Me Exercise?

August 29, 2017 was my one year anniversary to dedicated exercise!! 177 classes (55 min each) for the year! What a huge achievement for me! Why? I absolutely abhor exercise! I hated PE when I was growing up. I never participated in sports. I dislike walking, running, biking, basically anything that made me sweat! I don't know how to swim. I tore my meniscus when I took my first ski lesson at the age of 40. I joined 24 Hr Fitness and Curves which just took my money. It was only after a decade had passed and I really needed to take care of my body. Weak knees, bad back! I needed to focus on strengthening my core. So thanks to my friend Diane she introduced me to IMX Pilates! 

A new studio opened up near our houses and she loved it and wanted me to try it. I jumped into a regular class (bypassed the Intro class) and I have to say, my body was suffering for the first few classes. Muscles I didn't even know I had in places hurt. But I kept at it and went 3x/week and soon upped it now 5x/week. And I absolutely love it! It's low impact, strengthening and my flexibility has never been better! 

Kudos go to the instructors who make each class fun challenging and new! Each class is never the same. Jen (Pilates Emperous), the owner, created a wonderful studio that caters to women and men of all ages and all physical levels; her awesome daughters, Jaina (Stretch Queen) and Jalene (Boot Camp Queen) are some of the best instructors you can get along with Katie (Barre Queen and Foam Torturer) who's teaching me moves I would have never gotten my body to do before! I am truly blessed by this studio and if you haven't checked out IMX Pilates (with the reformer machines) you should!!

And if you don't know what it is below is a short clip of what we do in class: