I never thought I would be admitting to becoming a gym junkie \u2013 but there you go! I have been more or less \u2018allergic\u2019 to exercise all my life \u2013 even more so recently with all sorts of excuses as to why I couldn\u2019t possibly start doing anything now\u2026 not enough time\u2026 too tired\u2026 no one to look after Marlo.. (my little girl).. too cold. But my body was telling me something different and gravity was taking its toll. I had tried different gyms and at-home-video programmes in the past but exercise always became a chore and I lost interest very quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then I read a newsletter about Betty\u2019s Bodyshaping that had been left at the Garfield St Childcare Centre, my interest was piqued \u2013 but not enough to galvanise me into action. Then Betty was invited down to the centre to demonstrate some basic movements as part of a \u2018Parent De-Stressing and Motivational Night\u2019 (and boy, do we all need one of those from time-to-time)! Pilates is easy \u2013 no fussy dance steps to trip up the uncoordinated (like me), not too much sweating, no fancy gear required\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That was October 2003 and now 9 months later I can honestly say I am enjoying the benefits of all the effort I have put in. Just to be able to wear clothes that were once relegated to the back of the cupboard because I had lost my confidence in my appearance (read stomach muscles). Surprisingly, I was actually feeling the benefits within the first couple of weeks so that made it easier to continue going back. Thankfully the classes run at all hours from early in the morning to late at night; so no matter what your work commitments or time constraints are, you could easily manage 2 \u2013 3 classes a week. I usually have my little one in tow when I can\u2019t find a sitter. And Betty is amazing \u2013 somehow she manages to keep a track of each student by name and ability and keep the classes challenging and stimulating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PS \u2013 this is not a paid testimonial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vikki Hsieh, 1964 Vitange \u2013 Concord.\u00a0 NSW<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I never thought I would be admitting to becoming a gym junkie \u2013 but there you go! I have been more or less \u2018allergic\u2019 to exercise all my life \u2013 even more so recently with all sorts of excuses as to why I couldn\u2019t possibly start doing anything now\u2026 not enough time\u2026 too tired\u2026 no one to look after Marlo.. (my little girl).. too cold. But my body was telling me something different and gravity was taking its toll. I had tried different gyms and at-home-video programmes in the past but exercise always became a chore and I lost interest very quickly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","pmpro_default_level":"0","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","hentry","category-testimonials","post_format-post-format-quote","pmpro-has-access"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3gJnX-3Nt","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio16.com.au\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio16.com.au\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio16.com.au\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio16.com.au\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio16.com.au\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14599"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/studio16.com.au\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14600,"href":"https:\/\/studio16.com.au\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14599\/revisions\/14600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio16.com.au\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio16.com.au\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio16.com.au\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}