Quotes:

“Imagine your body is your car and Pilates is a tune-up. Without Pilates, your body gets rust on the chassis, the tyres aren’t aligned, your oil is low, the engine gets too hot… You get the picture! Pilates keeps the body running like a well-maintained car.”

Ben Salmon, Tennis Coach, Client

Nicholas explains Pilates -

Pilates has been a “buzzword” in Australia now for a few years. However, the first studio was started in New York City in the late 1920's by Josef Pilates.

We have come a long way but who really knows what Pilates is or what the movements are? And, why is Pilates better than other exercise methods?

Many people will explain Pilates a different way, here is my interpretation.

Pilates, in the initial stages is a corrective exercise method. In this way, you will iron out the faults in your musculo-skeletal and movement system and find the most efficient and strongest way of moving. For example, why use the muscles around your throat and neck to lift your arm? Pilates-based exercise will decrease your chance of (re)injury, reduce your experience with back, neck and joint pain and overall give you a stronger sense of good health.

Pain is a response to a blockage or fault. When a joint is incorrectly stabilised by a movement muscle instead of a stabilising muscle, the workload increases. This has two negative effects. One, the muscle doesn't get to rest, so it becomes overworked and fatigues easily leading to tightness. Secondly the stability muscles lie unused and weaken. With Pilates, you learn how to correctly stabilise your spine, joints, shoulder girdle and pelvis and then let the movement muscles do their 'thing', leading to a strong, toned and healthy body.

Once you are more experienced with this concept and your body has strengthened to operate clearly, advance through the method with greater physical challenge and enjoy the results of advanced strength training but with solid and educated foundations. This means that instead of being drilled with a no-pain, no gain mentality, you are working out the smartest way to build strength and dexterity of your movement.

But all this really is, is words on a page. Come in to the studio and make an appointment to have a chat with Nicholas so he can demonstrate how the equipment and your body can work. This is totally no-obligation and complimentary of course.