When you know more about diabetes you’re aware of just how prevalent its diagnosis is and how you can support those affected. Everyone experiences this silent disease: adults, and children living with diabetes, family members of loved ones with diabetes, health care professionals, and diabetes researchers. Weighing in on this topic Michelle Crawford – T1D, Leah Grant – T1D, and Connie Laux – Registered Dietitian. All are active members of our studio and work with and experience diabetes firsthand. A…
Help us welcome Allie, our newest instructor, to the Pure Movement team! You’ve seen her around the studio and now she’s starting her instructor training! We get to pick Allie’s brain and learn more about her Pilates journey and what to look forward to in her style of teaching. What drew you to mindful movement? I’ve always loved movement – ever since I was a kid I’ve been on the move. At some point, probably diving headfirst into a fast-paced…
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…
Breathing is necessary for life and is not consciously something we have to control. In fact, it’s a good thing that it happens automatically, freeing our minds to do other things! But some of us learn to breathe in different ways and we may not be properly coordinating our muscle movement to optimize our fullest breath. So we’ll take some time to discuss how breathing is important for overall health and posture. So what’s happening automatically? The primary muscle we…
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…
Pilates workouts can help prevent low back pain. By following the principles of Pilates we’ll look at understanding your body’s natural alignment thus strengthening the muscles that support your low back and spine. What does your low back pain mean? Understanding your low back pain can be hard. If you have general stiffness or mild soreness that comes and goes it may mean there is an imbalance in muscles that support the spine. A Pilates workout can be your tool…