Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🔆🥵🍨Monday, 16 December,.2024
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 1 week agoReformer 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.
melbourne_wanderer@aussie.zone 1 week ago
something about the name “reformer” somehow made it seem quite a bit more intense than just “pilates”.
thanks!
dumblederp@aussie.zone 1 week ago
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.