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Pilates and Gardening: The Lumbar Spine
Pilates and Gardening: The Lumbar Spine By Shane Belau It’s spring and the gardener in you has been waiting all winter to get those hands in the dirt. Gardening is a great form of exercise as you are using your legs, back, abdominals and arms to move that dirt, dig up those plants,…
Read MorePilates and a home workout
By Melissa Noble LMP, STOTT PILATES® Instructor and Instructor Trainer You have been doing pilates faithfully, either going to class or doing a private once or more a week. Maybe you can’t afford to add another class or private, or maybe your schedule doesn’t allow for more than one trip a week to the studio.…
Read MorePilates and Aerobic Exercise
By Melissa Noble LMP, STOTT PILATES® Instructor and Instructor Trainer The definition of aerobic exercise is: constant moderate intensity work that uses up oxygen at a rate in which the cardio-respiratory system can replenish oxygen in the working muscles. Examples of such activity are running, riding a bike or swimming. To go into greater detail,…
Read MorePilates and Matwork vs Equipment
By Melissa Noble LMP, STOTT PILATES® Instructor and Instructor Trainer Many people wonder what the difference is between Pilates Matwork and the Equipment. A little pilates history is helpful to clarify the explanation. Joseph Pilates created the matwork after reading and studying several types of movement such as Yoga, Gymnastics, Boxing and exercise regimens of…
Read MorePilates and Joint Replacement
By Melissa Noble LMP, STOTT Pilates Instructor and Instructor Trainer Joint replacements of many varieties are becoming more and more common. Hip and knee replacements are most common, but they’re even doing ankles and shoulders now! These medical advances greatly improve quality of life for those people who were limited by joint pain and loss…
Read MorePilates and Stretching
Many people ask if there is a lot of stretching in pilates. While there is not stretching in the way we might expect in Pilates, the stretching comes through the exercises and the movement. Many pilates teachers incorporate stretches in their classes or privates, this is not part of the original pilates workout but something…
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