How does Pilates fit into the secondary components of fitness?

The secondary components of fitness consist of balance, coordination agility, reaction time, speed, power and mental capability.  We’ll take a look at balance, coordination, agility and mental capability and how Pilates can help these components. Balance is the ability to maintain a specific body position in either a stationary or dynamic situation.  The benefits of…

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How does Pilates fit into the primary components of fitness?

In the next few issues I will look at various components of fitness and see how Pilates addresses these areas, which areas Pilates excels at and areas where other activities need to be added to compliment your Pilates training.  In this issue we will look at the primary components of fitness.  These are cardiorespiratory capacity,…

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How to choose exercise to suit your personality

Do you ever wonder why you can’t just stick to exercising? Besides that it’s a chore to exercise, do you sometimes feel like running doesn’t suit you, or doing the Jane Fonda aerobics thing doesn’t do it for you. Maybe Zumba just doesn’t get you as excited as your neighbour claims it does. You see…

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