Strength Exercises Are Important for Everyone, But Especially for Women Cardio, strength training and stretching do very different things for the body, and each is absolutely essential. What surprises me is that most people do not realize that from about age 30, we are all losing muscle tissue all over the body, that it’s […]
Yesterday You Heard the Case Against – Here’s the Other Side! If you didn’t see yesterday’s post arguing against music in Pilates be sure to take a look – it’s by one of the Pilates world’s best voices and it thoughtfully covers all the points better than any other post I’ve seen on this topic! […]
For those who want to know more about us, here’s a great interview with the head of our staff, Bob Hannum. He’s the senior Pilates instructor on our team celebrating over 40 years of teaching mat Pilates. And he has a fascinating history having been taught and mentored by Mary Bowen, one of only two […]
For decades Pilates instructors have been touting the rehabilitative benefits of core strength for relieving and even curing most back problems. Now science backs it up. Eight out of every ten Americans will experience a back problem in the course of their lives. Common responses to back problems even among doctors are not helpful: Don’t exercise […]
Truth be told, I do other kinds of exercise besides my daily Pilates mat workout! This is not because Pilates isn’t a full and complete workout. In fact, it IS and it’s one of the few workouts that can give your body everything it needs! But I digress! I do other exercises nearly every day […]
Strength Exercises Are Important for Everyone, But Especially for Women Cardio, strength training and stretching do very different things for the body, and each is absolutely essential. What surprises me is that most people do not realize that from about age 30, we are all losing muscle tissue all over the body, that it’s […]