I too have tried doing the different Evolution pulses with the 10 in 10 and it's a nice challenge and adds variety. Going to to Evolution this morning. Happy New year all.

I'm ashamed to say that I have Evolution but have never gotten that far in the video. I know I should, but I haven't gotten bored with 10/10 yet. Probably because it's still kicking my a**. I had almost decided to save Evolution until I do get bored or feel like I need a challenge. But, on your advice, I'll check the section of form.

Part of why I didn't focus so much on form in the beginning was that I hadn't worked some of those muscles in forever, and I know me. If I had gotten overly perfectionistic in the beginning, it would have been too hard and I would have quit. So, now that I'm in a little better shape, I'm working on the perfectionism thing.

I hear ya on this! 10/10 is still PLENTY intense. I'm pretty much a perfectionist about form as well, and Sandrahana says its good to think about the poses and make subtle changes while you're pulsing so that you can pulse deeper and better as you go along.

I'm coming up on 10 hours completed this week and I can't wait to evaluate! I think I have unoficially dropped a dress size and I know its not because I lost weight because Lord knows I can't get the scale to budge!

Lol, newjeneed. My scale hasn't been budging much, either. I'm just going to blame my TOM right now, though. At some point, though, I'm not going to be able to point my finger at Aunt Flow, though. Then, I guess I'll blame global warming or something.

My clothes are still getting loose, though, so I'll take it.

Hey ladies-

I just ordered 10/10 from Amazon because I've seen so many good comments by people who aren't very physically able, so I'm hoping to be joining yall in the workouts soon. Let's hope my mangled back agrees that I should be working out!

LittleZu,

I bet you will find your back feeling soooo much better for it. I have had a bad back on and off for several years - the price you pay for nursing Anyway, i strained it pretty bad about a month and a half ago, so bad one day i had to work from home, lying on the living room floor ! Since doing callanetics, not a twinge to be felt, it's great, hasn't been so good since before nursing. Now im off to do hour 17, and find some wood to touch and hope i have jinxed myself into an injury

Helen x

Well that's encouraging to hear! I've had many many spinal surgeries so I've been looking for something that won't hurt me to do so far as exercise goes, and finally decided on Callanetics after much research. From what I've read, even if I can't do the routine exactly as demonstrated I can modify it to fit my needs, so I'm hoping that's going to work out.

I sure hope you didn't jinx yourself!

I don't know how badly messed up your back is, LittleZu, but I do know that Callan Pinckney originally developed Callanetics to help her rehabilitate with her back problems. Here's a quote from the website:
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I actually have titanium rods in my left arm and leg, so I'm not 100% able to do a normal work out, but I'm not having much problem with anything so far. Of course, I've only really done 10 in 10, so that's not saying much. My advice is to watch the video a few times before trying, and then when you do try, keep the remote handy so you can pause to figure out exactly how you can do the exercise.

Anyway, good for you that you've decided to give it a go!

If anyone wants to join me, I've started a January Callanetics thread. http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthre...550#post7680550