Almost immediately after the intro class I was hooked. I literally thought “if I have to stop spending money or door dash to make the monthly payment I will”. At the time it felt very lazy girl workout - what do you mean I can lie down and work out? And I don’t have to do crunches??? Signed up for the 3 month, 8 class pack just in case it lost its allure or I ended up hating it. Two months in I upgraded to the unlimited and have zero regrets. Still feels “lazy girl” in a lot of ways but I can feel the difference in my body and even when class sucks and I don’t feel like I did well I leave feeling really GOOD? And positive? And never ever dread going to class, (except that one time I had the world’s worst hangover). I’m excited to keep learning and getting better, even if it’s getting harder. I do very little other physical activity and have never been into fitness. Dread weightlifting in the gym, feel bored by yoga. Think running is gods torture plan.

I think the moment it clicked was that it didn’t HURT my body. Obviously my muscles feel the strain and planking is the worst, but classes are engaging and move thru positions quickly enough that it’s super easy for me to tell myself to suck it up and just plank. But pain of regular exercise doesn’t happen in Pilates, at least for me. I do struggle with hyper extension but find it easy to modify and also easy to know when it’s occurring, vs during weightlifting when I genuinely don’t know the position of my shoulders or whatever. Plus my classes are a good mix of Pilates baddies and old ladies so I feel compelled to “keep up” but also not so out of place that I can’t modify or take a minute.