Classical Pilates with a Contemporary Approach - Pilates

Classical Pilates with a Contemporary Approach - Classical Pilates with a Contempory Approach

What is Pilates?

Joseph Hubertus Pilates (1880-1967) creator of Contrologoly. Known as the Pilates Method, the series of more than 500 exercises was designed by the once sickly boy to strengthen and elongate muscles without adding bulk. In the 1920s, Pilates worked to rehabilitate bed riden patients by removing bedsprings from the bed and attaching them to the walls. Using straps on their arms or legs, patients could lie in bed and push or pull springs, exercising against the coils' resistance. Pilates' series of exercises focus on very precise movements in combination with proper control and form rather than high repetitions, resulting in a balanced muscular-skeletal system with strong, flexible muscles and improved posture.

Benefits of Pilates

Pilates helps balance your body, building strength where you are weak, flexibility where you are

tight,a more evenly developed

physique and stability in your core

muscles.

Key benefits include:

* Improved balance, coordination

& circulation

* Longer, leaner muscles with less

bulk, more freedom of movement

& greater flexibility

* Improved posture & heightened

body awareness

* Greater core abdominal & back

strength

* Firm flat abs & lean defined legs

* Less pain & tension