Hanamaru Market 2008-05-21

Today's theme: Cardiolates

Totsuka Shota and Sudo Risa experienced a very new sport called Cardiolates, which is a combination of cardio exercises done on a mini trampoline, and pilates. The most important thing in this sport is maintaining good posture, because otherwise you won't be able to balance yourself while jumping.

At the beginning when they first tried both of them couldn't jump for more than like 5 seconds without losing their balance. So they examined their postures and realised that both of them had some problems. For Totsuka Shota, it showed that he hunches a little. At first I thought they were exaggerating it to show the effects of the exercise at first, because he looked ok. But at the end of the 40 minute session, they examined his posture again, and it was really a huge difference. He looks thinner and taller with good posture. Hopefully he maintains it. =D

After the video they went back to the studio and Totsuka Shota explained the posture-improving exercise to the hosts, Yakumaru-san and Okae-san. Basically you have to stand with the 3 points of your feet, the root of the big toe, the root of the little toe, and the heel, "suctioned" to the floor, while the arc floats. From there, you stand on tiptoes, then raise your arms and stretch in a way that's like you're being pulled from above and below. Totsuka Shota did well till the tiptoes part. But when he raised his arms he said "And now you raise both feet" by accident. Uh... HOW?! XD Probably Tsuka-chan will be able to do it somehow though, because he can do anything. XD

One thing I noted about Sports GoGo is that even though Totsuka Shota is only the assistant he seems to be doing more than Sudo Risa. He's the one that's carrying out the show, explaining and demonstrating. Sudo Risa seems to be just making comments. I guess it makes sense since he's been in Hanamaru for a year more than she has and is more experienced with running a live show. And he's really gotten so much more relaxed and natural compared to the past! I'm hoping that in the future, when he becomes well known enough, he'll get to hold a corner of his own. I'm sure he'll do a good job. X3