There is a distinction that should be made between physically working out and exercising with the intention of being mindful of how you move. But what is it? We’ll explore what mindful movement means and why Pilates is considered a mindful movement. We’ve all felt that cleansing bliss from a sweet sweat. It feels like a washing away of stress, a release through movement for a need for control, accuracy, or restraint. It can feel like freedom! If a dirty…
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Did you know Pilates has been a popular form of exercise since the 1920s, and for good reason! The form of fitness is safe, low impact, and appropriate for everyone from ages 10 to 100! The Pilates method teaches students to move better through its focus on nine specific principles which incorporate mind, body, and spirit. What are the Key Principles of Pilates? There are nine key Pilates principles, all related to mind, body, and spirit, that are practiced in…
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Exercise is one of the best ways to build bone mass and improve posture and alignment. Pilates develops balanced muscles through weight-bearing and whole-body exercises that are joint-friendly and build strong bones. What does joint friendly mean? Our sedentary lifestyles and underlying postural habits developed from our activities, or lack thereof, accumulate and affect our overall health. We’ll look at how this creates compression on our joints and makes it difficult, if not painful to move. We’ll look at how…
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How you exercise is just as important as exercise itself. Pilates workouts build elongated, sculpted muscles. Incorporate Pilates to balance muscle recruitment as a part of your overall health related fitness. Types of Muscle Activation Most muscles are composed of either tonic or phasic muscle fibers. This distinction is important because during exercise the different fibers perform differently. Tonic muscles are slow-twitch muscles. They have a low speed of contraction, recruit (or flex) at lower loads of resistance and fatigue…
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