Pilates

I love it when people, paths and training crosses over. I just received an inquiry on my Pilates4Fitness website about a tool being used in one of my videos that has found its way to the Fitness Anywhere site about a tool that one of my students just happened to be using.

The question is, "How much do you think we can jam into one hour of butt burning, cardio-soaked, TRX BootCamp Pilates?  Watch the video and you tell me what you think about it.   Truthfully?  A whole heck of a lot happens in the Pilates4Fitness Movement Space ever since I added the use of the Gliding Discs to all the TRX Movement Classes.  It makes a difference in keeping everyone's heart rate up, certainly making the room hot and helping to burn those calories.   As a result, there will be another floorwork class added to the roster in January that features exclusively the use of the Gliding...

I guess you can tell from my blog entries of late, that I have been playing around with another tool for core training in the past few months, using the TRX Suspension Trainer with both my personal workouts, my private strength/resistance clients and now my Pilates Mat students.   Defying gravity with a new challenge is making all of us stronger, sleeker and determined to continue using the tool.   The tool permits a full and complete range of motion throughout a workout, which in turn creates a more functional, safer and more successful method of training. While I am never giving...

I experienced two powerful Pilates workshops this summer. Two days were spent with other Pilates teachers, masters and instructors in the First Annual Power Pilates Teacher's workshop; two days wonderfully jammed packed with eye opening, mouth watering, spine correcting details one could ask for - under $500.   The other workshop I had the pleasure of participating in this year (as part of my personal celebration of 50 years on earth and life changing or validating experiences) was with two people of significant importance to me - as a woman of color - in this industry.  These women,...

The benefits of stretching are as great for the ordinary person as they are for the athlete. Muscles shorten over time with activities as gentle as sitting or as vigorous as speed skating.   It is crucial to elongate shortened muscles back to their best resting position, as tight muscles influence the movement of the lower back and pelvis and can cause pain, especially if tightness is asymmetrical. Moreover, muscle shortening affects the joints and ligaments around the muscle. This can eventually lead to recurring injuries, poor posture, and pain. What we are aiming for when...