Jukari - Fit to Flex

Last week I got an invitation from Reebok to go to Chi Fitness to try out something called Jukari – Fit to Flex.

I’m all for trying out new ways to workout so I turned up for the event, curious to know what it was all about. Now some time last year, I had tried out the revolutionary Cirque du Soleil’s Jukari – Fit to Fly workout, which really got my heart pumping and my sweat glands working overtime. 

 

I learned that the Jukari – Fit to Flex, however, was a low-impact workout, meant to improve ones flexibility. According to the description I found online: “JUKARI Fit to Flex is a brand-new workout experience created by Reebok and Cirque du Soleil, specially designed to improve your flexibility by increasing joint mobility and stability while boosting muscle endurance and core strength in a new, dynamic way. JUKARI Fit to Flex features vibrant, flowing movement patterns inspired by Cirque du Soleil’s imaginative and graceful style fused with Reebok’s expertise in fitness. The class will help tone and firm your entire body, targeting your butt, hips, thighs, arms, abs and entire core, letting you experience the joy of movement!”

Each of us were given a bright, yellow band with a ball inserted through it at each end. Called the Jukari Band, it’s made of a light-weight, elastic which is supposed to provide some gentle assistance while you’re doing the moves so you can stretch your body even further during the workouts.

 

Our official Fit-to-Flex trainer that day was a lovely lady called Vinata Shetty who talked us through the workout. It would be hard for me to explain the different moves so check out this video to get an idea :

If you can’t exert yourself too much, this is the best workout for you as it’s low impact and involves lots of stretching and for those who do like to exercise a lot, Jukari Fit to Flex is great for stretching and warming-up before your next workout.