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\"IMG_2362\"<\/a>\"IMG_2236\"<\/a>hello fellow fitness road warriors.
\nHappy to say I just got back from two glorious weeks touring Ireland. Despite sitting in airports, on planes and in cars for many many hours over a two week period, eating fish & chips, scones, sticky toffee pudding, brown bread, creamy Irish butter, bacon, smashed potatoes, venison, banoffee pie and a Guinness here and there, I did not gain any weight … (But at least if I had, it would have been from good good stuff, not crap).
\nIt was a wee bit tedious finding fitness classes in Ireland, but I did manage to find four and they were were each different and satisfying in their own way.<\/p>\n

PILATES IN DUBLIN
\n The top floor Pilates studio in a federal house on Baggot Road was simply gross! The carpet was stained and not vacuumed. The air was stale. When I laid down on the skimpy mat, little hairs(ew, totally nasty)and particle bits attached themselves to my spanx wear. The rug held a slightly moldy scent.
\nThe Pilates teacher was a stunning, tall and incredibly fit former gymnast from Lithuania. Her warm up of deep breathing and roll downs seemed interminable. Not only did we (there was a young lady and an elderly gent in class) do twenty standing roll downs, she had us do twenty reps of everything over and over and over! Twenty bridges, twenty push-ups, twenty spine stretch forwards,and then repeat the sequence as well as several sets of 100s, planks galore, side kick series in s*l*o*w motion… ok ok ok already. Was she a sweet well meaning instructor, by all means. Am I glad I went? Yup, it’s always good to see what’s out there in the Pilates world. The Bottom line, would I return? Nope. Perhaps this is why Pilates seems a bit obscure in Dublin.<\/p>\n

PHYSIQUE FITNESS IN KILLARNEY
\nI thought I was signed up for a barre class, however it was a Tae Bo class. Tae Bo is a total body fitness system that incorporates martial arts techniques such as kicks and punches. It was developed by Taekwondo master Mr. Billy Blanks.
\nThe owner\/instructor Aongus’ enthusiasm was contagious and the more we sweated the happier he was. I was completely drenched, endorphins flying. My body was singing hallelujah praise the powers that be. Would I go back? In a rapid heartbeat. <\/p>\n

NRG STUDIO IN GALWAY
\nThe studio is a ten minute walk from Philip Treacy’s glamorous G Hotel. With trepidation, I signed up for the hot Pilates mat class taught by Sharon. There were 15 students in the tightly packed class, the temperature was about 80-85 degrees. Working out in the heat is an anathema to me, the first ten minutes were torture but my inner body thermometer adjusted and the heat was not so noticeable. Yes, I was sweating profusely, dripping wet. Sharon’s cues and flow were smooth and gentle like her lilting accent. Sharon’s class is popular and it is easy to see why.<\/p>\n

LIVE & BREATH PILATES IN DUBLIN
\nSteph Grey owns this stunning fully equipped sunny studio located in a former ancient prison in the Portobello section of the city. She calls it an oasis and I couldn’t agree more. It is newly renovated and the Stotts reformers are brand new. I took a private pilates reformer session and a barre group class both taught by Katrin. Loved this place, they are truly spreading the good word on fitness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

hello fellow fitness road warriors. Happy to say I just got back from two glorious weeks touring Ireland. Despite sitting in airports, on planes and in cars for many many hours over a two week period, eating fish & chips, scones, sticky toffee pudding, brown bread, creamy Irish butter, bacon, smashed potatoes, venison, banoffee pie […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennafield.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennafield.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennafield.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennafield.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennafield.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=997"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/jennafield.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1017,"href":"https:\/\/jennafield.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997\/revisions\/1017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennafield.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennafield.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennafield.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}