Hey Megaformers!

I eagerly looked forward to hopping into H-Kore for its Megaformers (by Lagree Fitness). I hadn’t done this for a year! It would jog my muscles into a new way of moving against resistance. The side planks were killer. After the first class, my armpits (teres minor and serratus anterior) were aching like crazy. Surprisingly, the glutes and inner thighs were fine. Hurhurhur.

I go into H-Kore on week days. I didn't bother to request for private sessions. This isn't quite pilates, and I didn't need the instructor's touch. The off-peak (9.30am or 10.30am) group classes were fine for me; there's never a full class of 15. Since it’s a group class, I don’t expect the instructor to specially attend to me, so I work harder in the sense that I'd be more conscious of how many reps I choose to do within the allocated 20 or 30 seconds, and I might just force myself to push a little more. Extremely effective. The muscles were like, woah, new moves, work work work.

I enjoy the sets of exercises on the Megaformer. They truly train the core, maintain stability and build strength. Planks, twists, planks, pikes and planks. BUT, these exercises don’t meet my needs when it comes to maintaining flexibility and strength. Pilates still nail it beautifully for me. While I wouldn’t mind popping into Megaformer classes, those aren’t likely to become part of the regular routine in Singapore. The Megaformer is designed to be quite unlike the Reformer, really. It hits a different set of exercise goals.

When the weekend rolled around, the man decided to ditch the hotel gym and give H-Kore a shot too. He bravely went for two classes on consecutive days. I'm soooo glad he was curious and open enough to check out the Megaformer. He should mix up his exercise routine and focus more on strengthening the core. He's quite annoyed that I can out-plank him any day still. Hahahaha.

The man came away with aching glutes and inner thighs (adductor muscles), and the realization that his obliques are in serious need of strengthening. He sweated buckets. He thought it more challenging than the exercises on the Pilates Reformer. He was wowed to the extent that he said if H-Kore indeed sets up in Singapore next year, he would sign up for a term of maybe 10 classes to supplement his HIIT workouts at the gym. Waaaah.