Buff Brides

MarcellaBella Posted: Dec 17, 2002 12:00 PM

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FYI, if you want to read any great magazines out there stick with Self, and fitness.. they are VERY good and they are realistic...like for example instead of telling you to eat like a rabbit and work out 29384293872 times a day, it'll tell you for instance, if you only had fast food places around, what the best thing for you to order would be or if you only have 20 minutes a day what you should be doing.. that sort of thing,..

also, if you can't make it to a class, I strongly suggest that you get a pilates tape.. they are VERY good.. I went on epinions and some other sites to check and see what other people thought were good ones..

I bought the Windsor pilates tape and its faboooolous!! you will see yourself doing things you'd never thought you could before! haha!! your fh/dh's will like that perk too! lol

Sassy Posted: Dec 17, 2002 12:02 PM

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Thank You Marcella, you are my idol, 5 times a week
I'm struggling to go once !!!!!
But I promise myself to get on the ball
Can you explain to me what pilates are?

shamma Posted: Dec 17, 2002 12:04 PM

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MB I must agree Pilates is wonderful, I much prefer it over Yoga. Start small ladies and do not beat up on yourself. Every little bit counts, if you fall off just pick yourself up and brush yourself off and keep going. Its when you don't get it that is when the problem begins. All the best.

MarcellaBella Posted: Dec 17, 2002 12:11 PM

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Me too Shamma, I used to do Hatha Yoga over at NY health and Raquet and while it was great, I didn't feel the same like I do after pilates..

Pilates is a conditioning program... you use your abdominal area as the core to every all dif movements.. you also incorporate breathing into every movement to get oxygen to every muscle that you are stretching..it's a good way of tightening up your abdominals, thinning out your legs and elongating your limbs too..

shamma Posted: Dec 17, 2002 12:13 PM

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MB which gym do you do?? I am a NYSC for life

MarcellaBella Posted: Dec 17, 2002 12:17 PM

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I now work out at Synergy in Levittown.. before I was at the 56th Street, NYHRC.. =)

Sassy Posted: Dec 17, 2002 12:17 PM

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WOW, Where can I get the tape?

nrvbrd Posted: Dec 17, 2002 12:20 PM

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I really need to get on the ball as well.

You ladies have inspired me I will be back at the gym this week.

Thanks!!!

MarcellaBella Posted: Dec 17, 2002 12:42 PM

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you acn get it on www.windsorpilates.com ?? I thik that's it.. if not you can do a search and find it easily!

alina Posted: Dec 17, 2002 12:47 PM

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Marcella, do you find Shape magazine good or bad? Just wondering, as I picked up a copy today for a first time in a looong while

MISHY Posted: Dec 17, 2002 12:49 PM

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I work out at the NYSC in east meadow and their classes are to die for.. Right after finals for grad school are over I will be back full force with 6 months to go..

cw0904 Posted: Dec 17, 2002 12:50 PM

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I subsribed to Self and Shape. I found them to be similar so I stuck with Self. Much more user friendly for me.

Fletch Posted: Dec 17, 2002 12:53 PM

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I actually ordered the Firm tapes a few weeks ago and I think they are great. The package comes with 3 tapes - cardio sculpt, ab sculpt and body sculpt. They are great. You use weights as well and it also comes with something called the Fanny Lifter. it is this sort of step thing that can be used for ab work, a seat for certain arm work and also for lunges for that area right below the butt. I love it.

Anniegrl Posted: Dec 17, 2002 01:05 PM

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Fletch - the Firm tapes are awesome, aren't they? I've been working out at the gym for years but every once in a while I'll do one of my Firm tapes, like the 'Standing Legs' tape and my rear gets soooooo sore.

IMO Muscle & Fitness Hers blows away all the other fitness magazines. For beginners, Shape, Fitness, Self, etc aren't bad, but I hate how their models are super skinny. They look like they can barely lift a fork let alone a dumbbell.

Edited to say that you can find TONS of videos (including the Winsor pilates) at collage video

dcbride Posted: Dec 17, 2002 08:04 PM

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I used Buff Brides and I definitely reccommend it. It really tightens and tones. I want to thank the people on this site who were talking about Curves. I joined based on their reccommendations and it works. I have only been doing it for a month and a half and love it.