What Is Pilates?  »

Pilates develops the body uniformly, corrects wrong postures,
restores physical vitality, invigorates the mind and elevates the spirit….        "Joseph Pilates"

Joseph Pilates, born in Germany in the 1880s, was prone to childhood illness. He refused to let poor physical health cloud his future. Determined to fulfil his potential, he studied bodybuilding, gymnastics, boxing and diving until he mastered them all.

After years of study, he developed an approach to fitness that would change the way people viewed physical exercise Pilates offers a different way of thinking about your body. Through practising the movements you will become more self-aware and better able to take control of your body and your life. 

Although the technique may sometimes take you outside yourcomfort zone, the benefits of this are that you begin to understand and appreciate not only your strengths but also your weaknesses.

Pilates is unique in that it will systematically exercise all the muscle groups on your body, the weak as well as the strong .It combines the suppleness you find in yoga with the emphasis on strength building found in the gym. In this way it aims to create balance and natural poise, taking into consideration all the factors involved in a healthy body.

People often wonder how Pilates can change body shape. The secret is simple. Pilates movements gently stretch the muscles, pulling them into longer and leaner shapes. As opposed to bodybuilders who pump weights to create muscle bulk, this occurs as the muscle fibres tear and then rebuild this results in short thick muscle. 

Pilates works in the opposite way. It continuously stretches your limbs and torso; ensuring muscles become longer, leaner and more permanent rather than short and thick.

Pilates acknowledges relationship between the mind, the nervous system and the musculoskeletal system in human function. In essence it can cause lasting change within the body by accessing the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord). The brain reprogrammes movement and function to free the body of pain and associated systems.

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Updated 04.08.2010