Foundation Series

I’m so excited this week! It’s all down to a collection of fat under my belly button!! No, I’m not crazy…I understand the process of Callanetics in action!

Let me explain. To me, one of the most exciting things about Callanetics exercises is that it’s impossible to plateau. There is a constant shifting of muscles, fat, tension and a gentle stirring throughout the body. This continues as long as you continue to workout.

My own progress is not unlike the experience of thousands of others who commit themselves to regular Callanetics.

I have seen remarkable change all over my body. I am wearing clothes two sizes smaller than I was all through high school and uni, after having two children.  For today I want to tell you about what’s going on around my stomach.

My bathroom selfie post baby.

I went through the usual process that happens with Callanetics. When you first start, you tone from the legs up and the rib cage down. The result is that there is a period where everything looks great, but there is a sort of collection around the hips and the lower abs where it seems everything his migrated to! At this point some people get discouraged and feel like they’re bigger than before. If this is you, please keep going! If you are consistent for a couple of weeks at this stage you’ll suddenly see this area smooth out like the rest of the body.

The toning continues and it can feel like you’ve achieved your best possible figure, especially if you keep working at the same level. The magic happens when you then amp it up a little. All you have to do is really be mindful about where you are creating your pulses from, finding every little bit of length you can and allow your body to relax as much as possible while you’re working out. What happens next is amazing!

In the last week I have noticed that while there is a little more ‘pouch’ right under the navel, there is seemingly no fat at all from the rib cage down to the navel. Nor is there any fat through the oblique area. Even more exciting is that the skin is tightening too. This is fantastic because after two babies, I could pull the skin right out…it looked like mozzarella! Now, I can only pull it a little way and it springs right back.

I put down this sudden transformation and arrival at a new level of Callanetics tone to a few things. One is that I have released some tension from the mid back

After…consistent Callanetics.

which has allowed for better head alignment. This means that when I am doing the ab exercises I can really create a nice smooth extension from my tailbone right out of the pelvis through to the crown. It draws the abs closer to the spine and makes the work deeper.

I have also recently been mixing up the ab exercises a bit more than usual. The workout I have been doing will actually be released for next months’ challenge.

So, if you are feeling like you things are shifting around but perhaps not quite as you expected…just keep going. It’s a process that never really ends. It’s understandable that this idea could be daunting, but I see it as completely exciting because I can’t wait to see what happens next!

If you’re keen to try the workout but haven’t yet become a member, you can click here for a discount on the first month.

I’d also love to hear about those times in your own experience, when things seem to not be heading in the direction you want. Did you keep at it and end up with that sudden pull in all over? Let me know below with your comments!

Stay Peachy,

Adelaide xo