Pilates
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Friday, September 25th, 2009Pilates has been the rage for several years now with celebrities and the mainstream public alike. Pilates is an excellent form of exercise which can lengthen your muscles, increase your flexibility, and strengthen your core. What Pilates is not, however, is the miracle weight loss wonder that celebrities tout it to be. Who can forget [...]
Think you are burning tons of calories with Pilates? Think again.
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009The topic of how many calories are burned per hour of exercise is not a new one. I am often asked how many calories are lost during one of my classes and truthfully, I don’t know how to answer that. It depends on so many factors - how hard did you work, what is your natural [...]
Looking for the Best Ab Exercises? Look to Pilates
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008If there is a body part that people ask most about working on it’s the abs. Sure some women worry about their hips and some men want python biceps but overall, it’s the “gut”. I am frequently asked for the best ab exercises. I think there are not necessarily best exercises because, like with cardio workouts, [...]
Cuing is Essential to Teaching a Great Pilates Class
Saturday, December 6th, 2008In order to teach an effective group exerise class of any sort you must have excellent cuing skills. The ability of a Pilates Instructor to cue is vital because there is so much going on in a Pilates class. An experienced, quality instructor will be able to lead a class with different types of cues do that students who learn in different [...]
Pilates for the Personal Trainer - Breathe
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008This is the final segment of the “Pilates for the Trainer” blogs. As you have seen, if you have been reading the past few days, Pilates and personal training do go together and any tips you can use as a trainer to motivate your client and keep their experience fresh and innovative makes you a [...]
Pilates for the Personal Trainer - Stamina
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008These past few days I have been blogging on how you can incorporate Pilates principles into your personal training routines. Pilates is actually used throughout your day, possibly more than you are aware. Pilates principles are also more related to sports and exercising than you know. When you think “stamina” you may conjure images of running long distances or swimming [...]
Pilates for the Personal Trainer - Flow
Monday, August 4th, 2008Continuing with the theme of Pilates for the personal trainer from previous entries, today’s focus is flow.
Pilates focuses on movement without the use of momentum. You are taught to move one part of your body without creating tension in other areas of your body. These principles can translate into your training techniques for any client because they translate [...]
Pilates for the Personal Trainer - Concentration
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008This is continued from August 2, 2008 blog…
What creates movement in the body? Bones? Muscles? Yes those are correct, but where does the movement originate? Joseph Pilates stated that “it is the mind that moves the body.” Talk to anyone who regularly attends yoga or Pilates, and they will tell you that there is a [...]
Pilates for the Personal Trainer - Control and Precision
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008This is the second of a series of Pilates for the Personal Trainer articles. They are each in chronological order so please begin at Augst 1, 2008.
The original name Joseph Pilates called his work was “Contrology,” the study of controlled movement. This should be a central theme for any personal trainer in every session with a client. [...]
Adding Pilates to Your Personal Training
Friday, August 1st, 2008The principles of Pilates fit any personal training program. The alignment is never sacrificed to perform the exercise. One goal, a primary goal, is to maintain good posture or a neutral spine (allowing the natural curve of the spine to occur) during the exercises. There should never be an exaggerated upper or lower curve in the spine. This alignment combined with lateral ribcage breathing in Pilates-based [...]
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