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Wunda Wednesdays – It's A Wrap!

By Melissa Burton|2013-07-03T05:30:00-08:00July 3rd, 2013|

Welcome to Week 9 – the final post of Wunda Wednesdays! From May 1st through July 1st, I participated in a 60 Day Challenge with WundaBar Pilates. I took 3-4 classes per week in exchange for documenting my progress weekly here on the blog.

I can’t believe that my 60 Day Challenge is officially over. It went fast and damn, I worked hard! WundaBar Pilates is no joke my friends. From this experience, I assure you that in every single class you are guaranteed sweat, shaking, sighing and cursing but you’ll go back for more because in 50 minutes you get a fun (but serious) workout that will change the way you look at exercise classes.

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Wunda Wednesdays – How Pilates Can Change More Than Your Body

By Melissa Burton|2013-06-26T05:30:00-08:00June 26th, 2013|

Welcome to Week 8 of Wunda Wednesdays! From May 1st through July 1st, I’ll be participating in a 60 Day Challenge with WundaBar Pilates. I’ll be taking 3-4 classes per week in exchange for documenting my progress weekly here on the blog.

I can’t believe that I’m nearing the end of my 60 Day Challenge. I’ve worked my body in ways I never thought I could (even on vacation via the WundaBar To Go Program) and I’ve been having fun attending classes at different WundaBar locations and with different WundaBar instructors. […]

Wunda Wednesdays – The WundaChair Is Not For Sitting!

By Melissa Burton|2013-06-12T05:30:00-08:00June 12th, 2013|

Welcome to Week 6 of Wunda Wednesdays! From May 1st through July 1st, I’ll be participating in a 60 Day Challenge with WundaBar Pilates. I’ll be taking 3-4 classes per week in exchange […]

Wunda Wednesdays – Go Ahead And Jump!

By Melissa Burton|2013-06-05T05:30:00-08:00June 5th, 2013|

Welcome to Week 5 of Wunda Wednesdays! From May 1st through July 1st, I’ll be participating in a 60 Day Challenge with WundaBar Pilates. I’ll be taking 3-4 classes per week in exchange for documenting my progress weekly here on the blog.

In the past few weeks, I’ve learned a lot not only about Pilates but about my own potential. I’ve been working hard to reach the goals I set forth for phase 2 of this 60 Day Challenge – like taking more time to fuel and refuel my body properly. WundaBar classes three times a week are intense and I need to ensure that I’m taking in the proper amounts of protein and calories to prevent my body from catabolizing my own muscle! I’m also giving greater focus on exercise form. Utilizing the Jump Board properly has proven to one of my greatest challenges thus far so today we are going to learn a little more about what it’s like in a WundaBar class to JUMP!

If you’re an 80’s music freak like me, you hear David Lee Roth of Van Halen singing “Jump” right now, don’t you? WundaBar Pilates jumping is not the DLR “splits in the air” but it’s a type of pylometric exercise. Plyometric exercises are short, fast explosive movements that encourage muscle elasticity and allow the body to be more efficient when workout intensity increases. Jumping exercises help the body to adapt to harder workouts faster. […]

Workout Wednesdays – Meet The Megaformer, The WundaFormer Alternative (For Those Not in LA)

By Melissa Burton|2013-09-18T03:45:00-08:00September 18th, 2013|

Congratulations to my friends at WundaBar Pilates – the amazing WundaFormer machine (that has been helping me to gain core and back strength after injury) just received a patent!

Workout Wednesdays – Workout Options in NYC

By Melissa Burton|2013-07-24T05:00:00-08:00July 24th, 2013|

Next week I’ll be on the East Coast on vacation. Suffice it to say that I can’t wait to get to New York to see friends, eat great food, take the the subway and say, “No Sleep ‘Til…

Yup, […]

Workout Wednesdays – 12 Workout Lessons

By Melissa Burton|2013-07-17T05:30:00-08:00July 17th, 2013|

Today marks my 1 year anniversary of living in the lovely city of Los Angeles. My heart is still in NYC but I’m learning to love my new city too. In honor of every month that I’ve lived in LA, today’s Workout Wednesdays features 12 Workout Lessons learned not just this year but in the many years of being a fitness enthusiast.

Los Angeles at Night: Image: Sunciti_Sundaram

12 Important Workout Lessons […]

Workout Wednesdays – A #SecretVacation 5K

By Melissa Burton|2013-07-10T05:30:00-08:00July 10th, 2013|

Welcome to the transition from Wunda Wednesdays (now that my 60 Day Challenge is complete) to Workout Wednesdays!

WundaBar Pilates, Press, People Magazine,

I still can’t believe I’m in there with some big name media! Thanks WundaBar Pilates!

I’ve had a lot of variety in my fitness adventures lately between my intense classes at WundaBar Pilates, the amazing Love.Yoga.Give event at the Pasadena Rose Bowl and the JumpSport Trampoline class at Fitbloggin’ just to name a few.

I’ve been bursting to talk about my special 5K adventure from the #secretvacation I took before Fitbloggin’ and finally, I can reveal the details and share: […]

Wunda Wednesday – The Core Reformer

By Melissa Burton|2013-06-19T05:30:00-08:00June 19th, 2013|

Welcome to Week 7 of Wunda Wednesdays! From May 1st through July 1st, I’ll be participating in a 60 Day Challenge with WundaBar Pilates. I’ll be taking 3-4 classes per week in exchange for […]

Wunda Wednesday – Halfway There

By Melissa Burton|2013-05-29T05:30:00-08:00May 29th, 2013|

Welcome to Week 4 of Wunda Wednesdays! From May 1st through July 1st, I’ll be participating in a 60 Day Challenge with WundaBar Pilates. I’ll be taking 3-4 classes per week in exchange for documenting my progress weekly here on the blog.

Today is Day 28 but the half way post for my 60 Day WundaBar Challenge. In 4 weeks, I’ve learned a lot – not only about the concepts, machines and exercises of WundaBar Pilates but about my own fitness potential. 6 months ago, I would have been way too intimidated to even walk into a Pilates studio – now three times a week I willingly go to very demanding (but fun) group reformer classes and I love it!

Me with Helene of WundaBar – killer taskmistress!

While I’ll reveal the results of my second Fit-Fax body composition analysis at the end of the post, I know that I’m stronger for so many reasons – my physical therapy sessions have been reduced from twice per week to only once, I don’t feel aches in my neck like I did after I muscled through my first 2 WundaBar sessions, I can feel my core muscles engage when I sit, stand or bend and my back doesn’t hurt as often.

I’m still not running but I know that I’m building what Joseph Pilates called the “powerhouse” that I’ll need for the next time I’m able to run a race. The “powerhouse” includes not only the abdominal area but the muscles around the hip joints, pelvic floor and the lower back. Through the WundaBar instructors (like the lovely Helene to the right) and the WundaFormer elements – the Wunda Chair, the Reformer and the Jump Board, I’m really am putting the power into my powerhouse.

Despite how strong I’ve been feeling, my Fit-Fax body composition results shocked me – My weight remained stable but instead of showing a gain in lean body mass since the beginning of my challenge, my lean body mass showed a small decline from my baseline.

The lean body mass decline is NOT due to the exercises nor the frequency of classes per week at WundaBar Pilates. It is entirely my own fault. […]

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