exercise

Enroll in Classes

Remember to sign up for one of our Pilates classes before all the holiday craziness officially arrives later this week. Call your Park & Recreation today so that we can see you in 2010!

Here is the schedule for all our fall classes.

Enroll in ClassesMaggie Downie2014-08-04T18:06:06-04:00

If you get turned off by the thought of exercising don’t jump into an exercise routine you’re going to hate. Instead, don’t exercise, just get moving. Start moving. A walk doesn’t have to be exercise. A stretch doesn’t have to be exercise.

Don’t exercise: MOVE.

Exercise is a Bad WordMaggie Downie2014-08-04T18:06:06-04:00

Stretching

I’m stretching my body right now. Are you?

StretchingMaggie Downie2017-09-12T19:32:27-04:00

Travel and Exercise

This time of year a lot of us will take long car, train or plane rides. When you travel you don’t have to forgo exercise. You can stretch in the airport or at the gas station. Stop along the way to take a short stroll and see what you’ve been passing by at 65-miles-per-hour.

Before I left Peru, lots of people asked if I would do Pilates and keep my core engaged while traveling. “Of course,” I told them. And I usually do. Unfortunately, in Peru I often found myself sick from the altitude, motion, or food. The last thing I was thinking about was whether or not my core was engaged. Sometimes life just doesn’t work out the way we planned, in which case, we have to try not to get too discouraged.

I will say, though, that for a 10 hour car ride, I was very grateful for a strong kegel. I guess I wasn’t completely disengaged.

The picture above is of the plane we took to see the Nasca Lines. It […]

Travel and ExerciseMaggie Downie2017-10-25T14:24:26-04:00

Machu Picchu

I spent the past three weeks traveling in Peru. The first week we hiked the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu–a place as magical and mystical as everyone says and pictures attempt to show. The stone city rivals the pyramids. Machu Picchu may not be the engineering feat the pyramids were, but resting high on the peaks of the Andes where misty clouds glide in and out, it certainly feels more relatable. People lived here; they didn’t just get buried here.

Getting to Machu Picchu via the Inca Trail was a challenge, but made the arrival even better. Camping in the Andes for three nights provided some of the best views I’ve ever gone to sleep with. I haven’t stayed in any hotel that provides views of snow capped mountains and waterfalls with brooks so loud you can’t hear anything but water cascading down rocks. Until morning. Somehow roosters overtake the sound of water.

It is a journey I would recommend.

Machu PicchuMaggie Downie2017-10-25T14:26:05-04:00