Whew! That’s a wrap on March Matness 2021!!! It has been fun and much more time consuming than I thought. In years past, I would just record one or two exercises a day from my phone and post from there. This year, I decided to record all 34 exercises in one shot and then edit … Continue reading March Matness 2021 – the 34 exercises
March 31 - The Push Up We’ve made it! The last exercise and then we get to stand up from the mat! I’m thankful for this event (I know this was kinda my thank you from yesterday, but it bears repeating) - especially this year. Over the pandemic, I’ve been taking classes and workshops with … Continue reading March 31 – The Push Up
March 30 - The Control Balance Here is my Control Balance. Pretty decent with the balance, I guess, but surely could use more control. At this point in the mat workout, you’ve done many things to prepare for this moment. 32 other exercises, to be exact. This is the penultimate exercise until you get to … Continue reading March 30 – The Control Balance
March 29 - The Rocking Even though I’ve never felt like I really *rocked* at this exercise (see what I did there?!), I still like it. The way it opens up the whole front of the body is fantastic. It feels good! The rocking part, though, is pretty tricky because you just want to let … Continue reading March 29 – The Rocking
March 28 - The Seal & Crab These exercises are fun! Doing Seal in a class usually gives everyone a laugh, or at least a smile. And, although Crab is not part of the Stott Pilates repertoire that I learned in my training, I really enjoy this one, too. And the great stretch that you … Continue reading March 28 – The Seal & Crab
March 27 - The Boomerang This exercise is freaking difficult! When I watched myself in the video again, I found myself holding my breath and my abs were clenching (in solidarity with myself???). This exercise is a whole lot rolled into one exercise: Roll Over, Teaser, Back Rowing from the reformer. So, with that, I … Continue reading March 27 – The Boomerang
March 26 - The Side Bend I really enjoy this exercise! I love the challenge of balancing on one hand and on the narrow base of two feet as I try to stretch and create length on my top side. I find that my difficulty is in not letting the top hip fall backwards. My … Continue reading March 26 – The Side Bend
March 25 - The Side Kick Kneeling I don’t know why I look downward while doing this exercise. Was I too shy to look directly at the camera? Was I trying to feel more dancey looking beyond my hand? AND for no good reason (for my body, anyhow), I am modifying the top hand position … Continue reading March 25 – The Side Kick Kneeling
These exercises are HARD!! Okay, so I’m pretty comfortable with Leg Pull Front. I like front planks. So I do them more often than a reverse plank. In a reverse plank, the hip extensor strength to maintain the hips up and the weight-bearing in shoulder extension is so challenging (and then add the lift of … Continue reading March 24 – Leg Pull Front & Back
March 23 - Swimming Confession: When I think too much about the oppositional movements of the “swimming” of the arms and legs , I feel like I screw up the entire exercise. You know, kinda’ like how it feels when walking with same arm and same leg forward? That’s what I feel like Swimming becomes. … Continue reading 23SwimmingVIMEO
