Pilates Principles
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The Different Styles of Pilates
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We all know that there are different styles of yoga- anusara, jivamukti, vinyasa, gentle, etc. But did you know that there are also different styles of pilates? There are many different styles out there, so we’re all bound to find one that suits our needs!
In this post, I’ll list a few different kinds of workouts […]
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Differences and Similarities Between Pilates and Yoga
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Many people familiar with yoga are curious about pilates. What are the differences between pilates and yoga? Is one better than the other? Here are some similarities and differences between the two methods!
First, I’d like to point out that neither pilates nor yoga is better than the other, they are just different from each other. […]
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What is the Difference Between Pilates and Physical Therapy?
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This is a topic that has come up between pilates teachers, and even at my studio, Rhinebeck Pilates. Is pilates the same as physical therapy? Do changes need to be made to the pilates method to make the exercises more theraputic?
This is a hotly debated topic amongst pilates teachers. Some feel that modifications and additions […]
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Secrets to the Roll Up
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Its not unusual for a beginner student to have trouble with the Roll Up exercise on the mat, and sometimes students can spend years practicing pilates and never be able to roll up from the mat to a seated position. Why is this? And what can we do to roll up better and more smoothly?
One […]
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Health Magazine’s Fitness Advice for This Year
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In a recent issue of Health Magazine (Dec 2007), three of the newest books on fitness were rated as books that gave out the best fitness advice for this year. Here is a summary of what each book suggests you do to get the most out of your fitness routines, increase your calorie burn, and […]
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Lowering the Foot Bar
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The transitions between all pilates exercises are actually exercises within themselves.
When you transition properly, your pilates session has more flow, focus, and energy. Lowering the foot Bar of the reformer is a great transition to practice. When you master this transition, you can rely less on your teacher to do things for you and take […]
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Opposition
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“Every action has an equal and opposite reaction”
That is Sir Isaac Newton’s third law of motion, which sums up the essence of pilates movement. We sometimes overly focus on the aspect of “drawing into the abdominals” during pilates, as if that is the most important part of every exercise. Connecting into the core is very […]
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Farting During Pilates
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You knew this post was bound to be written sometime.
I was inspired to write this because someone in class tonight, who shall remain nameless, said this during Rolling Like a Ball, “I feel like I’m going to fart!” This is a very unusual announcement. Everyone laughed, and as the teacher, I felt as though I […]
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Thumbs With the Fingers
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When you begin the Long Stretch Series on the reformer, even when you’re just doing Elephant, does your teacher remind you, “Thumbs with the fingers”?
Any time your hands are on the footbar, its for your own safety that you place the thumbs next to your fingers.
There are a few reasons for this. The main […]
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The Layers of Your Core
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In order to really understand what it means to “connect your abdominals in”, you should know a bit about the abdominal muscles.
There are three layers of flat abdominal muscles, plus one pair of vertical muscle strips through the middle. In each of these segements, the muscles fibers run in a certain direction.
Rectus AbdominisThese muscles […]
