I just tried "The Bar Method Beginner's Workout" for the very first time and I could cry! My whole body is screaming and I know I am going to really feel this tomorrow! I enjoyed the workout but it moved a little too fast for a true novice and OMG some of the positions I just cannot do!
I admit I am not the fittest person having started back in earnest a month ago after an enforced exercise break during which time my weight ballooned to over 240lbs because I simply didn't care.
I've been doing a lot of "Slim in 6" (I'm comfortably doing 'Ramp it up' every other day and already feeling and seeing a difference in my body) and on the other days "10MS pilates for beginners" which I really love as well some 3 mile Leslie and other things as the mood takes me.
So, the things I can't do "properly" and need advice on please:
In TBM the "reverse push-ups" (aka sort of tricep dips, right?) are next to impossible as I simply can't lift my body weight in that position at the moment (I have no problem with regular push-ups). I did really feel them when I used a pillow to slightly raise my upper body some. Do you think this is an okay alternative? I have a more solid foam block that I'll use next time. The fact that I still really felt it in my triceps means that it was okay, right?
In Pilates, I find the roll-up next to impossible. Does this just come with time, practice and building core strength? I basically have to use rocking momentum to get upright at the moment!
Anyway I'm determinded to keep going with all of it because it makes me feel SO much better but I just had to whinge about these things to people who might just get it!