlier years, yes your body has a voice and its talking to you.   Sometimes it whispers to you with a little twinge or minor ache here and there, basically a warning that says “slow down, take it easy, I need a day off, be kind and gentle to me .” Sometimes we may listen and cut back but other times we are so focused on getting our workout in and wanting that intense sweat we “power/ push through it until an injury has derailed us and knocked us on your butt.

I am a firm believer in cross training and you can do this by incorporating  flexibility training in your weekly routines, for example Pilates is a fantastic method of exercise to add to your routine, it not only stretches you but it also strengthens you and more importantly it will keep your core strong and your spine flexible. As Joseph Pilates said ” You are only as young as your spine is flexible”.

Other ways to cross train is by adding cycling, swimming, dancing, hiking, hula hooping Barre exercises adding weight training if you are not already do this.

The other aspect of honoring and listening to our bodies is to feed it wholesome, nourishing food. Including lots of fruits and vegetables, lean proteins and healthy fats in our daily diets and always hydrate, drink your water.

Let us love, respect, nourish, mindfully care for and move our bodies so we are able to continue this journey of movement into our  80’s and 90’s.

Have you been listening?

Extras from around the web:
Feeling Compressed?
The Importance Of Staying Fit and Healthy,Thriving and Finding Balance
Eat less,Exercise More isn’t The Answer For Weightloss.
Mediterranean Vegan Kale Salad

 

Feel free to comment and share.