Pilates
Pilates exercise dramatically transforms the way your body looks, feels and performs. It builds strength without excess bulk, creating a sleek, toned body with slender thighs and a flat abdomen. It improves flexibility and agility and teaches body awareness and good posture - it can even help alleviate back pain.
Developed from the rehabilitation techniques of Joseph Pilates, pilates develops a strong "core" or center of the body. The core consists of the deep abdominal muscles, and the muscles closest to the spine. The exercises develop core control, integrating the trunk, pelvis and shoulder girdle.
Some benefits include:
- Develops optimal core control
- Builds strength without "bulking up"
- Increases flexibility and agility
- Promotes flat abdominals, slender thighs and a strong back
- Is challenging and safe
- Great for rehabilitation or special needs
Two methods - mat and equipment
Typically Pilates is performed on a mat or a Reformer. A Reformer is a resistance-based piece of equipment with a moving carriage that slides along a wooden or metal frame. Springs and ropes provide assistance and resistance, and exercises are performed lying down, sitting, kneeling or standing.
Many Pilates enthusiasts prefer working on Reformers, which offer more resistance and support than a mat. Others like the flexibility of mat workouts, which allow you more flexibility in where and when you practice.
Bamboo Pilates and Yoga Studio uses both techniques to create the most optimal workout for the client’s body.