About a month ago, Dove approached me about hosting a party to help me & some friends Get Sleeveless For Spring by having a little fitness party with free stuff & a free class. So, on Saturday, me, & my sister-to-be Lauren, & my friends Holly, Leslie, Steph, Becca, Sarah, Katy, Gina & Sandra headed down to a local yoga studio to take a class. It was a gloomy Saturday, perfect for a great workout. Originally, we thought we’d be doing yoga, but when we arrived, our instructor informed us that we’d be doing a sort of yoga-Pilates hybrid class.
The yoga part was awesome, and full of stretching and relaxing:
But then, our instructor introduced the Circle Of Pain:
These little rings look pretty innocent. That is until you’re SQUEEZING THEM BETWEEN YOUR THIGHS while lifting & bending & stretching all over the place. Then, these stupid little rings will render you unable to walk because the pain in your thighs is so extreme the next day. TRUST ME ON THIS ONE.
Piloga was a great workout — it made me want to bust out my Pilates DVDs and get crackin’ again!
Besides a free class, Dove gave us some pretty adorable workout shirts & free deodorant. I love free stuff, am always looking for a good workout shirt (especially a super-cute one from Lucy!) & am totally paranoid about smelling good, so anything that helps me do it, is a win in my book. Here’s my free swag:
The good news is that now you have a chance to win some deodorant, too! Dove’s Visibly Smooth Clinical Strength Deodorant is pretty awesome. I am a fan of the Wild Rose scent, the fact that it helps me shave less & the fact that it keeps me from sweating. No, really. That’s a pretty huge miracle.
Wanna win? Then do the following:
- Leave me a comment on this post, telling me about the last time you did yoga or Pilates or yogilates or whatever the heck you want to call it.
- Tweet about the giveaway & leave a comment linking to your tweet.
I’ll be out of town this weekend (more on that later!) so winners will be announced on April 20th. Good luck!
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where can you get a “circle of pain” from, do they have another name?
I do “Body Balance” quite frequently at my local gym, it’s a pilates-yoga-taichi combo, and I LOVE IT. I did a yoga class twice a week for 6 weeks before and hated every minutes, but body balance, love it. I didn’t like the silence in yoga I think, and I like to work up a sweat, which I do in BB but didnt in the yoga-only. But there are different kinds of yoga, right? I am so not clued up!
I can’t do yoga. It makes me stabby, no joke. But I do have this awesome pilates routine on VHS is you can believe it. It’s Jennifer Kries and I keep meaning to buy one (or many!) of her DVDs, but I like this one so much I’m having trouble converting. This sounds like it was a fun day!
Last time I did yoga, I realized how much I hate yoga. But I REALLY need to find some deodorant that doesn’t let me sweat.
(I’m not entering this since I hosted a party as well but still wanted to comment on the whole circle of pain thing! I thought about the yoga class but went for boxing/kickboxing instead. That was also a circle of pain! In hindsight perhaps I should have choosen the nutrition class
! It’s the 2nd day since the workout and I. AM. STILL. SORE. Glad you had a lovely time! )
Last time I did yoga was like three years ago with some stupid home DVD. But I’m signed up for a pilates class next fall and I’m quite excited. We’ll see how that goes…
Aaand I tweeted (http://twitter.com/mynameis_taylor)
I love yoga, I started doing it 10 years ago. The last time I did it was probably 5 months ago– prenatal yoga. I haven’t gotten back into it yet since the baby was born. Pilates though? Kills me every time I try!
I do yoga 2 times a week at my gym. The first on on Wednesday nights is what I like to call “granola yoga” it is more about stretching and being intune with my bod (which is good because it is right after my weekly spin class and I don’t end up so sore the next day). The second one is a Power Yoga class which focuses on strenght (I don’t do alot of weight lifting because I start to look like She-ra) and helps me be strong with out bulk.
I take a yoga class every Saturday morning! It’s the perfect balance to my daily runs. I used to take Pilates twice a week but then my gym changed the class to Boot Camp which I go to as well.
Isn’t it obvious how much I need clinical strength deodorant?!?!
Great giveaway! That last time I did yoga was this morning
Awesome! My old gym used to offer some cool fitness classes, one of which was a yoga-pilates-tai chi hybrid class that I LOVED. But since that gym switched to a new brand, reduced their monthly rates and started slashing services left right & center (including all their fitness classes), I haven’t done any yoga lately. I just discovered that my local Lululemon store offers free yoga classes on Wednesdays and Sundays though, so guess what I’m doing bright & early tomorrow morning?
Anyway, great giveaway! I use Dove deodorant all the time; I am really paranoid about obviously smelling like deodorant so I don’t like any of the strongly scented ones, but I find Dove’s cucumber & green tea scent really pleasant and mild. And it works great, so that’s been my go-to for years!
I am OBSESSED with Dove deodorant; it’s the only kind I’ll ever use. I’ve never tried clinical protection before but it sounds amazing! If I don’t win one of yours I think I’ll buy it for myself.
Looks like a BLAST. I did Pilates last in my living room… on demand. Cause I couldn’t get in a run, and it was really gooooood. Like my abs were sore good.
Oooooo, fun!! Looks like a great event!
The last time I did yoga was last night. And I’m on my way to the studio again after work. You know I can’t get enough yoga…
I started doing yoga in high school with a book (yeah, it didn’t work out too well) but then last year when I finally got a gym membership I tried it again. I ran into a guy in the elevator on the way to our gym and he was going to yoga. I figured I’d never go to a class by myself so if I had a friend to go with, why not? I LOVED it! Since then though of course I’ve moved and am now relegated to OnDemand yoga workouts but I still love the feel after a really good stretch!
It’s been awhile since I’ve done yoga or pilates! Too long. Once this baby is out, I’m back on the work out wagon!
My mom is a pilates instructor and has tortured me with that circle of death thing more times than I can count. She also has those giant machines that look like S&M torture devices more than any sort of work out equipment. But it’s been a while since I’ve worked out with her since I moved out of state. Maybe 2 years-ish, but I’d love to get back into it. When she wasn’t stretching me way beyond my capacity to stretch it was really fun doing Pilates with my mom
PS I love Dove deodorant but haven’t tried this kind. Great giveaway, thanks!
I haven’t tried yoga or pilates yet
Sounds like a fantastic day! I’ve never really done yoga or pilates. I’m looking into yoga though!
Looks like you guys had fun, I’m so glad! I love the photo of everyone laying on the mats too!
I used to do Pilates religiously before I fell pregnant. Now…not so much, though I did buy a Jillian Michaels Yoga DVD because I’m a glutton for punishment.
I made the blog yaaaayyy! Sure it’s just my name and a picture of me on the floor with a couple of other no-faced peeps, but who cares? Goal ACCOMPLISHED! haha
Thanks for a fun day Amy!
Thanks again for the invitation… it was fun to hang out with all the girls
That is awesome, Amy!
That ring looks misleading, it looks pretty harmless from here haha I can’t imagine squeezing that, I will definitely be sore afterward.
Does it count if I do the yoga poses on the Wii? Lol! Seriously, that is probably the only yoga or pilates I have ever done! I <3 Dove deodorant
The pilates ring is my favorite! We use that in my class, and the burn is sublime.
i love doing yoga on my wii (that counts right??)
Can I enter even if I’ve never done yoga OR Pilates (or any sort of hybrid)? I gotta admit, I’m more of a fast-action-workout kinda gal. I love kickboxing class, spin class and that kinda thing…
And here’s my tweet!
http://twitter.com/probablytabitha/status/12285007759
I haven’t done yoga for a few years..sad.