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What Are The Most Important Benefits Of Pilates For Your Health?

Benefits of pilates

There are many major benefits of Pilates, mainly awareness of your own body. How you sit, stand, or move and being able to relate those habits to the aches and pains or injuries you have or have had in the past.

For example, that constant tweak in your neck you get from sitting at the computer all day with slumped shoulders and a phone cradled between your ear and shoulder. People sit slouched at computers all day, then go to the gym and work their extremities without using their core.

The Top 10 Health Benefits of Pilates For Your Body And Mind

1. Whole-Body Fitness

Pilates training focuses on core strength and it trains the body as a whole, unlike some other exercises that focus on one part of the body while neglecting other parts. Pilates workouts promote strength and balanced muscle development as well as flexibility and increased range of motion for the joints. Attention to core support and full-body fitness, including the breath and the mind, provide a level of integrative fitness that is hard to find elsewhere.

2. Anyone Can Do It

Whether you are old or young, just starting to exercise, an elite athlete or somewhere in between, the foundations of Pilates movement apply to you. Focusing on proper alignment, mind integration and core strength makes pilates accessible to all ages. With thousands of possible exercises and modifications, Pilates workouts can be tailored to individual needs.

3. Fit not Bulky

Long, lean muscles are the name of the game here. In Pilates, we are not looking to build muscles for show. We are building toned muscles that work perfectly within the context of the body as a whole, and functional body needs of a person.

4. Increased Flexibility

In Pilates, you work toward a safe increase in length and stretch of the muscles and range of motion within the joints. You won’t find quite as much “pretzel logic” in Pilates as you might in yoga, but a body that can stretch and bend to meet the flow of life is a very realistic goal.

5. Core Strength

Core Strength is the most important for your body to function. Unfortunately, this is the area most of us neglect the most. The core muscles of the body are the deep muscles of the back, abdomen, and pelvic floor. These are the muscles we rely on to support a strong, supple back, good posture, and efficient movement patterns.A nice side benefit is that the core training of pilates promotes the flat abs that we all covet.

6. Improves Posture

Good posture is a reflection of good alignment supported by a strong core. It is a position from which one can move freely. Starting with Pilates movement fundamentals and moving through mat  and equipment exercises, Pilates trains the body to express itself with strength and harmony.

7. Increased Energy

The more you exercise, the more energy you have and the more you feel like exercising. Pilates gets the breath and circulation moving, stimulates the spine and muscles, and envelopes the body with the good feelings.

8. Promotes Weight Loss

If you practice Pilates regularly, it will change your body. Known for creating long, strong muscles and a leaner look; Pilates improves muscle tone, balances musculature, supports posture, and teaches you to move with ease and grace. All of these things will make you look and feel very fit.

9. Integrates Body & Mind

Joseph Pilates was adamant that Pilates, or Contrology as he called it, was about “the complete coordination of body, mind, and spirit.” This is one of the secrets of Pilates exercise: we practice each movement with total attention. When we exercise in this way, the body and mind unite to bring forth the most benefit possible from each exercise.

10. Several Ways to Tailor to your Needs

Pilates instruction is easy to come by these days. There are many qualified trainers who will tailor the exercise to your needs. The ever-growing popularity of Pilates has put it on the map all over the world. There are lots of ways to supplement your learning once you get going. You can practice at home and you don’t need one bit of fancy equipment just comfy clothes and a mat.

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