thread: Pilates for beginners

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  1. #1
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    Jan 2005
    Down by the ocean
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    LOL Kat I was so unco at it too!

    I know it's a bit exxy but you will really benefit from doing a couple of lessons to learn the proper technique to get the benefit of the excercises. I thought I knew what I was doing from the DVD but OMG I was so far from doing it properly I went to a physio in Berwick and I think there is also a pilates studio that gives one on one lessons.

    The DVD I got came from target with a book.

  2. #2
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    Oct 2006
    Perth
    3,299

    Definitely see a physio who knows about pilates. That's how I got into it. Was seeing a physio for a lower back injury and she worked with me on basic core muscle movements as I wasn't even strong enough to start in a beginners pilates class. Then once I was good she referred me to a pilates studio where I had a couple of semi-private (only 4 students, makes it cheaper) sessions on the reformers and then moved to the floor classes. That was about 4 years ago and have been doing it once a week ever since (apart from having a few months off after DS was born ).