Seren Therapies Core Pilates

🧘‍♀️** Pilates For All ** 🧘‍♀️

Wednesday @ 4pm

Classes re-start on Wednesday 3rd September.

St Peter’s Church & Hall (formerly Newton Village Hall)

Pilates for All is for everyone

All abilities.

My aim is to make Pilates as inclusive as possible.

Due to limited availability
Booking is necessary.

Why not send me, Cheryl, a DM 📝 today. ☺️😀

A little outdoor pilates today ….

Have a look at this lady and her research… phenomenal 🤩

Go strength!

https://www.instagram.com/p/DJbz4hGRScw/?igsh=djNwdXh3dWl1Mnls

THE ROAR RECS FOR MAKING MUSCLE All the cardio in the world won't cut it. Research on active women, especially past age 40, shows that even high levels of aerobic activity doesn't translate into any meaningful changes in lean body mass. The only solution is STRENGTH TRAINING. I mean high-intensity power training - heavy lifting for pure strength. This kind of training stimulates your neuromuscular system, activating the maximum amount of muscle fibers. It also keeps those high-energy, powerful type II muscle fibers engaged, which is essential because those are needed for speed, and they're the first to go. I hear from so many perimenopausal women that they feel as if they suddenly lost all strength and power (before any issue with losing lean mass). This is not a misnomer, we see that there is a distinct drop in force generation BEFORE we see any loss in lean mass. This is directly related to estrogen's influence on myosin's binding ability with actin (a weaker bond means a weaker muscle contraction), and the systemic loss of the anti-inflammatory effect of estrogen, reducing the regulation of muscle inflammation and the satellite cell function (meaning, more inflammation reduces the feedback for building new muscle cells) and reduces the quality of the muscle, before overall lean mass loss. The best part is that the benefits of strength training are nearly immediate. Even before your muscles get bigger and stronger, you wake up sleeping muscle fibers and develop neuromuscular connections that result in strength gains after just a few sessions. (...continued in comments...) Research links here: https://bit.ly/43hv19v https://bit.ly/4375CxQ https://bit.ly/44twf2A https://bit.ly/3GJHyd8 https://bit.ly/42Z1ykN

Morning all,

I’ve been chatting with friends and class members recently about breakfast 🥞 .

One problem that ladies (maybe men too) seem to have is getting enough protein in.

This is my go to breakfast:

Oat based pancake. 🥞

Protein ✔️
Carbs ✔️
Good fats ✔️
Berries ✔️

I’ve started batch cooking these in a silicone tray.

I then heat up in the microwave (also delicious cold) top with 0% fat Greek yogurt (preferably to Greek style - more protein).

Top with berries or seeds of choice - as you can see 👁️ I’m taking advantage of the summer berry 🫐🍓 season.

I do sweeten 🍯 a little.

Sweetener choices:

Agave Nectar (my fave)
Maple syrup
Honey
(Be careful to only use a little 😁)

Enjoy 😊

Give me a 👍 if you fancy the recipe.

Back to normal this week

This morning’s class:

Fit For Life 💪🏻 🏋️

Pontardawe Leisure centre

9am!

I’m very lucky to have a wonderful job.

Yesterday, both classes that I run at Pontardawe Leisure Centre went for a lovely meal, (we have our Christmas party in January).

I was overwhelmed by their kindness. Especially the wonderful poem penned by Carolyn.

Thank you all of you ❤️❤️