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What is Pilates?



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WHAT IS PILATES?

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IMAGINE
  • Imagine an exercise routine that can give you a firmer,  flatter stomach, improve your posture, provide you with more energy & may even make you taller! 
  • Imagine an exercise routine that does not involve mindless jumping around to loud, thumping music in order to achieve the benefits of great muscle tone!
  • Imagine an exercise routine that provides you with the stretching benefits of a yoga class & the strengthening of a gym routine!
  • Imagine an exercise routine that provides you with the control, balance & strength of a gymnast or a competitive athlete without a steamy, ‘sweat’ session!
  • Imagine combining all the above into ONE exercise routine!
  • This is the routine that will change your life & your mental attitude to your own body!
  • This is a routine that can give you increased vitality, make you feel years younger & improve your posture while toning those ‘flabby’ muscles!
  • This is a routine that can eliminate that nagging back pain & help you enjoy a better sex life!
                                  

Photos courtesy of Stott Pilates   www.stottpilates.com.au

Have you ever wondered just how Hollywood celebrities manage to look so great all the time?

Yes, it could be trick photography but one of the best kept secrets that has been responsible for some of the most attractive Hollywood bodies is an exercise and conditioning system developed way back in the 1920’s by a man called Joseph Pilates.

He started doing Pilates during World War 1 as a way to rehabilitate injured soldiers. It may seem that Pilates is a new craze sweeping the world, but for such a system to have lasted so long and not to have gone the way of many other exercise systems there must be something to it.

Certainly, an initial look at the equipment associated with this fitness regime might conjure up images of a torture chamber, but once the philosophy behind it is explained and the equipment is tried then it all makes sense and skeptics become true believers.


Links to Pilates web sites :

Winsor Pilates Marie Winsor Pilates website
Stott Pilates Stott Pilates website









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