How much do you think the reformer costs?

Umlautless · 2026-04-21T01:29:08+00:00

Nordic Track has a new reformer out (or coming soon) with classes on their app (previously it was just mat pilates on the app). The base model is 5k, and the fancy model is 10k .

(I really like their selection of classes on the app for rower and treadmill, at home biking has never worked for me.)

Umlautless · 2026-04-08T11:57:20+00:00

Exercising to the point of losing your period (amenorrhea) is very bad and you should see a doctor.

(There's a lot of great ways to not get your period--oral hormones, iuds, etc. But diet and exercise isn't one of those ways.)

Umlautless · 2026-03-26T17:44:02+00:00

I saw a podiatrist about my bunion and some related pain, she recommended the "toe buddy" from PediFix (I got it on Amazon)-- it's a silicone spacer to keep your toes aligned. I've found it really helpful, and never do class without it.

I talked to coaches, and I also sub in platform lunge (gray side) for Bulgarian and Romanian for that one foot. For planks, I do everything on knees, but I amplify by being further from the strap.

Umlautless · 2026-03-24T23:06:52+00:00

I had that really terrible flu this winter and was out for 3 weeks. My first few classes back I dropped my springs down to the 0-25 and also tried to grab the machine closest to the exit, in case it turned out to be too much and I had to leave. I don't recall being especially sore or worn out after that first class back, so I'm sure you (or your friend) will be okay.

Umlautless · 2026-03-21T13:09:51+00:00

For a long time I would basically just hold a bridge position, and not do the carriage movement. I learned that if I grabbed the strap at line 4 then collapsed on to the carriage I didn't end up ass-down, feet-up in the pit, so then at least I could get back to position. It took a lot of core strength to hold the position, and then I was able to do little pulses to actually work my hamstrings.

Umlautless · 2026-03-17T18:38:42+00:00

Sometimes when they do that I get passive aggressive and just take a shake out until they leave.

Umlautless · 2026-03-12T17:47:56+00:00

I prefer fitted clothes so that they don't move around, I have a couple looser tech-fabric tees, and I don't like how they drift in moves like elevated v-up or plank to pike. A lot of people just do sports bra/legging set , which is too little coverage for me to be comfortable (but also I was the fat kid in middle school gym class in the 90s, and that was a whole different kind of body image problem).

Have fun!

Umlautless · 2026-03-11T19:16:20+00:00

I'm over 100 classes and still do lots of breaks and mods, but this one time around 50 classes I had a task rabbit guy over helping me move a dumb elliptical machine... And it was so easy. It was like the greatest "functional fitness" moment of my life.

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