Tried & Tested: The "Magic Circle".

Ultra-Fit Circle

I've always thought a circle was a happy shape. I mean smiley faces are circles, the sun is a circle, smarties are circles... you get my drift. But all that was shot to smitherines when I was coerced into using a "magic circle" in my pilates class yesterday. Now I hate circles.

In case you've never had the extreme unpleasure of using one before, the circle is incorporated into your mat workout for extra resistance that, in a nutshell, just makes the whole thing a lot more painful. I've posted a video below to give you an idea. But when your buns of steel are too sore to sit on, don't say I didn't warn you...