Benefits of Pilates

Just some of the benefits below...

Helps You Lose Weight and Inches

Pilates burns up to 300 calories a session and creates more lean muscle mass to help you burn even more calories throughout your day.

Develops Longer, Leaner Muscles
Pilates is designed to stretch and strengthen every muscle in your body giving you the appearance of long, defined muscles.

Develops Muscular Strength and Flexibility
Each exercise of Pilates is designed to strengthen one group of muscles and stretch the opposing group of muscles simultaneously through a full range of motion.

Strengthens and Flattens Your Abdominals
All movements of the body begin with your core which consists of your abdominals and lower back muscles. Each Pilates exercise that your instructor will have you do, initiates and strengthens those very same core muscles.

Improves Your Posture
Pilates strengthens your core and the muscles that are around your spine allowing you to hold your posture better. It corrects posture deviations and helps bring back the natural curve of your spine.

Improves Your Mind-Body Connection
Pilates connects your mind with the movements of your body. By emphasizing proper breathing and concentrating on smooth, flowing movement, you’ll become more aware of how your body feels, where it is in space, and how to control its movement.

Low Impact and is Easy on Your Joints
Many of the exercises are performed lying down or sitting which bare little weight on your joints. Pilates is also used in many physical therapy facilities to rehabilitate injuries.

Increases Balance, Coordination and Circulation
By having your balance and coordination originate within your core and with every Pilates exercise forcing you to engage your core; you can definitely expect to see a drastic increase with your overall balance and coordination. Breathing and stretching properly during the exercise will push more oxygen throughout your body, therefore increasing your body’s circulation.

Creates an Evenly Conditioned Body
Pilates focus is postural symmetry, where as in weight training weak muscles tend to get weaker and strong muscles tend to get stronger. The result is muscular imbalance - a primary cause of injury and chronic back pain. Pilates conditions both your primary and secondary muscles to evenly balance and condition your musculature.

Elongates Your Spine
Practicing Pilates lengthens your spine and strengthens your abdominal muscles. It relieves the stress that your spine is under with daily normal activities such as sitting and standing. By emphasizing posture during each Pilates exercise, you stretch your spine and strengthen your inner abdominal muscles to maintain your lengthened spine. Many Chiropractors recommend Pilates to their patients for these same reasons.

Helps Prevent Injury
Using traditional machines and free weights tend to develop short bulky muscles and are more prone to injury. Pilates lengthens your muscles that need to be stretched and strengthens the muscles that need to be stronger around joints providing a more evenly distributed bone structure.