The traditional Pilates method of exercise was created by Joseph Pilates. He overcame his physical limitation with exercise and body building, eventually developing his own method of exercise. He designed more than 500 specific exercises using five major pieces of unique apparatus to develop the body uniformly. He designed the Gratz Reformer Equipment that is still used today – The Reformer, Cadillac, Wunda Chair, Wall Units and Ladder Barrel. In addition there are a number of small apparatus, including: spine corrector barrels, straps, weights, poles, and magic circles to aid in the Pilates workout.
Regardless of your current level of fitness—from sedentary office worker to fitness enthusiast—the Pilates Method can be your primary mode of body conditioning and injury prevention. It will help you with balance and stiffness. Men, women, competitive athletes, retirees, models, teenagers, once-a-week exercisers: everyone can do Pilates!!
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Quotes from Joseph Pilates:
You will feel better in 10 sessions, look better in 20 sessions, and have a completely new body in 30 sessions. A man is as young as his spinal column. We retire too early and we die too young. Our prime of life should be in the 70’s and old age should not come until we are almost 100. Pilates is complete coordination of body, mind and spirit.” Pilates is not just about great posture and a rock-hard core. It is more than just a physical exercise, and can radically enhance mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing. Breathing is the first act of life and the last. Our very life depends on it.
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Why is Pilates so effective?
- A strong Pilates practice yields results by repeating similar exercises in a variety of circumstances. Variations on the Authentic Gratz apparatus and progressive spring settings can challenge your balance, flexibility, strength and coordination in exercises that may have been easy to begin with but become progressively harder as you go along. Like any athlete, dancer, or musician the repetition of basic skills are an integral part of the workout.
- The instructor designs the workouts to meet the needs of each individual. Throughout each lesson your instructor will use additional exercises in the Pilates system to address the specific needs of a client’s body and function. Proper understanding and execution under the instructor’s guidance will result in the maximum benefit of the exercise.
- The spine, for Joseph Pilates, was the key to physical and emotional wellbeing. Neutral spine alignment is everything. “If your spine is stiff at 30,” he once said, “you are old. If it is flexible at 60, you are young.” Pilates develops the deep muscles of the back and abdomen to support your spine, and focuses on breathing to promote better posture.
- Pilates teaches various breathing techniques to enhance relaxation, lower blood pressure, and to activate specific muscles that help improve posture.Joseph Pilates believed that focusing on breathing was vital. “It is tragically deplorable,” he once said, “to contemplate the millions who have never mastered the art of correct breathing.”