CALL ME CRAZY

It was a bird, it was a plane, no! It was my bulky thighs from tae-bo. Call me crazy but I have the genetically wacky body that bulks from any excercise other than pilates or power walking on flat roads. For nearly twenty years, I worked out six days a week at 6:30 am at tae bo. I never lost an inch. I would sweat, jump, and pound the air only to find my jeans getting tighter and tighter. I then took up spinning and that too bulked my legs. I was getting desparate. I never liked yoga, particularly hated watching my fingers spread and widen. Running on treadmills made me nautious and detroyed my knees. I removed all bread from my diet but still I never lost an inch. Until one day, I saw the light and it was in the form of a beautiful and angelic dancer – and pilates teacher named Jessica. Jessica spoke the same language as me and validated my theory that many workouts negate the very thing you are trying to achieve- a taut and lean body. She supported my belief that certain bodies bulk from cardio workouts. Even as my friends teased me, I stuck to my guns and Jessica would back me up. Today, I do pilates three to four times a week with Jessica and I have dropped a full size. She has transformed many of my friends bodies as well. She is a genius and her choices in which pilates based moves work on indvidual bodies are dead-on. For example, she recognizes that lunges are not appropriate for female bodies. Most importantly, JESSILATES allows my body to handle bread, drink several glasses of wine a week, and not mess up my blow dry which is supposed to last a week. To attempt to take a class with Jessica who has a massive following, call Pilates Plus in encino. Just like Madonna, Jessica’s reputation precedes her and you won’t even need to give a last name.