What is Pilates?
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| Regarded until now as 'the exercise world's best-kept secret', it has now won widespread acclaim and popularity. Devotees include Wayne
Sleep, Stefanie Powers, Patti Boulaye, Pat Cash and Madonna. Pilates has helped everyone from first-time exercisers, neck and back sufferers, to elite athletes and sports professionals. It will help strengthen your muscles and re-align your spine, thus enabling you to relax the tight neck and back muscles as the postural muscles hold you upright. The technique will help you achieve a longer, leaner, more supple and relaxed body. It is excellent for stress management. |
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You will begin by learning core stability (pelvic and shoulder girdle stability) using abdominals, postural muscles and breathing. This will be incorporated into sit-ups using your stomach, not your back and neck! You will then use your postural muscles in a variety of exercises (including familiar ones - squats, press-ups, etc.) to tone, strengthen and stretch from head to toe, including all those difficult-to-target areas! |
