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Pilates - ✔✔Its a physical exercise. It is a physical training regimen based
on the body in its most natural state-in motion. Its an art form, it must be
worked to perfection on a daily basis. Its a physical science. Its is a
technique so precise and so concentrated that its results remain with you
forever.
Joseph Pilates - ✔✔A sickly childhood let him to pioneer this unique
training system, with which he hoped to rid his students of all physical
limitations. Inspired by both eastern and western philosophies, he
combined the mental focus and specific breathing of yoga with the
physicality of gymnastics and other sports to create something entirely
new.
-He championed what was termed an "established physical culture". His
great desire was to see his method practiced daily by children in schools
worldwide.
-He moved to NYC, opened a gym, and the city soon embraced Pilates.
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, Early Influence of Pilates - ✔✔Germany in the early 1900s was a hub of
dance and exercise development. He was clearly influenced by other
exercise enthusiasts at the time, such as, Eugen Sandow.
Eugen Sandow - ✔✔A famous bodybuilder who used his popularity to
advocate mandatory fitness for children. Pilates followed in his footsteps.
Benefits of Pilates - ✔✔-it works the entire body from top to bottom
- you will obtain rapid and long lasting results
- it activates your mind as you exercise
Postural malalignment - ✔✔occurs as a result of poor body mechanics,
weakened muscular structures, and reduced muscular endurance. Its a
stooped posture. The chest muscles are concave and the shoulders are
rounded forward, forcing the hips to shift forward.
Proper alignment - ✔✔demonstrated with a healthy, strong, spine, by a
plumb line through the center of the body, landing just in from t of the ankle.
The chest remains open and the shoulders are back, allowing the lower
body to align properly with the upper body.
Breath - ✔✔correctly doing this, oxygenates the blood and increases
circulation. It is an effective tool that is meant to enhance and ease your
movements. Never, stop doing this. We inhale to prepare for a movement
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