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Maybe start off with Yoga first and then move to Pilates.
Weight lifting will help you build strength.
Well, I already do the weight machine things on the 30-minute circuit at Planet Fatness. I was looking for something to do at home (yes, I have some dumbbells for the arms) because a) since I split my time between two places again, I can't always be there, and b) I get really tired of the people at the gym who go into the circuit area and don't do the circuit but plant their asses on a machine for 20 minutes instead of using the other machines available in the rest of the gym. Or worse, the ones who plant their asses on the machines and then spend the time texting their friends or whatever. Why are they even there?
Anyway. I always heard Pilates was good for the core strength in particular, so that's why I was curious. I always assumed it was something given in class format.
I have a personal 1:1 instructor, it's not a class. You might be thinking of aerial silks, which is the hanging from the ceiling, etc.
I told the I had to go very slowly, that I'm old and stiff. The initial instructor was just too fast so she handed me off to one who is closer to my age and I do take rests. It certainly builds strength, especially in the core and helps with limberness. If a movement hurts, it's canceled. I am the oldest student there but am making progress. The strengthening helps with balance, too.
I go twice a week to the studio for $560/mnth. I am starting this week with mat (not studio) work at home, which is new for me.
I recommend The Pilates Body book, It's the gold standard and will give you a sense of the vocabulary and goals.
Wow, that's expensive! Most yoga studios offer a Pilates class at a much lower cost.
I occasionally attend a Pilates class at my yoga studio where the regulars are mostly older. It's a little too easy for me to feel that I'm getting much out of it.
I attended a regular Pilates class where we lived before and some of the movements hurt my neck.
I've attended several yoga classes a week for over 14 years. Yoga builds flexibility, core strength and balance which is what I need at my age.
Wow, that's expensive! Most yoga studios offer a Pilates class at a much lower cost.
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I live in an expensive area and have two private classes a week. Yoga classes elsewhere would be cheaper, I'm sure, and not private instruction. The occasional mat Pilates class is cheaper.
I have too many old injuries in my feet to comfortably do many of the Pilates poses. I could do them modified on my knees I guess but that just doesn't seem the same.
Well, I already do the weight machine things on the 30-minute circuit at Planet Fatness. I was looking for something to do at home (yes, I have some dumbbells for the arms) because a) since I split my time between two places again, I can't always be there, and b) I get really tired of the people at the gym who go into the circuit area and don't do the circuit but plant their asses on a machine for 20 minutes instead of using the other machines available in the rest of the gym. Or worse, the ones who plant their asses on the machines and then spend the time texting their friends or whatever. Why are they even there?
Anyway. I always heard Pilates was good for the core strength in particular, so that's why I was curious. I always assumed it was something given in class format.
For yoga I subscribe to Yoga with Adrienne. She does Hatha yoga and her last 30 day challenge got into some Vinyasa yoga (that's yoga with movement to your breath). https://www.youtube.com/@yogawithadriene
And if you have dumbbells at home then there's Bowflex YouTube with exercises.
Mat Pilates is given in a class format. The Pilates with the Reformer machinery is what's expensive. My studio had two small rooms with two reformers/towers in each. The machinery is very expensive.
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