What is Pilates?
Pilates (Pa-lah-teez): An exercise and body conditioning program developed and practiced to simultaneously stretch, strengthen, tone and align the body.
How does it work?
Pilates is a series of isometric exercises that combine concentration and exertion forming an ideal body workout. Each exercise is centered on the quality of movement, not the number of repetitions and sets.
The mission is finding one’s muscles and using them correctly to make one’s physical structure the best that it can be.
Structured around the stomach, hips, lower back, and buttocks “the powerhouse” all Pilates movements initiate from this central core of the torso and flow upward and outward to the extremities. Muscles become long and lean, and the body becomes sleeker and firmer with consistent use of the Pilates fundamentals.
Unlike any other workout
Pilates becomes more challenging as your practice improves because you learn to work harder and get the maximum benefit from each exercise. Pilates works smaller muscle groups which probably have been neglected most of your life so it is unlike any other workout you have ever experienced.
Mat Pilates and Pilates Equipment
Most people have heard of the Pilates mat or floor work, due to the plethora of books, videos and classes offered that cover this specific version of the Pilates’ method of physical conditioning. However, the complete Pilates Method of Body Conditioning involves both apparatus and mat exercises.
Because of the remarkable nature of the equipment to challenge and support the body as it learns to move more efficiently, the intimate designed pieces truly act as a compliment to the challenging mat-work exercises.