Tag: Pilates

In order to achieve your fitness goals, you'd need to optimize your workouts. Some exercises come in the way of this. Sit ups are bad for your back and don't work all your core muscles. Pilates exercises don't have any effect on body composition, health status, and posture. Resistance bands don't improve the intensity or effectiveness of free weight exercises. Lastly, smith machine squats and behind-the-neck lat pull down don't strengthen your muscles effectively.

A quick look around the gym is enough to tell that most people like to focus their workouts on muscles that are visible. Toning...

If you’ve played sports at any competitive level, chances are you’ve suffered a neck or spine injury at some point in time. Today, we spend most of our waking hours maintaining a poor posture while looking at our smartphone, tablet, or computer. Consequently, you’re just as likely to have neck and spine injuries as an active sportsperson. Pilates exercises, a series of carefully controlled body movements, are your best bet when it comes to correcting bad posture and getting rid of a stiff neck.

Have you ever checked the amount of much time you spend looking at your phone screens? Some reports suggest that adults in the United States...

Yogalates is a popular combination of pilates principals combined with the popular mindful eastern traditions found in yoga. Most modern yoga classes incorporate components...

The word Pilates is not a regulated term and therefore is open to the interpretation of those teaching it. I believe that certain criteria...

One of the most common debates among health instructors, gym enthusiasts, and even physiotherapists is the yoga or Pilate conundrum. Depending on which school...