You can maximize your Pilates practice by taking from each Pure Movement Instructor and learning something new, both about Pilates and yourself, on the journey! We’re excited to kick off our second Pilates fitness challenge this year! This winter, we want you to try something new and familiar. Each instructor has a unique Pilates journey, and it’s a genuine treat when we get to share it with each of you. What is the Treat Yourself Challenge? We’re challenging you to…
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The difference between manual therapy techniques that target muscle tissue and your body’s connective tissue. Both myofascial release, which is self-massage addressing your fascia, and a massage seek to positively effect your mobility by relaxing muscles, improving blood and lymphatic circulation and stimulating stiff or underactive tissues. Following we break down the difference between myofasical release versus massage. Massage What it means: A general term for applying pressure, rubbing, or kneading the soft tissue, including the muscles, tendons, connective tissue,…
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Beyond building strength, Pilates builds your ability to endure strain on your muscles for more extended periods! You’ve just started Pilates classes, or you’ve returned from even just a two-week hiatus, and you’re jumping into a class. You’re moving along feeling pretty good, but – OMG! Was that a charley horse? – You’re keeping up, but – Oh! The burn! That’s muscle fatigue related to your overall muscular endurance, and Pilates is here to help. What is Muscle Endurance? You…
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Own your workouts, squeeze all the juice out of each exercise, and walk out empowered to move through life. At Pure Movement, we’re excited to kick off our first-ever fitness challenge! Our first challenge focuses on how the mindful movement method of Pilates can empower you both in and outside of the studio. What does feeling empowered mean to us? It means gaining the independence to move and having confidence in your Pilates practice so that you can control of…
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When it comes to building a healthy body, there are benefits to intense sweaty workouts as well as rest, relaxation, and recovery sessions. But where does “release” fit into the balance and what does it mean? At Pure Movement, release work means using a soft prop to gently manipulate and relax the fascial connective tissue to improve blood and lymphatic circulation, whole body alignment, and relieve pain. So what is “release work”? Release work is the gentle manipulation of the…
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We’ve got an exciting line of of new pop-up classes for you to try this January through May! From introducing some less-commonly used Pilates equipment to playing around with entire new theories on movement and how to incorporate Pilates day-to-day! We are so excited to share more of the Pilates world with you. What are our new pop-up classes? This year our new pop-up classes will be different levels depending on the class. Please observe closely to the level and precautions listed. Remember the…
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