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Kunzima kunalokho okubukeka, njengoba umethuli we-Pointless etshela uPrudence Wade.
Ngemva kokuhlanganisa iminyaka engu-50, u-Richard Osman wabona ukuthi udinga ukuthola uhlobo lokuzivocavoca alujabulela ngempela - futhi ekugcineni wazinza kumshicileli wezinguquko uPilates.
"Ngiqale ukwenza i-Pilates kulo nyaka, engiyithanda kakhulu," kusho umlobi nomethuli oneminyaka engu-51, osanda kukhipha inoveli yakhe yakamuva, The Bullet That Missed (Viking, £20). “Kufana nokuzivocavoca, kodwa hhayi – ulala phansi.Kuyamangalisa.
"Uma usuqedile, imisipha yakho ibuhlungu, ucabanga ukuthi, hawu, yilokho engangihlale ngikufuna - into ekwelula kakhulu, kuningi ukulala okuhlangene, kodwa futhi kukwenza uqine."
Nokho, kwamthatha isikhathi u-Osman ukuthola uPilates. "Angikaze ngikujabulele kakhulu ukuzivocavoca umzimba. Ngiyathanda ukwenza isibhakela esincane, kodwa ngaphandle kwalokho, lokhu [Pilates] kuhle impela," esho - ephawula ukuthi ubonga kakhulu ngezinzuzo ngoba, ngo-6ft 7ins ubude, amathambo akhe namalunga "adinga ukuvikelwa".
Uma isigciniwe sabadansi, i-Pilates inedumela eliqhubekayo njengokuthi 'yabesifazane', kodwa u-Osman uyingxenye yomkhuba okhulayo wamadoda awunikelayo.
“Ngezinye izikhathi kuthathwa njengokujima kwabesifazane, ngoba kuhlanganisa ukuhambahamba kanye nezakhi zokunwebeka, okuthi – ngokujwayelekile – okungezona izindawo ezibalulekile okugxilwe kuzo ekuzilolongeni kwamadoda amaningi,” kusho u-Adam Ridler, inhloko yezokuzivocavoca e-Ten Health & Fitness (ten.co.uk). “Futhi akubandakanyi izisindo ezisindayo, i-HIIT kanye nokujuluka okukhulu, okuthi – ngendlela ecatshangwayo ngokulinganayo – [okwaziwa njengokugxila kakhulu kokujima kwamadoda],”
Kodwa kunezizathu eziningi zokuthi bonke ubulili bazame, ikakhulukazi njengoba u-Ridler esho: "I-Pilates iwukuzivivinya umzimba wonke ngendlela efanele - uma ikhohlisayo. Ngisho noma izivivinyo ezilula, ukugxila esenzweni ngokwaso kanye nokunemba ekusebenzeni kwakho ngokuvamile kuvela kube nzima kakhulu kunalokho abebekucabanga."
Konke kumayelana nesikhathi ngaphansi kwengcindezi nokunyakaza okuncane, okungabeka izicubu zakho esivivinyweni.
Izinzuzo zihlanganisa “ukuthuthukiswa kwamandla, ukukhuthazela kwemisipha, ukulinganisela, ukuguquguquka nokunyakaza, kanye nokuvimbela ukulimala (okuvame ukutuswa ama-physio kubantu abanobuhlungu beqolo). Izinzuzo ezine zokugcina mhlawumbe zibaluleke kakhulu njengoba ziyizici amadoda ngokuvamile angaziqapheli lapho azivocavoca.”
Futhi ngenxa “yokugxila kobuchwepheshe kanye nesimo sokucwiliswa kwe-Pilates”, u-Ridler uthi “kuwukuzizwisa okunengqondo kunokuzivocavoca okuningi, okusiza ekudambiseni ingcindezi nokukhathazeka”.
Awukaqiniseki? "Amadoda amaningi athola ama-Pilates ekuqaleni njengesengezo ekuqeqeshweni kwawo - kodwa-ke, ukuqhubekela phambili kweminye imisebenzi abayenzayo kubonakala ngokushesha," kusho u-Ridler.
"Kungasiza amadoda aphakamise izinsimbi ezisindayo ejimini, athuthukise amandla futhi ehlise ukulimala kwezemidlalo othintana naye, athuthukise ukuzinza futhi ngenxa yalokho isivinini nokusebenza kahle ebhayisikilini nakumzila kanye nasechibini lokubhukuda, ukubala izibonelo ezimbalwa. Futhi kusukela kokuhlangenwe nakho kwami njengomgwedli wekilabhu kanye neleveli kazwelonke, u-Pilates wangisiza ngithole isivinini esengeziwe sesikebhe."
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Nov-17-2022