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 …
College Student Paralyzed During MIT Freshman Orientation Defies Odds Through Pilates: I Was ‘Blown Away’ BY KRISTEN KELLY POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2017 AT 3:22PM EDT In August 2013, all-star swimmer Theo St. Francis was preparing to study mechanical engineering at MIT. One late summer afternoon, the 18-year-old was testing submersible robots in the Boston …
Camilla Hollweck Founder of Bare Pilates, wellness blogger and lover of sandy beaches, coffee and green smoothies. Bare strength is beautiful! 2014-06-08-hollweck_pose001.jpg Unless you’ve been asleep for the past 10 years, you’ve likely heard that Pilates has become the go-to exercise for athletes, dancers and celebrities looking to strengthen and tone their bodies. What you …
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Pilates participants showed lower levels of low back pain and dysfunction lasting one year. Pilates & Chronic Low Back Pain – Free Range Pilates – freerangepilates.com Those of us who teach and practice Pilates know for a fact what research is just starting to uncover. Pilates exercises help to ease both acute and chronic lower back pain. …
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ON MAY 30, 2016 BY TARYN DAVIES Miranda Kerr, Rosie Hungtington Whiteley and Alessandra Ambrosio are just some of the lean and toned celebrities who love Reformer Pilates, and with results like theirs, here’s why you should consider the exercise too. To some, reformer equipment might resemble a torture apparatus, looking like a single bed frame but with …
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