Pilates
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♥Jan. 3rd, 2012 // 12:08 pm♥
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So, I've been vaguely thinking for a while that I should either re-start yoga or I should start doing pilates, on account of it will help with the riding and so on.
(I did briefly re-start yoga on the Wii Fit, but then I had my little accident, and the astonishingly procrastinatory way that I've been putting off re-re-starting ("Ooh, my ribs a little bit sore today..." "Oh, but I'm riding later...") suggests that it probably won't be terribly successful.)
I had a look online at pilates, and discovered something very peculiar: apparently, the most popular, nay, often *only*, time for mid-week, non-evening, not-before-work classes in this area is... during my weekly riding lesson on a Wednesday morning. Sigh. I'd really like to find something on a Thursday (as that's a day I know I can't ride, due to the loan, so I know I'm not going to say "sod it" and go to Bexley for a ride if it's a nice day), some time between 11am and 3pm. The only place I've been able to find is... in Bexley. Sigh.
I shall keep looking. Below the cut, tedious notes for my own reference.
I would say "Back to yoga, then", but I didn't really see anywhere that looked that good for that, either.
(I should note that it is true that our local leisure centre offers both yoga and pilates classes. I'm pretty sure that they're shite. I may give them a try, although I note that the pilates class is at - haha - 11am on Wednesday. There is something called "Power Pilates" on a Thursday, but I have no idea what that means. They also have Hatha yoga on Tuesdays. It's £10 a session unless I pay £8 a week for a membership £8 a week if I pay £60 a year for a discount card.)
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Edit: Mike points out that we have *two* local leisure centres: I didn't realise that the Docks watersports centre did anything other than, well, messing about on the docks. It has a much more appealing range of classes at much better time, although I still have my doubts about the quality. They do Tai Chi, too! And More Than One Kind Of Yoga! This reflects the differing social mix between the two halves of the area, I suspect. |
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Bad websites...
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♥Jan. 3rd, 2012 // 01:06 pm♥
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So, in the spirit of Getting On With It, I've signed up to do online booking at the nicer-sounding local leisure centre.
First, I was presented with:
Yes, only *men* can have the rank of Captain!
Then I got to the bit of the form that looked as though it was going to do a postcode lookup but didn't, and then I got terribly confused about why I would be entering my mobile number via a dropdown box labelled "select site"....
Then, oh joy, they sent me an email to confirm that I have signed up. My username, I am solemnly informed, is 110085[XX]. They have provided me with a temporary PIN to use with it, but recommend that I change it to something more memorable when I have logged in.
(Hmm... "Yogilates". That sounds good for me. I wonder why it doesn't appear in the "Yoga and Pilates" section of the booking site...? |
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