The Benefits of a Pilates Class

Pilates is a technique of exercising devised by Joseph Pilates,
a German National who as a frail child turned to exercise to
strengthen his body. When he introduced the technique to
America, I t instantly became a favorite among the dancers, who
needed flexibility without bulking the muscles. And from there,
the exercise grew to generally everyone who wants a low
intensity workout. The benefits if a Pilates class is endless,
not only does it help tone your body, it also helps your mind,
kind of like yoga, but Pilates is most popular for its
application to rehabilitation as well as to those people that
are becoming weak with aging.

Pilates and Pilates classes have been done for over 90 years
since its introduction in the 1910′s and the benefits have been
manifesting themselves since then. Here are a few of the
benefits you’ll get when you take a Pilates class.

Improvement in Flexibility

A Pilates class improves your flexibility; it focuses on
stretching after all. With every day starting to get something
like a picture, nobody moving, stretching is very essential to
help tone your body. Because we tend not to move so much, the
muscles become stiff restricting muscle movement. Pilates
Classes help with flexibility by stretching your muscles, and
for all those who does gym work or weights, stretching also help
avoid injuries.

Better Posture

Most of the time, we only do exercises that focus on certain
muscles, the abs the arms the legs, this makes some parts
developed and some slightly lagging behind. A Pilates class
helps you exercise all of your body parts and it can correct all
the imbalances that you may find in your body. The core muscle
groups, the pelvis abdomen and buttocks, are being exercise more
often giving making the body more symmetrical and aligned.
Pilates classes essentially strengthen your muscles and
lengthens it as well which improves your body shape as well as
your posture. And with stretching exercises, it also makes your
muscle elastic.

Stress Management

Stress is probably one of the most observable cons of modern day
living, Pilates classes improves the body as well as the mind to
help it cope with stress , it focuses your mind while doing
relaxing breathing exercises, which relaxes the body and eases
stress.

Mind

One other benefits of a Pilates Class is the overall mental
wellness that it provides. By breathing correctly, you improve
blood supply and flow to the brain. With the improve
circulation, toxins that are in the body gets released, giving
the brain more, for the lack of a better word, “breathing room”
giving you a sounder, more alert mind.

Develops you core

The body’s core, is one of the main focuses of a Pilates class,
simply because since it is the core muscles of your body, (near
the spine and the lower pelvis) it facilitates movement and
carries most of parts of the body, a stronger core means as
stronger body.

Better motion

Pilates classes, unlike yoga, improve motion and make it,
smoother to move from one position to another. By working many
muscle groups at once in a continuous motion, the muscles get
used to working together, making the pattern smother, and less
strenuous. This smoother movement helps you avoid injuries as
well as good posture.

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