subject: Pilates 101 [print this page] The art of What do you know about the pilates method? Pilates is a controlled exercise that is important for reinforcement of the abdomen and spine. It assists in toning and firming muscles in the body, as well as muscle variance in a person's posture.
Continuing Pilates training will have great effects on realigning the spine, extending the spine, encompassing height and flexibility everyday life may have decreased. Pilates was originally created around World War I to help with osteopathic patients. Joseph Pilates, initially called it, "Contrology" because it taught people to be in control of their body instead of the body's mercy.As students develop this body awareness, participation in other strenuous activities are less likely to cause injury.
When this training was heard around the dance population, Pilates was eagerly accepted to help build long, lean muscles without adding too much bulk. Gradually, it was introduced to the mainstream of fitness and can now be found as a basic means of training and exercise. It also helps not only the body, but the mentality of the mind. You will notice many athletes and celebrities use this technique to get fit.
Every year more and more people abandon whatever current exercise fad is in fashion to enroll in Pilates, a technique that sculpts a body back to health without wear and tear on ankles, hips, knees or elbows. One of the primary benefits of Pilates, however, is how it affects everything else one does.By emphasizing deliberation and control in every exercise, both the concentric (shortening) and eccentric (lengthening) contractions of the muscles are worked, creating the long, lean musculature of a dancer, rather than the shorter, bulkier muscles of a weight-lifter.
