That title, by the way, is a play on the line from Butler of the Aremis Fowl books. Butler, with his lilting Irish accent, was "feeling a bit more limber" once he started doing pilates.
My friend, Alyssa, came over today to do pilates. We've been trying to do them together once a week. We take turns at each other's houses and our littles play together no matter where we are.
When we're at my house we've been using the first half of Ana Caban's Cardio Pilates. The first half is basically a mat workout. It's not as intense as her Intermediate Mat Workout, but slightly more difficult than her Beginning Mat Workout.
After we finished today, and after Alyssa and her twins headed out the door, my girls wanted to "do pilates." So I started the video for them where we moms had left off, and let them go to it. It was pretty funny to watch the girls try to work out the steps as I sat nearby and stitched at my crochet project.
The second half of the Cardio workout, which is the part my girls did first, is basically gentle dance steps with a reminder to focus on the core muscles and hold in the tummy, in line with traditional pilates.
Joe stepped in a took some video. Our camera is old, so there is no sound. You'll have to imagine Ana Caban doing her encouraging instructions. I like how the girls so intently watch the video and attempt to imitate the moves. They do pretty well, really, for not having seen it before today.
I especially love Donna's outfit. Her little princess dress up dress and those big clunky boots of Stella's.
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