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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 […]

Got a Senior In Your Life (Mom? Dad? Friend?) – Make Sure They Hear About This As we age exercise needs change. We need more exercise that restores the muscle tissue that we’re losing at a faster rate than when we were young. We also need this strength work to keep our balance, a vital […]

Excellent 10-minute ‘Magic Circle’ Workout. This is an excellent demonstration of one of the few Pilates props that we endorse, the ‘Magic Circle.’ Interestingly this was the very first Pilates prop invented by Joseph Pilates himself to give advanced students more challenge, understanding how our muscles get used to any activity and need a change […]

Different and Insightful Looking at Pilates I’ve been practicing and teaching mat Pilates for so long now, it’s easy to think I’ve heard (and read!) it all when it comes to this extraordinary method of exercise. But once in a very great while somebody says something new. Something I haven’t heard before or viewed in […]

No Other Exercise Method Targets These 3 Muscles Better Than Pilates This proves that all exercise is not the same! And this is why elite athletes include Pilates in their conditioning programs. Related Posts: Extreme Ab Workout Beware the ‘Plank!’ 5 Surprising Reasons Pilates Is a Better Workout 2 Reasons You’re Not Getting the Results […]