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What is Pilates and what will it do for me?
Pilates is a full body workout focused on increasing overall strength, flexibility, stability, and balance within the body. The specific series of exercises are designed to challenge your entire body, but with a specific focus on the deep abdominal and back muscles. Practicing Pilates regularly improves posture and increases coordination, joint mobility, lung capacity, balance, and core strength. Pilates is used to regain strength after injury or pregnancy as well as a rehabilitation program for lower back pain, and neck problems. Used as a form of cross training, athletes such as runners, tennis players, golfers, triathletes, professional football, basketball and baseball players have noticed drastic changes in their performances with Pilates.
Consistency is key when the goal is to change your body. That’s why we offer three different options to train with us:
Age Well
Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation
Improve Athletic Performance
ABOUT JOSEPH PILATES:
The Pilates Method of Body Conditioning was developed by Joseph H. Pilates (1880-1967). Born in Germany, Joseph Pilates had a lifelong interest in body conditioning that likely stemmed from his sickly childhood. Despite suffering from rickets, asthma and rheumatic fever, he dedicated himself to becoming stronger and did so by extensively studying anatomy and various forms of exercise.
In 1914 while living in England, Joseph Pilates was placed under forced interment along with other German nationals during World War 1. During this time he began devising the system of original exercises known today as Pilates Mat. He called the work “Contrology” and he taught it to fellow camp members. A few years later he was transferred to another camp where he became a caretaker to the those with diseases and injuries. In an effort to help rehabilitate these patients, he attached springs to hospital beds. This regimen is the foundation for his method of body conditioning and specialized exercise apparatus, which he eventually brought to New York City when he opened his studio in 1926. There he worked with dancers, gymnasts and anyone interested in improving their strength, posture, balance and coordination.