Pilates in Traverse City
I'm 50. It's winter in Traverse City. I have a desk job.
Two years ago, when I was 48 and it was winter and I had a desk job, I looked down at the midlife crisis my body was in and asked myself if there wasn't some remedy. I think I may have found it. One ingredient to this cure is across the alley in back of my office on Front Street, around the corner and up the flight of steps next to the Omelette Shoppe on Cass. The scent of warm raisin bread with frosting follows me up the steps. But once I'm on the top floor it's all about fitness. This is headquarters for Jen Cutler's Pure Pilates business. And when I say business I mean it. There's no froufrou going on here. Jen is warm, welcoming and intuitive. But she gets you and your body right down to work. She and her two instructors, Kylie and Crystal, take customers of both sexes and from all walks of life (Jen groups sexes and people of like abilities together in her 1-to 3-person classes). Sessions are either 30 to 45 minutes and they revolve around an amazing piece of equipment called a reformer (I know, scary name, but think of it as your friend not your foe) that has the capability to work so many muscles in your body I'm wondering if it can tighten the bags under my eyes.
I've headed over to Pure Pilates for 45 minutes, twice a week for two years now. The exercises don't usually make me sweat much—I've noticed the same about other woman—so I can do it and get right back to my desk. I have to say, I am amazed. I'm not sure most woman of my generation, raised before Title IX began allowing girls to believe that they could grow up with fit, strong bodies, understand that even at midlife you can trim, tighten, strengthen—even show some definition.
As Jen is the first to tell you, it's best to combine pilates with a good aerobic regimen. In good weather I walk (and sometimes run, especially up the hills) with the Nordic walking poles my husband, Peter Edwards, sells. Now that there is snow on the ground, I'm trying to cross-country ski for at least an hour, 5 or 6 times a week. With a job, that means skiing in the dark so I invested $20 in a headlamp. Next to pilates and Nordic walking poles, it's one of the best investments I've ever made. I've learned to love to ski at night.
So here it is straight-up Girlfriends: I'm feeling kinda', sort of, (can I, do I dare, say this?) fit!
For more information about Pure Pilates contact Jen at jpampu@charter.net or 231-218-4849.
Here's Jen:
Two years ago, when I was 48 and it was winter and I had a desk job, I looked down at the midlife crisis my body was in and asked myself if there wasn't some remedy. I think I may have found it. One ingredient to this cure is across the alley in back of my office on Front Street, around the corner and up the flight of steps next to the Omelette Shoppe on Cass. The scent of warm raisin bread with frosting follows me up the steps. But once I'm on the top floor it's all about fitness. This is headquarters for Jen Cutler's Pure Pilates business. And when I say business I mean it. There's no froufrou going on here. Jen is warm, welcoming and intuitive. But she gets you and your body right down to work. She and her two instructors, Kylie and Crystal, take customers of both sexes and from all walks of life (Jen groups sexes and people of like abilities together in her 1-to 3-person classes). Sessions are either 30 to 45 minutes and they revolve around an amazing piece of equipment called a reformer (I know, scary name, but think of it as your friend not your foe) that has the capability to work so many muscles in your body I'm wondering if it can tighten the bags under my eyes.
I've headed over to Pure Pilates for 45 minutes, twice a week for two years now. The exercises don't usually make me sweat much—I've noticed the same about other woman—so I can do it and get right back to my desk. I have to say, I am amazed. I'm not sure most woman of my generation, raised before Title IX began allowing girls to believe that they could grow up with fit, strong bodies, understand that even at midlife you can trim, tighten, strengthen—even show some definition.
As Jen is the first to tell you, it's best to combine pilates with a good aerobic regimen. In good weather I walk (and sometimes run, especially up the hills) with the Nordic walking poles my husband, Peter Edwards, sells. Now that there is snow on the ground, I'm trying to cross-country ski for at least an hour, 5 or 6 times a week. With a job, that means skiing in the dark so I invested $20 in a headlamp. Next to pilates and Nordic walking poles, it's one of the best investments I've ever made. I've learned to love to ski at night.
So here it is straight-up Girlfriends: I'm feeling kinda', sort of, (can I, do I dare, say this?) fit!
For more information about Pure Pilates contact Jen at jpampu@charter.net or 231-218-4849.
Here's Jen:
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