During my first Pilates class, the coach said: “Pilates is all about strengthening your core muscles.” I knew I was in the right place.
It was about four months ago, I decided I need to really restart my workout routine after having a baby five months prior. I wanted to get in shape not only from daily exercise but also from muscle stretches that would sculpt my body. So I searched and asked around about Pilates classes in Hualien. I heard great reviews about the Ming Jen (明蓁). I decided to give it a try. I attended my first class and came home with very sore muscles and a ton of knowledge about the human body’s bone and muscle structure.
A harvest, I thought to myself.
I attend the Wednesday morning Pilates class (thanks to my wonderful husband for taking care of our nine month old daughter on Wednesday mornings). During each class, the teacher introduces every move slowly and in detail. She makes sure that everyone is comfortable in doing the moves and that we have a good “base” (core) to start the Pilates. Some classes, we focus on very slow but basic core movements, other classes we do harder stretches that involve more strength from our core. I enjoy both. I feel comfortable in practicing basic core workouts, but I also love the challenges that the teacher sometimes throws at the class.
Over these past several months, I feel that I have learned not only how to use and strengthen my core muscles, but also ways to relax my body when needed. Every class is a boon for me, and when there are any challenging moves, I bring them home and practice them. Just before I got pregnant, I was in great shape. During the pregnancy, I gain about 10kg. Now that my daughter is nine months old, I have lost that 10kg. Now I weigh 47kg, and my body fat (體脂數) went from 27.5% to 21%.
I’m proud to say that I spent nine month being pregnant, and I also spent nine months to get back into shape (maybe even better now) by constantly working out and doing Pilates with such a wonderful teacher and lovely class. I look forward to seeing more friends joining us and more challenges in the future.
(感謝詩婷同學幫忙翻譯)
我的第一堂皮拉提斯課程中，老師說：「皮拉提斯是在加強我們身體所有的核心肌群」，我知道我來對地方了。
大約四個月前，當我懷孕五個月後，決定要開始每天規律的運動。
希望不只是靠日常鍛煉保持體態，也要進行肌肉伸展來雕塑身形，
所以我去尋找和詢問關於花蓮的皮拉提斯課程。聽到關於明蓁有不錯的評價，因此決定去試試看。
我上了第一堂課回家後，覺得肌肉十分酸痛，而且對於人體的肌肉骨骼結構有了進一步的認識。
這是份不錯的收穫。
我參加每週三早上的皮拉提斯課程(感謝我的完美老公在每個星期三早上，幫忙照顧九個月大的女兒)。在每一堂課中，老師仔細緩慢的介紹每個動作，確認每個人都舒服的在每個動作中，讓我們能穩定的開始接下來的皮拉提斯課程。有些課程，我們專注在很慢但很基本的核心動作，其它課程則做一些讓我們從核心伸展的難度訓練。這兩種課程我都很享受，覺得在做練習核心肌群鍛煉時很舒服，但在喜歡課程中老師偶爾給我們的挑戰。
這幾個月來，不僅學到如果使用及加強我的核心肌群，也瞭解在需要的時候如何放鬆身體。每堂課都讓我很開心，當學了比較有挑戰性的動作，我都會帶回家自己練習。在懷孕前，我保持著良好的體態。在懷孕期間增加了十公斤，現在女兒已經九個月大，我已經減掉十公斤了。現在體重是47公斤，體脂數從27.5%降到21%。
(真是太強了^^，持續不間斷的練習就會看到成果喔!健康的身體，身形自然達到雕塑喔~)
我想自豪的說，我懷孕時間是九個月，而我也花了九個月的時間經過不斷的鍛鍊，並與很棒的老師和可愛的班級一起做皮拉提斯，讓身材恢復(現在甚至更好)。
我期待有更多朋友一起加入我們的行列，一起迎接未來更多的挑戰。
Iris 102.9.4
