The Hog – Upper Back

I have benefitted greatly from Vikki’s Pilates classes in the year or so I have been attending them regularly. I’m in my mid-seventies so not quite as lithe and flexible as I may once have been(!). Vikki’s ‘unpushy’ approach is therefore much appreciated. While she expects all exercises to be done properly, she is at pains to stress that you shouldn’t try to go beyond what feels comfortable for your current level of fitness. The exercises are also incremental, increasing in level of difficulty, so you can stop at whatever level you feel is right for you at the time. There is no shame, either, in using the back of a chair or a handy dado rail to help with balance or to get down to or up from the floor. I definitely feel generally much
stronger and fitter as a result of her classes, and thus more confident in tackling Hastings’ death-trap pavements and pot-hole riddled roads.

Val, August 2023