By:Cara Rosenbloom
Yana da wuya fiye da yadda ake kallo, kamar yadda mai gabatarwa na Pointless ya gaya wa Prudence Wade.
Bayan ya cika shekaru 50, Richard Osman ya gane cewa yana bukatar ya nemo irin motsa jiki da yake ji da shi a zahiri - kuma a karshe ya zauna a kan Pilates mai kawo gyara.
"Na fara yin Pilates a wannan shekara, wanda nake ƙauna sosai," in ji marubuci mai shekaru 51 kuma mai gabatarwa, wanda kwanan nan ya saki sabon littafinsa, The Bullet That Missed (Viking, £ 20). "Kamar motsa jiki ne, amma ba - kuna kwanciya ba. Yana da ban mamaki.
"Idan kun gama shi, tsokoki na ku suna yin zafi. Kuna tunani, wow, shine abin da nake nema koyaushe - wani abu da yake shimfiɗa ku sosai, akwai kwanciyar hankali da yawa, amma kuma yana ƙarfafa ku."
Ya ɗauki Osman ɗan lokaci kafin ya sami Pilates, duk da haka. "Ban taɓa jin daɗin motsa jiki sosai ba. Ina son yin ɗan wasan dambe, amma baya ga wannan, wannan [Pilates] yana da kyau sosai, "in ji shi - lura da cewa yana godiya musamman ga fa'idodin saboda, a tsayin 6ft 7ins, ƙasusuwa da haɗin gwiwa suna buƙatar kariya.
Da zarar an ajiye 'yan rawa, Pilates yana da suna a matsayin 'na mata', amma Osman yana cikin ci gaba da girma ga maza suna ba da shi.
"Akan yi la'akari da shi a wani lokaci a matsayin motsa jiki na mata, saboda ya haɗa da motsi da abubuwa masu mikewa, wanda - stereotyply - ba mahimman wuraren da ake mayar da hankali ba a yawancin motsa jiki na maza," in ji Adam Ridler, shugaban motsa jiki a Ten Health & Fitness (ten.co.uk). "Kuma ya keɓe nauyi mai nauyi, HIIT da gumi mai nauyi, waɗanda - daidai da stereotypically - an san su da ƙarin fifiko ga motsa jiki na maza],"
Amma akwai dalilai da yawa don duk jinsi don gwada shi, musamman kamar yadda Ridler ya ce: "Pilates yana da kyau - idan yaudara - kalubalen motsa jiki na jiki duka. Ko da tare da motsa jiki mai sauƙi, mai da hankali kan aikin da kansa da kasancewa daidai a cikin aiwatar da shi sau da yawa ya zama mai wuya fiye da yadda suke tunani. "
Yana da kusan lokaci a ƙarƙashin tashin hankali da ƙananan motsi, wanda zai iya gwada tsokoki zuwa gwaji.
Fa'idodin sun haɗa da "haɓaka ƙarfi, juriya na tsoka, daidaituwa, sassauci da motsi, da kuma rigakafin rauni (wanda aka fi sani da physios ga mutanen da ke fama da ciwon baya). Amfanin huɗun ƙarshe shine watakila ya fi dacewa saboda abubuwa ne waɗanda maza yawanci ba su da ƙima a cikin motsa jiki."
Kuma saboda "mayar da hankali na fasaha da yanayin zurfafawa na Pilates", Ridler ya ce yana da "ƙwarewar tunani fiye da yawancin motsa jiki, yana taimakawa rage damuwa da damuwa".
Har yanzu ban gamsu ba? "Yawancin maza suna samun Pilates da farko a matsayin ƙari ga horon su - duk da haka, ƙaddamar da wasu ayyukan da suke yi yana bayyana da sauri," in ji Ridler.
"Yana iya taimaka wa maza su ɗaga nauyi mai nauyi a cikin dakin motsa jiki, inganta ƙarfi da rage rauni a cikin wasanni na hulɗa, inganta kwanciyar hankali kuma saboda haka sauri da inganci a kan keke da waƙa da kuma a cikin tafkin, don lissafa wasu 'yan misalai. Kuma daga kwarewa na sirri a matsayin kulob da matakin kasa, Pilates ya taimake ni samun karin gudun jirgin ruwa. "
Lokacin aikawa: Nuwamba-17-2022