At the gym today one of my instructors introduced a fun, challenging Pilates exercise called the Commando that involves lying on your back and alternating two exercises while moving yourself around the points of a clock face. And because Pilates is all about balance, you then have to reverse the move and go counter-clockwise. Oh, and ideally in under a minute.
Our instructor read aloud from Joseph Pilates' original (1943) description of the move: "This Around the Clock stunt is specially effective in correcting bad posture, double chin, flabby & weak abdominal muscles, fat thighs, bulging hips, constipation, poor blood circulation and other similar physical imperfections."
I was sold at "double chin."
The illustrated instructions for this "stunt," which she downloaded from a Pilates archive, carried a price tag of one dollar-- or $13.78, in today's money. Pretty pricey!
I'm happy to see that there are still lots of new faces at the Y. I'm especially impressed when I see a newcomer starting from square one, determined to get into better shape.
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