CALLANETICS CHALLENGE MARCH 2008

[missmattie]

Originally Posted by siamesegirl

Mattie is very cute I love her expression!! I almost got a snowshoe but i would not pay $500.00 for a pet store animal, private breeder......maybe.
Anyhow i looked online for flame point siamese and found a woman who was resueing cats, lo & behold she had Cucci my flame point (male) I fell in love with him right away and paid $100.00 and he was mine!

Thanks. I got her from a private breeder and at the time she was $200.00, don't know what she'd be now. Your cat Cucci is very cute too, I'm guessing that was him on your previous avatar. I'm an all animal lover, but definitely a cat person.

[Snuckles]

Originally Posted by onaisland

I've been thinking of switching stuff for a bit. Although I love Callanetics and feel that it has helped with my hip pain and flexibility, I am not getting the amazing results everyone else is getting, I have been doing the Kathy Smith Upper Body but may shake it up with Lower body and then incorporate the stretches from Callan. But I do love the Callan. So relaxing!!

Onaisland is it possible that your body is already pretty tight? And maybe you just need to do the 15 minute maintainence plan?

I'm not so sure that I'm getting amazing results but I do see a change in my body and I like it.

[onaisland]

Originally Posted by Snuckles

Onaisland is it possible that your body is already pretty tight? And maybe you just need to do the 15 minute maintainence plan?

I'm not so sure that I'm getting amazing results but I do see a change in my body and I like it.

Well I wouldn't say tight. I'm 5'8" and I probably could stand to lose 10lbs. I'm at my best at 145. I eat healthy, so I know diet isn't the issue. But I think I need to tweak. I might look into the 15 min maintenance. Maybe I'm one of those whose body adapts quickly.

[Lynelle]

Originally Posted by siamesegirl

Lynelle,
Which of the leg & pelvic ones are bothering you?? You can bend your knees slightly to take any pressure off your knees, or do less reps. Don't force yourself, listen to your body.

The leg exercise is the one where you go down an inch at a time and then tip your pelvis. Both the pelvic ones are bothering me - scoop and rotation.

With the leg exercise I'll try to go down not so deeply and see if that is makes a difference and also do less reps.

Thanks.

[Lynelle]

Originally Posted by onaisland

Beginning Callanetics has Callan showing moves in various positions that takes stress off knees and hips. I found it in the Library. Good Luck.

Thanks onaisland. I'll see if I can find this video.

[lildragonfly]

Did 30 mins on elliptical today and Callan abs and legs and will do abs again before bed. Loves my callanetics. ( btw I dont count these little callan i sneak in each day I only count my main hours)

[happyladi]

Interesting observation...my friend that's getting married in 4 weeks that's been doing CallaneticsEvolution with me, didn't get to exercise for 11 days. So, I went back to doing my 10/10 or all the Quicks one after another, so I kept it up while she "took off". This afternoon, we finally got together again and we did CallaneticsEvolutiion, her favorite. It kicked my butt!!! By the time we finisished and I was laying on the floor @ the final cool-down, every muscle on my body was shaking!! What's up with THAT? Changed my opinion of CallaneticsEvolution for sure. I'll be sore as all get-out tomorrow, I can feel it starting already.

[HarleyGirlTX]

Wow, this place is jumping. Work is too busy for me to post a lot right now, but I did Evolution yesterday and 30 min of spinning + 10/10 today. I switched it up and did 10/10 from the book. That was a nice change of pace from watching the video.

[ThyckeCutie]

3rd hour completed!!

For the hip/behind exercises. Has anyone ever got tired after the first set to where you switched sides and your hips/legs were so sore it was hard for you to complete the other side? This is whats happening to me but I try to push myself to finish both sets. Its tough!!

[siamesegirl]

Originally Posted by ThyckeCutie

3rd hour completed!!

For the hip/behind exercises. Has anyone ever got tired after the first set to where you switched sides and your hips/legs were so sore it was hard for you to complete the other side? This is whats happening to me but I try to push myself to finish both sets. Its tough!!

Yep! Take breathers, stop and relax then go back into position. This way you will get dramatic results that way instead of pushing your body to hard.

[missmattie]

CallanFan,
I love your avatar! Every time I see it I chuckle. Thanks for giving me an uplift.

[callaneticsteacher]

Originally Posted by JayTee

Thank you for responding. I am going to go for it. I will try 5 days and see what happens then. It is easier for me to exercise at night when the kids are asleep. I wake up too late in the mornings to exercise .

I will look into a new eating plan. Do you have any suggestions?

You are welcome. There are many diet programs available. I normally recommend Slimming World. I had a couple of presentations in Slimming World clubs, so I got to know it. It's very "user friendly" and it works. The classes are very friendly, however, you don't have to stay, only attend and pick up what you need for the following week. And you spend a very reasonable amount on it.

Otherwise, I don't really know any... I guess they all work just differently. Others would be better advisers.

[CallanFan]

missmattie, thanks for noticing! it's one of my favorites from icanhascheezburger.com. do you know that site? they have some very cutely captioned pics of cats, mostly. i have collected a bunch of my favorites and am planning to cycle them around as my avatar, but this one is a particular favorite of mine.

i was actually going to comment about your pretty kitty when i first saw it, but siamesegirl jumped in there first, speaking siamese. i only speak kitty...

[callaneticsteacher]

Originally Posted by Lynelle

I'd like to join this group. I found a video that says Original Callanetics and have done it three times now and really like it. There is just one thing I'd like to ask. The leg and pelvic exercises seem quite hard on my knees. I'd really like to continue Callanetics, but am a bit concerned about my knees. Any tips on that? Or are there substitute exercises I can do instead?

1. Pelvic wave leg strengthener and plies
Don't lower your body and bend your kness too much, heels apart, and flat footed. Relax your knees as much as possible. Be gentle with your knees and as they get stronger you can intensify the exercise. You are never supposed to feel joint pain, so listen to your body.

2. Pelvic rotations
Put padding under your knees, and bring upper body forward. If still too much, sit in an armchair, lift your body with your arms, feet flat on the floor. Do the circles like this. Relax your knees.

3. Pelvis scoop
Put padding under your knees, don't bring the body all the way up and down, don't curl so much.

Both the rotations and the scoop can be done standing at a bar.

There are further modifications for knees, I list a few in case if you need any.

Bend your knees only a little bit when doing the 'up and down swing' in warm ups, bend your knees slightly for the inner thigh squeeze, take knees apart for front thigh stretch. Try to adjust weight off your knee caps when you do kneeling exercises, or do standing ones instead.

Welcome, good luck, and enjoy it! Let us know how you are getting on.
Agnes

[callaneticsteacher]

Originally Posted by Lucky Stardust

Hi guys!
I have a question... when I was doing Callanetics in my 20´s and even 30´s I got the great results SOOOOO QUICK! I remember when I was 30 I did Callanetics for 13 days straight and lost 2 dress sizes!
Now when I´m 43 I dont really seem to lose much at all (yet).I´ve done it 12 times now and yes, I can see that I´m more toned and have more muscle and I am definately stronger... but it doesnt show on the measurement tape!
Anyone else have this problem? What should I do? Increase reps or do the program more often? Right now i do it 2 or 3 times a week.
Thankful for any advice on this
Lucinda

Hi Lucianda,
Stop worrying first of all. Be patient! The stronger you get, the more precisely you can do the exercises and the faster they work! I remember toning in 2 weeks when I was 25. The same results took 2-3 month 5 years later when I was doing my training. If we don't work on our muscles, they get lazy. So, take it easy and the results will fasten up! Agnes

[Lynelle]

Thank you so much for your reply callaneticsteacher. Your advice sounds really helpful. I'm going to try all your suggestions and let you know. Thanks again

[callaneticsteacher]

Originally Posted by onaisland

Bronwyn: I also get bad cramps when doing the extended leg hip exercise but only on my right side. Right in the toes. And the other day I tried the pelvic scoop and got serious cramps in my legs. Guess I will try the magnesium too. Although I thought cramps were helped with pottasium??

If your calves cramp when doing pelvis scoop bring your arms down half way, funny enough, it will stop!

[missmattie]

Originally Posted by CallanFan

missmattie, thanks for noticing! it's one of my favorites from icanhascheezburger.com. do you know that site? they have some very cutely captioned pics of cats, mostly. i have collected a bunch of my favorites and am planning to cycle them around as my avatar, but this one is a particular favorite of mine.

i was actually going to comment about your pretty kitty when i first saw it, but siamesegirl jumped in there first, speaking siamese. i only speak kitty...

I don't know that site, but will definitely check it out. Thanks for posting it.
Kathy

[callaneticsteacher]

Originally Posted by Bronwyn

THIS JOINT IS JUMPING!!!!

Just a question - does anyone else have trouble with their feet and/or toes cramping? I have it at night sometimes too (tops of my feet) and I noticed that when I try to point my toes towards the floor or when sitting on my heels, they want to cramp.

Yes, I do. I just simply can't always point my toes down, and if yes, not for a long time. Just don't point your toes down too hard or at all and relax your feet and knees. It's more important to concentrate to your position than being interupted by annoying cramps. We can't all be ballet dancers!
Oh, and banana!
I'm gonna take magnesium!

[missmattie]

[quote=callaneticsteacher;10077551]1. Pelvic wave leg strengthener and plies
Don't lower your body and bend your kness too much, heels apart, and flat footed. Relax your knees as much as possible. Be gentle with your knees and as they get stronger you can intensify the exercise. You are never supposed to feel joint pain, so listen to your body.

Agnes, you give great tips, thanks for reading people's questions and posting. Since there's not a Callanetics instructor near me it's very helpful having one post on this board.

I have a question about the pelvic wave and plies: in the book and on the 10/10 tape Callan says to have your heels up and together to take pressure off your back, but in Evolution the heels are apart and the feet are flat. You say to do that too, so is that way better now--even when doing them from the 10/10 book or tape?
Thanks. Kathy

[mevluvmark]

Stopping by to say hello to all my callan girls, today was my cardio day. Tomorrow i'll do evolution.

Callaneticsteacher thanks so much on your advice concerning water.......i increase my water intake and i believe i can tell a difference already.........and it's has only been a couple of days. So glad to have a teacher on board.

Mev

[callaneticsteacher]

[quote=missmattie;10077613]

Originally Posted by callaneticsteacher

1. Pelvic wave leg strengthener and plies
Don't lower your body and bend your kness too much, heels apart, and flat footed. Relax your knees as much as possible. Be gentle with your knees and as they get stronger you can intensify the exercise. You are never supposed to feel joint pain, so listen to your body.

Agnes, you give great tips, thanks for reading people's questions and posting. Since there's not a Callanetics instructor near me it's very helpful having one post on this board.

I have a question about the pelvic wave and plies: in the book and on the 10/10 tape Callan says to have your heels up and together to take pressure off your back, but in Evolution the heels are apart and the feet are flat. You say to do that too, so is that way better now--even when doing them from the 10/10 book or tape?
Thanks. Kathy

The programs are designed differently and therefore they work slightly differently but on the same principles and towards the same goals. Standing on the toes is more difficult than standing on flat feet. But standing in a wide plie is not easy either. If you think that something dissapeared from the traditional, it still will be there in the evolution but in a different form. I like varying them.

[mevluvmark]

So happy i found callanetics.........CALLANETICS IS THE BOMB!!! I decided to name it "THE FAT BUSTER"

Mev

[callaneticsteacher]

Bed time!

I keep going backwords when reading the posts, and reply to questions as I read them. That's why I keep repeating other answers.

Well done everybody for the good progresses! It's amazing how enthusiastic you are and how many people you motivate!

[Dreamchaser]

I just went to collage video