Callanetics Challenge - May 2012

[Donna D]

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Quoting Sandra (our Callanetics Guru):
Some of the benefits seen by Callanetics students:

Tight, lifted firm buttocks
Flatter toned abs
Long lean legs with awesome muscle definition
Lean, sculpted arms
Youthful neckline
Stronger pelvic floor
Increased flexibility
Increased strength
Restore youthful alignment and posture

Feel full of energy, vitality and empowered. There's nothing like Callanetics to safely tone and shape the body.

Callanetics is safe for everyone regardless of age and fitness level. It's particularly beneficial and safe for people with back, neck and knee issues.

Reclaim your youthful body shape by joining us for the February Challenge.

Certified Callanetics Instructors post regularly to help with any queries, modifications and intensifications.



Callan Pinckney (born 1939/40 as Barbara Biffinger Pfeiffer Pinckney) is an American fitness professional who created the exercise regime known as Callanetics. According to a Time magazine profile from March 1986, Pinckney is a ninth-generation descendant of one of the founding families of the state of South Carolina. She was born and raised in Savannah, Georgia in the midst of old Southern opulence. However, she was also born with physical deformities of her spine and legs which required her to wear steel braces for seven years. She rebelled against the constraints of her social background, and left the United States without completing her college degree for what would become an eleven-year trek around the world. Upon her return in 1972, and faced with more health problems, she developed an exercise regime based on ballet lessons that she had taken as a child. The success of these encouraged her to proselytize her techniques among her friends and eventually to write a book called Callanetics. Although slow to take off, Pinckney's persistence paid off and book sales soared on the back of appearances on the daytime TV circuit, notably on shows hosted by Oprah Winfrey, Sally Jessy Raphael and Phil Donahue. The book went on to become a major bestseller in the fitness genre and spawned a popular video as well.
When she was in her 30s, Pinckney changed her first name to Callan on the advice of a New York numerologist.

[Donna D]

Checking in with quick callanetics - stomach

[mevluvmark]

Count me in, my goal is 12 hours this month

Completed 10 hours
Goal for May is 12 hours

[enjoy]

Off to a good start with an hr of Evo!

[planetbenjamin]

Up early for my first hour of the month!

[amywah]

Is there a dvd to purchase? And can you do this workout combined with any other workouts?

[Laila23]

Going for 15 hours this month : )

[Bronwyn]

Hour 1 for the month completed last night. I'm hoping to complete 12 hours for May!

[debkeversole]

i am gonna do those 10 hours this month!! dang nab it!

[mtnmomma]

Happy May!

I just completed my first hour for May and my 3rd from beginning.

May goal is to do 12 hours of Callanetics Evolution.

I find with each hour my strength is improving and I think my form is better. I am feeling the pulses deeper than my first hour. Feels Great!!!

[bubbshjs]

Hi Everyone
I'm new to the forum but not to callanetics. I did them on and off for quite a few years in my late 20s/early 30s. They always produced great results and I don't know why I got lost each time - just let life get in the way I suppose and once you're out of the habit it's difficult to start again.
I'm now late 40s and struggling big time with flab. I have a holiday in 3 weeks time, which I know is too close for a major transformation but I'm hoping Callan will come to the rescue!
I'm not clear how the challenge works though - do we just aim for so many hours of whatever version we have?
I have the original and Evolution. I like the familiarity of the old one and I miss Callan in CE (it all seems a bit plastic), but with only 3 weeks to go it has to be whatever works fastest! I'm happy to consider buying a new one too. Biggest problem area is my thighs, closely followed by my arms. Waist/tum isn't fantastic but isn't as dire as the rest.
I'm going mainly LC for the next 3 weeks too, though I may add the odd HC day to make it more of a carb cycle.
Any suggestions would be gratefully received. Many thanks.
Just though maybe a photo might help- sorry about the decapitation, but somehow that makes it easier to post.

[bubbshjs]

Oh no, that wasn't supposed to be so large!

[Micksgonepb]

Wow! You have a nice flat tummy already!

I'm in for 13 hours. The plan is Mon, Wed , Fri Callanetics with Tues and Thur being 30 day Shred for some arm work.

[mtnmomma]

Bubbshjs---you look great and in 3 weeks you will have lots of toning!

Since you decided to be brave-- I will post my 2 hours in photo later (need to figure out how-LOL . I was going to wait but this will make me more accountable!

Keep us posted on your progress!!!

[bubbshjs]

Thanks for the replies. Do I just decide how many hours I'm aiming for in May?

[crazynanc]

I'm aiming for 10 hours!

Currently on day 12 of the 30 ds.

Losing those inches slowly....

[creolita]

[QUOTE=bubbshjs;15625987] Thank you very much for your photo.You look in great shape : I would like to have the same tight waist as yours ! Your picture encourages me to continue regularly the callanetics program. I hope I'll be proud to post a picture too, in few weeks !

[debkeversole]

Originally Posted by bubbshjs

Thanks for the replies. Do I just decide how many hours I'm aiming for in May?

yep and dang! i wish i looked like that! KUTGW!

[enjoy]

Originally Posted by amywah

Is there a dvd to purchase? And can you do this workout combined with any other workouts?

Yes, you can get the Callanetics dvd on Amazon, and you can combine it with other workouts, I do Cardio workouts too.

[enjoy]

Originally Posted by bubbshjs

Thanks for the replies. Do I just decide how many hours I'm aiming for in May?

You do have a fab body, and yes you just decide how many hours you're aiming for and go for it!!

[bubbshjs]

Thanks for all the positive comments, you're all too kind, but for me this is large (I'm only 5ft tall)!
Did a run thru of Callanetics Evolution tonight - not all the reps so it doesn't count as an hour. Still not as keen on this as the original, but maybe it's just familiarity. I watched Sandra Hanna explain one of the exercises on her youtube page and she's a very good instructor, very clear, but I didn't feel that comes across in CE. Is anyone using just CE and getting great results? I'm still confused by the suggestion of adding weights too as in her book Callan is really anti ankle weights.
I'm going to stick my neck out as it were and aim for 5 sessions a week until I go away in 3 weeks time, so 15 sessions. Probably more original 10-in-10 than CE though. Callanetics was always my pre-holiday prep and I used to do it every night, but I'm also doing a bodyweight style program (which takes credit for the before look above) so I won't manage every night this time.
Good luck everyone.

[mtnmomma]

I did just the abs of evo today. Is it okay to do CE everyday?

I know some exercise you should have a day of rest, but I was hoping to speed up the stomach shrinking by doing abs everyday.

Logged in some cardio as well today and feeling good! I was going to load up my photos from beginning but I had the resolution too high. So I will take new progress photos and post when I have something to show result wise.

Really love this challenge-- it is working!

[mevluvmark]

Just finished my hour of EVO


11 hours completed of 10/10 & EVO

[annie]

Last month I did around 10 hours of 10 in10 but my eating habits have not been good at all.
This month I aim for 12 hours + some low carb eating.
I hope that we'll all achieve our goals

[bubbshjs]

First proper hour - 10 in 10. Very tight in stretches and I can feel those muscles!!!

[TropicalSerenade]

I'm going to jump in! My DVD should be here today and I hope to get in 10 hours for May.

[mtnmomma]

Just completed another hour! Yippee!

[aspires]

2 hrs of 10/10 done.

[rulertohourglass]

hi all, I'm new here
looking to make a commitment to callanetics
I have quick callanetics legs and stomach and I want to alternate with those for the month of May

i have 10 in 10 but I've never done it. I wanna avoid hip excercises as I have narrow hips and I don't want to lose my hips. Does 10 in 10 have a lot of hipwork?

[WATCH-ME-SHRINK]

Originally Posted by rulertohourglass

hi all, I'm new here
looking to make a commitment to callanetics
I have quick callanetics legs and stomach and I want to alternate with those for the month of May

i have 10 in 10 but I've never done it. I wanna avoid hip excercises as I have narrow hips and I don't want to lose my hips. Does 10 in 10 have a lot of hipwork?

Yes. It BUILDS it high and round.