The gardening season is slowly coming to a close however there are still a few weeks left. Throughout the spring and summer you’ve probably noticed that gardening is providing you with some much needed exercise after the winter. Pilates can help gardeners enjoy their craft and the outdoors more. Why is Gardening Good Exercise? While gardening…
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Brisk walking can be almost as challenging as jogging. Why? When walking at speeds faster than 3.1 miles/hour, stride length naturally increases. As we know, a longer stride length is less efficient, requiring more energy to move your legs. This in turn requires more arm and torso movement, leading to increased torso and hip rotation….
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Walking Walking may be the most natural and simple workout there is. It’s easy, inexpensive and a good way to get and keep in shape. Walking can be anything from a hike in the mountains, to a stroll along the beach. Walking with family and friends, walking the dog, or just walking to relax and…
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How can Pilates help golf? Spring is just around the corner and the golf season is not far behind. It may not seem like Pilates would help, but the benefits of Pilates for golf are huge. Just working on balancing out muscular imbalances due to swinging on one side, came a make difference in your…
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There seems to be a Pilates class that can help with every sport and activity out there. It almost seems too good to be true that one form of exercises can affect the body’s performance so positively in so many activities. Running is yet another activity that Pilates positively influences. “Pilates benefits runners?” you…
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Pilates can be found in gyms on a fitness class schedule. Pilates can be found in physiotherapy clinics to help with rehabilitation. There are also studios dedicated to the practice of Pilates. But can Pilates be used as a form of sports conditioning? Off Season Sports Conditioning with Pilates Just because the weather has gotten…
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The majority of people who have heard of Pilates associate Pilates with “core” exercises, exercises done on the floor on a mat. Many of us have bought a DVD or video, lying on the floor in front of the TV enthusiastically following the exercises presented by Mari Winsor, one of the many Stott dvds or…
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Pilates does provide a lot of muscular endurance training. Pilates also provides plyometric training. But in terms of conditioning for cardiovascular health to the extent running, an aerobics class or any other traditional cardio workout would provide, this is not Pilates’ forte. This doesn’t mean your heart rate won’t be increased or that you won’t…
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No one form of exercise is more special than another. They all have their own unique characteristics that will appeal to different people. However, Pilates provides eccentric training of muscles which is a wonderful feature. Let’s learn more about what is special about Pilates. Pilates consists of a series of matwork exercises so can be…
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Perhaps you are great at one particular activity, running or spinning for example. It’s something you do routinely and excel at it. But if that’s all you do day after day you may be setting yourself up for injury or boredom. Cross training can help. The term cross training refers to a training routine that…
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