Oct on S&F: Our Virtual Workout Mat - From 5TR, Tai Chi, Yoga to Pilates

[CBDB]

Just dropping our October Mat a few days early. This month I was still doing stretches outside, this month I’m firmly am inside S&Flexer! But I have added the Five Tibetan Rites to my regular stretching routines! Not quite daily, but daily enough?

So how is your regular S&F going? What are your preferred practices?

Below, a few links to various types of follow-along workouts:

1) Yoga with Adriene

2) The Girl with the Pilates Mat

These two YouTube instructors seem to be popular with our members, but many of us are following various other instructors, so feel welcomed to this mat, no matter which instructor you follow.

But there are also other popular ones:

3) Our Five Tibetan Rites offer a great daily or regular little mobility practice.

4) And there is a learning to step series , that we can recommend.

So feel free to pop in when you feel like it!

So here are the links:

★ FIRST, for our yoga fans: Yoga with Adriene YWA calendar:

yogawithadriene.com/calendar/

★ SECOND, regular session or even live sessions for our Pilates fans, The Girl with the Pilates Mat:

youtube.com/@TheGirlWithThe...

And just head the Community tab to find her weekly planner with lists of workouts. The workouts will be in the playlists marked for the week and month.

★ THIRD For those continuing to practice the daily Five Tibetan Rites, here is the link to our TR challenge with all videos. Just choose one that you like and get twirling! healthunlocked.com/strength...

★ FOURTH And here is a link to our favourite aerobic stepping channel, with plenty of choice, but this link to Christina Dorner’s “Learn Step Aerobics” playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=P...

So feel free to reply to this post when you do a workout. We’d love to hear how you are getting on.

And our general guidance is below:

If you are just joining us, big WELCOME to you and any new Virtual Workout Buddies! A short daily practice like Yoga or Mat Pilates is perfect to get some S&F into your day. But if you are looking for something else, here is a nice welcome post to invite you to the many S&F opportunities here on the forum: healthunlocked.com/strength...

And feel free to - as Adriene says - “find what feels good”, meaning if your knees feel too sensitive, amend that Child’s Pose. And if you find full planks are the stuff of nightmares, rather do half planks than full ones. Do whatever feels right to get the maximum enjoyment from these sessions. And definitely get creative with props.

Upwards, crow-wards and down dog-wards another months practice!

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Happy working out everyone!

[Oldfloss Administrator]

Thanks you..I could do with a little Rekindling!!Still using the Tibetan rights...and. much of my yoga has tweaks and I do use adapted or alternative positions.

Feeling right, as you say is the thing!

[CBDB Administrator Graduate Gold in reply to Oldfloss]

That’s awesome. Yeah, I’m also still doing the Tibetan Rites. It’s so good to have reconnected with them. They just feel the right thing for me now. 😀🥰

[Oldfloss Administrator in reply to CBDB]

Do what makes us feel good!!

[skysue16]

Hi, thank you very much CBDB for all those links. I had a look at the Pilates…. I see she has beginner/senior section so will have a go at some of those exercises. No Pilates class tonight which is just as well since I am laid up in bed with a nasty cold/virus (not Covid though). I will have a look at the Step videos too, when I am feeling more energetic 😬, never tried that! Before I came down with this cold I was doing 5TR each day, modified depending on how I felt and time. Only doing 5-7 repeats. Have you managed to increase the number you are doing?

Thanks again for your encouragement to get moving 👍

[CBDB Administrator Graduate Gold in reply to skysue16]

I’m still doing only 7 reps of the 5TR. Just wanted to feel comfortable with a daily practice before increasing. Also 7 reps is quite easy to fit in timewise. So will see, but my aspirations might have gotten the better of me! 🤣🤣