I've had pilates leave me worse off the next day than a normal training session lol ah the joys of experimenting

Come to the gym with me....

Not to mention soreness is not at all an indicator of workout efficacy.

ah where do I sign up? lol

I know it's not an indicator and I wasn't even totally ref. that it's more so that tired feeling the next day

You'd be sorry.

Anytime I have a woman coming to me saying "yoga works me better than this or pilates that...."

Hahaha, it's on.

Whatever you want to call it... my point remains. Training needs to be functional in relation to your goals. Your goals are predominantly physique oriented at the moment. Pilates or yoga will not give you anywhere near the mileage or bang for your buck that resistance training will in terms of the function.

Yoga and pilates are the only things that work Steve....come on seriously...why don't you know this? I don't want to bulk up....

I'm not being an ass but are you being serious with this post?

um I should call you an ass for having to ask lol but hey if it gets me a gym invite I'm totally standing behind it

Phew, I was going to say.

I'm about to drive my ass up to NY right now and smack someone or something!

LOL

....well I didn't say I wasn't being serious.....so on that note I'm totally serious...what time should I be at the gym? lol

You'd be amazed by how many seeminly intelligent women I've come across who think pilates and yoga are their golden ticket to being fit and trim.

good thing I don't just appear that way....hm I suppose that screws me out of a gym time...this damn brain I'm cursed with lol

wow I'm apologizing in advance for my annoying question day I'm having....

ab work....things like crunches tend to bother my neck after so many reps and I'm slightly convinced I have a heavy head but are traditional crunches etc worth trying to get over it or are there better ways to go about this whole ab process oooorrrr am I just paying too much attention to every little thing my body does feel free to give a dumb answer for a dumb question

Haha...

People limit their ability to understand the use of their cores. Flexing the spine is only one, limited application.

Things like stabilization and rotation are so much more important. But even though people don't buy into the whole spot reduction thing anymore, they still refuse to let go of the idea that there are so many more applications to core training than simply abdominal crunches.

Since we're in the 'good reads' section and I spend my time jibber jabbering in all other areas of the form, read these:

TESTOSTERONE NATION - Anterior Core Training

http://www.t-nation.com/readArticle.do?id=990092

TESTOSTERONE NATION - The Real "Core" Exercise

I don't post these so you start doing everything they tell you. I just want people to start thinking purely in terms of crunches.

I don't think purely in terms of crunches more so a way to get the benifit from that exercise with an alternate exercise