PILATES CAN LITERALLY CHANGE YOUR BODY
Created by Joseph Pilates over 80 years ago, it’s a method of conditioning that engages both the mind and body. This movement system is built on the key principles of breathing, alignment, concentration, centering, precision of movement and flow. No other exercise method can challenge your core and single-handedly give you as many benefits as Pilates, and best of all, anyone can do it regardless of age or fitness level.
Created by Joseph Pilates over 80 years ago, it’s a method of conditioning that engages both the mind and body. This movement system is built on the key principles of breathing, alignment, concentration, centering, precision of movement and flow. No other exercise method can challenge your core and single-handedly give you as many benefits as Pilates, and best of all, anyone can do it regardless of age or fitness level.
There is a saying, ‘train how you want to look.’ In Pilates you work the supporting muscles just as much as the primary movers. This will give you a strong body, that moves freely without being injured. Pilates is perfect for both novice and professional athletes and everyone in between.
Your balance will improve
Pilates movements are low impact and can be done every day. They are easy on the joints but that is not to say the movements are easy. Pilates is a discipline, it takes a focused mind. It will challenge the fittest body. It’s all about quality of movement, not quantity. Its about moving in all planes of movement. As a result Pilates will help the function of the respiratory, lymphatic and circulatory systems. Each class will make you feel mentally and physically relaxed and energized. Learning how to breathe properly and more efficiently provides more oxygen to the brain, giving you an instant and on-going elation and sense of clarity. It will help you reclaim control.
Each Pilates workout will help to improve joint mobility and flexibility, giving you better posture to walk taller. Good posture naturally leads to a reduction of pain in the back, neck and shoulders, and helps prevent future health issues from ever developing. AS Joseph Pilates said, ‘If your spine is inflexibly stiff at 30 you are old. If your spine is completely flexible at 60 you are young.’ The emphatic core movements in Pilates incorporate the deep use of the abdominals, which reduces the wear and tear on the spine. Spine health is your health.
When practiced regularly, Pilates makes a difference to every aspect of your life. Increased core strength and profound overall body awareness make your body work in proper alignment. This alignment will increase how hard the rest of your body is working; giving you better results in all other activities you partake. Every exercise you do at the gym becomes more effective because you know how to be efficient. It’s easy to get started, and offers a myriad of benefits, not to mention a supple spine, flat abs and a long, lean streamlined strong body.