March on S&F: Our Virtual Workout Mat

[CBDB]

Just dropping our March Mat.

For the last two years around this time we did the March Matness, a daily Pilates Mat practice.

★ For those who want to have a look, head to the Summary Post listing all days at healthunlocked.com/strength...

Just in case it helps, below, a few links to various types of follow-along workouts:

★ FIRST, for our yoga fans: Yoga with Adriene YWA calendar: yogawithadriene.com/calendar/

Both YWA above and The GirlWTM below have a popular YouTube following 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.

★ 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...

The Five Tibetan Rites offer a great daily or regular little mobility practice.

★ 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 has everything you need to learn to step: 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!

[ChannelRunner2]

Here I am on March 3rd remembering that it's the Matness month, racing over here to repost the summary - only to see that you've already got it covered! Phew! Thank you, CBDB ! You rock!!!

[CBDB Administrator Graduate Gold in reply to ChannelRunner2]

LOL how could I forget March Matness! I will forever associate the month with Pilates and your posts are so valuable to dip into even outside of March Matness! 👏👏👍🏽

[nativeblood]

I like it sorry not for me got scoliosis was warned Yoga not for me will create a post with a great alternative I am sticking on doing pledging to resume exercise tomorrow evening please God still enjoying content seen here yes

[CBDB Administrator Graduate Gold in reply to nativeblood]

Fabulous! Looking forward to reading about your alternatives as they may also help other members on the forum.

[nativeblood in reply to CBDB]

My alternatives are Walking, Dumbbells with Kettle Bells, Qigong, Gardening, Praying while exercising is essential also