Curious about what every one is drinking to keep hydrated. I'm not to keen on just plain tap water. Maybe if something sugar free could added to flavour it. At the moment I drink tap water first thing in the morning and then it's white tea with one sweetener umpteen times for the rest of the day. Anyone any suggestions?

Can the challenges be done along side Pilates main sessions?

Hi @Russ Walker, is there a particular reason we keep our knees soft and not locked for example when doing roll downs? It's not stretching my hamstrings as much as I would like. Also, when doing the mid back twist with thumbs on chest and fingers on chin you don't force the stretch either side to increase range of rotation? Shouldn't we? Or is that not the purpose of the exercise. As, I have been twisting as much as possible while forcing my hips to keep them facing forward. I'm not listing to your instructions am I, my bad. I just thought we're trying to increase our range of motion at well as strengthen.

Does anyone have any idea whether refined carbs can increase or cause joint inflammation? I have eased off my long sessions from every other day for a bit. Mainly due to joint and muscle soreness and I don't mean DOMS. It's more like a constant muscles soreness/tiredness in the background. Specifically abdominal and hip flexors. I might add that the muscle doesn't hurt when using it, like when doing table top or walking. So was just trying to figure out if anything else maybe contributing too it. Also why the title? I got a terribly sweet tooth in the evenings!

Anybody taking daily supplement, if so which ones? I've heard good things about creatine. I personally don't take supplements at present, but might consider doing so if I found good evidence to support it.