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Posted by: Goodbye on January 8, 2009 3:12PM CST I went for a yoga class at the Y one evening and the instructor wasn't there , so I took a Pilates class. As a pudgy, pasty, stiff-jointed, middle aged male I'm sure I looked pretty stupid in some of the exercises, but the instructor was very positive and able to keep a straight face. It was pretty tough. I guess it is focused on "core" strengthening, and would probably be very good for the abdominal and back muscles. I'm going to try to take a course regularly this winter.

Posted by: srm on January 8, 2009 4:48PM CST I'm glad you linked to failblog. I IMPLORE everybody to visit the website and watch 2 videos that were on the front page as of early afternoon today. The pen trick is great, but the funniest video has to be the jumping jacks fail. It gets funnier and funnier every time you watch it. My wife and I have watched it about 20 times now and we still end up in tears from laughing so hard. Almost every single person in that video has no idea how to do jumping jacks. Especially pay attention to ballerina guy and dancing guy on the right hand side.

Posted by: Mayor Melissa on January 8, 2009 4:51PM CST Oh man, the jumping jacks were fabulous. hahaha Jenius - I could use both ab and back strength, so looking forward to trying out Pilates!

Posted by: Karla W on January 8, 2009 8:21PM CST Boot Camp, Step Aerobics, Circuit Training, Pilates...they're all fun! If you don't feel like heading to the gym if the weather is bad, try FitTV (Mediacom channel 77). Cathe Friedrich is my favorite! She's on at 6 am, 10 am and 6 pm.

Posted by: Teenager on January 8, 2009 9:14PM CST I heard about laughter yoga at the Y ... I wanted to try that! Sounds like a lot of fun! =) Pilates is pretty cool ... for me it depends on my mood. Sometimes I just get bored with it, but other days it's nice to take a break from the hard core stuff like running. But Melissa, the fact that you usually make it to March is still impressive. Normally I don't even make it the first day. ;) Although I do my push-ups and crunches every morning. Yay.

Posted by: marismom on January 8, 2009 10:37PM CST There is a new fitness class being launch on Saturday at the Bett Y. I can't remember the name of it but the childcare is staying open later than usual to accomodate the class. Try a water class. They are great for the joints. I use to teach them...and since I stopped I promised I'd keep going but I haven't.

Posted by: Mayor Melissa on January 9, 2009 12:42PM CST Karla, thanks for the recommendations. I don't have cable anymore, but I used to do the "Inhale" yoga class on Oxygen when I was working off the baby weight when Gwen was born. Teen, laughter yoga does sound like fun. I'm impressed that you do daily crunches. I need to start using my AbSwing again!