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Weather forecast today (Melbourne CBD, 3000): min - 21°C, max - 41°C. 80% chance of no rain
Remember to slip slop slap and keep up with your water intake today! It’s a hot one!
Reformer pilates is strength-based and gives you a full body resistance workout with plenty of variety. I love it. Not competitive at all, very beginner friendly.
Yoga is more mind and body together. I do Yin yoga, which barely qualifies as exercise. You lie in one pose for a few minutes at a time and get into deep tissue or fascia or something- you feel all tingly afterwards, and nice and relaxed.
Vinyasa yoga is far more active and has lots of movement and active poses flowing into each other- it builds flexibility and some strength.
Other yoga forms are somewhere in between- hatha, slow flow, etc. All are accessible for a beginner, and not at all competitive.
something about the name “reformer” somehow made it seem quite a bit more intense than just “pilates”.
thanks!
It’s not. It’s probably easier than floor pilates. The reformer machine is a sled that you lie on. It’s got springs to adjust the difficulty, ropes to hold on to and a bar to push against with your feet. I found it partly felt like an exercise class but lying down. Low impact too.