It’s a pleasure to be back! We are working on a reduced timetable currently and hope this to increase as the weeks go on. Currently we are only seeing clients one person at a time. If you’re interested in sessions please get in touch first before booking online so we can talk you through our …
Until further notice due to Covid-19 Body Perfect Pilates will be closed. Keeping our clients, instructors and families safe and well is our priority. We are now offering online Skype sessions! Please get in touch for details.
In response to the corona virus outbreak I have updated the studio policies in order to protect our clients, ourselves and our families the best we can. We must all take responsibility for our own safety and well being and continue to take steps to protect those around us. Before attending a class, please ensure …
As researchers unravel the molecular machinery that links exercise and cognition, working out is emerging as a promising neurotherapy. Nov 1, 2018 ASHLEY YEAGER 26.4K11.9K ABOVE: © ISTOCK.COM, GRIVINA For an hour a day, five days a week, mice in Hiroshi Maejima’s physiology lab at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan, hit the treadmill. The researcher’s goal in …
Researchers untangle the multifarious nature of muscle aging. So far, the only reliable treatment is exercise. Sep 1, 2018 GILLIAN BUTLER-BROWNE, VINCENT MOULY, ANNE BIGOT, CAPUCINE TROLLET 62.4K552.1K ABOVE: © ISTOCK, CHRISCHRISW To you readers over age 30, we’ve got some bad news for you. Chances are good you’ve already begun losing muscle. And it only …
The Australian Ballet’s medical team is educating the company’s dancers about the dangers of stretching. Counter-intuitive? Willowy dancers melting over their legs, their noses to their knees, or sitting improbably in the splits to darn their pointe shoes: these are quintessential ballet images. So it may come as a surprise that Sue Mayes, the company’s principal physiotherapist, …
I have been teaching Pilates for 17 years and although it has grown in popularity enormously, I still meet people who are still unfamiliar with the technique. So what is it? Pilates is a technique created by the late, great Joseph Pilates. A man considered ahead of his time because of his creation of exercises …
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I love the start of a new year, it makes me stop and think about achievements, goals or aspirations I’d like to strive for, for the year ahead. These don’t have to be within the realms of fitness, although for me they mostly are simply because I like to move. They can also be things …
People that know me are aware of my life outside of Pilates…the mountains. What started during an ultra marathon as a mere passing phrase that for my next challenge I would like to walk the 3 Peaks, has turned the past five years into munro and fell bagging, kit building, wild camping, motor home buying …
Unless you’ve ever suffered an ankle injury, you probably haven’t given much thought to how your ankles move. What you might not realize is that nearly all lower body movements — including walking, squatting and deadlifting — require ankle mobility. Furthermore, stiff ankles can contribute to pain and injury in the knees, hips and lower …
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