I love Pilates, I realized that again this morning. I love Malla my dear friend (ehm, among other things) for demonstrating the Pilates for Dummies DVD by Michelle Dozois and Andrea Ambandos to me in the Autumn. Since then, I have been doing 'em moves in the mornings, about three or four times a week. For me, this is a miracle and an answer to prayer, since I've spent the last ten years searching for a sport that a) I would enjoy b) I would find motivation to do often enough to keep at least some sort of a basic condition. Jogging (boring), swimming (takes too much time) and roller skating (only summers, boring in the long run) once came close, but didn't make it.

There are twenty different moves in the intermediate version (there's also a beginner version, which is good for getting started) so I don't get bored doing them. They're simple enough to learn gradually, but challenging enough to keep the mind focused. It takes about half an hour for me to do the moves with the DVD - though now that I don't use the DVD anymore, but just use a written list of the moves, I probably go a bit slower. I did not like other DVDs, such as MP Power Pilates or IMC's Kiinteyttävä Pilates as much - though that might be just because I had already gotten used to the Michelle's energeticality.

February 07, 2008 10:58 in diary

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Malla wrote on February 09, 2008 at 18:43:

Mulla on pari muuta DVD:tä, jotka on mainioita. MTV:n Pilates Mix ja Kuntoplussan Vahva ja notkea. Voin kopioida sulle, jos haluut eikä se ole vastoin periaatteitas. Jälleennäkemisen toivossa raksu! Pöllittiin sun unohtunut hammastahna kun oma loppui...

pilpi (pilpi.net author) wrote on February 10, 2008 at 17:37:

Oikeestaan oon nyt kiinnostunut jonkin aikaa vaan ton nykyisen ylläpitämisestä. Se mitä tartten tässä asiassa on rutiini joka kestää, noin aluksi. Että elämä toimii sellasenaan ja voin luottaa siihen. Sitten voi alkaa varioida, vielä ei vaikuta siltä.

Enkä mä kauheen mielelläni niitä kyl kopioi jos on vaihtoehtona hankkia oikeudenmukasesti.

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