Francesca Tiganis I was thinking about ankle weights! I felt the muscle activation without any, but was bravely curious. Sounds like you rocked that add-on 😊

Emily that’s great!

Lovely as-is when you just need some gentle stretch to help you return to yourself when feeling tense or emotional. Grounding and short enough to find the time even when life is “life-ing”.

If anyone needs form guidance about the ball under the back extended leg while in lunge position, check out class /551 at minute mark 54:16 as Marnie demonstrates clarification on position and form.

Flowy 45 Signature with a warm up that brought some sweat, arms that were brief and less variation of moves resulting in a higher count (the first time I heard “16 more” when I was expecting 4 at most was greeted by my own words but it was doable!). Feet on the ball at the barre, then one foot on the ball with a dancing leg created serious fire in my inner thigh and front quads (sartorius muscle maybe?) and I loved feeling my upper thighs and booty muscles activated and a bit worn as class progressed (between following Marnie’s guidance about going lower, sticking booty further back, weight placement within our feet, etc.). This class has an incredibly brief P&P moment with a low count sequence (meaning this is a great class if you don’t want a lot of planks and push-ups) and we use the ball behind our back for abs which incorporate crunches and leg lifts as well as Pilates-esque single leg stretches with core muscles activated. Abs were also worked earlier while standing hip circulars and obliques engaged with knee-to-elbow cross body moves while standing. No hip bridges in this one, but hips were worked well during the standing series and barre series. Solid 45 full body class!

Fanni isn’t it amazing how a week or so off can make a difference, along with so many other factors? I’m also trying to get back into a rhythm of more frequent classes as I know it makes me feel better physically and mentally. We’ve got this! Let me know how the revisit goes for you when you return to this one. I think I’ll still need to give myself grace as this was a (good) challenge of a class.

I consider piking up better for me than dropping down, so go us! Progress not perfection.