Answers to Common Questions
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Home Made Sticky Pads
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Whenever you hang from or stretch from the trapeze on the cadillac, do you feel your hands painfully transform into raven-like claws from holding onto the bars? Ouch!
Do your feet cramp during Parakeet on the tower?
Or do you slip backwards on the chair during leg pumps on the chair?
One of my favorite ways to almost […]
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Hip Popping During Pilates
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During some pilates exercises, do you hear your hip popping, snapping, or “clunking” as your leg moves? It might not be painful, but don’t you just wonder what that sound is?
The sound of your hip popping during pilates is most likely your iliotibal band or iliopsoas, rubbing over a bone.
The bone that the IT […]
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Wrist Pain During Plank Positions
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Do you feel pain in your wrists during push ups or plank positions?
If you find yourself in wrist pain, or consider yourself to have weak wrists, the problem could actually be coming from your shoulders.
Kneeling on all fours, place your hands on the mat, slightly wider than shoulder width apart. Make sure your fingers […]
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How Many Calories Do You Burn in Pilates?
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In this post, you’ll find out how many calories you burn while doing pilates.
However, most people who practice pilates don’t really care or think about how many calories they’re burning during the hour.
There are other benefits of the workout that far outweigh the number of calories burned- developing core strength, advancing in ways you never […]
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Did Joseph Pilates Teach External Rotation?
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The answer to this question is yes, but not to everybody all the time.The information we have about Joseph Pilates’ teaching methods and the development of his exercise method comes from stories told by Pilates Elders (students of Joe who are teachers today) and films and pamphlets that Joe created and distributed about his […]
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Does Pilates Ever Get Easier?
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At some point during your first year of practicing pilates, you may turn to your teacher with exasperation and ask, “Does pilates ever get… easier?”
The answer is, yes and no, depending on what you define as “easier”. Some things change due to developing core strength, full body awareness, and learning how to use your […]
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Neck Pain During the Hundreds
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There are a few exercises in pilates that require the head, neck, and upper back to lift off the mat, such as the hundreds and the Stomach Series. Ideally, this movement doesn’t bother your neck or cause any pain. But what if your neck does hurt during these exercises?
If you are new to pilates, […]
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A Cause of Foot Cramps
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If your feet cramp during exercises like Side Kicks, Footwork, or the Stomach Series, there may be a simple explanation for it. Its all in the way you point and flex your feet. Test yourself by doing this: Sit on your mat with your legs straight ahead of you. Point and flex your feet […]
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What to Eat Before Pilates
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I am often asked this question, “What should I eat before I come to pilates?” or “I ate before I came, is that ok? I couldn’t help it, I was so hungry!”. Of course its ok. If you didn’t eat anything at all before you came in, I doubt you would have enough energy to […]
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Where is Your Core?
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As soon as you begin practicing pilates on a regular basis, you realize that your core is not exactly where you may have thought it was. Often, when we’re told that a class is going to work our “core”, we assume its basically going to be an hour of ab work. Unfortunately, there are many […]
