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Just wondering what we all think about this, because you rarely see men at a Pilates class. I get the impression that most men think its a girly thing, and I guess even if they fancy trying it they're unlikely to because the classes are dominated by women.
I go to a class once a week and there is another class before it. Between the two classes there are about 40 people altogether and maybe 6-8 of them are men. The men are of varying ages from 30s to 50s.
What do you think?
Deb
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I've no problem attending a pilates class, but I think all of them at my gym are during working hours!
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Why would I want to learn to fly at my age/
Coat please
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Tarquin, how are the Zumbah classes going?
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There is JGE... "just gay enough"...
and then there is trying a bit too hard to be in touch with one's feminine side... 
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I know a couple of extremely fit male triathletes who do pilates.
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Frosty the Snowman, My Yin has never been so Yanged.
stoat of the dead, Who said it was my feminine side I was trying to get in touch with ? How's the MLC lately ?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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DB, Don't you start. Yoga TROUSERS!
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You know it makes sense.
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Tarquin, enough lower lumbar suppleness and you will soon be easily able to reach your masculine side... just take your false teeth out though...
The MLC is chugging along nicely...!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Hey they're the wrong faces! They were supposed to be laughing faces!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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debbiem, in the studio I went to for six years, there were four men who did pilates with me twice a week. It was a small studio with a max of five people in a session, working on machines. Not having done pilates at any other studio, I was unaware that such a high ratio of men was unusual. I enjoyed the competitiveness of it - you don't get that so much with women.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I suspect Pilates is seen by many men as simlar to Yoga. We tend to see Yoga as more of a spectators sport.
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Here in Hong Kong, yoga is very popular amongst men, pilates has a slightly higher ratio of women.
Yoga is most definitely not seen as feminine here! At the gym I go to (Pure Fitness, which also comprises Pure Yoga, so employs a very high level of yoga instructor) the yoga teachers are almost all Indian yogis.
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Pedantica, maggi, nothing like a bit of competitiveness to make you want to perfect your movements, do better.
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Zero-G, it would be difficult to agree less.
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Pedantica, whatever floats your boat. We all have our personal motivators.
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