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Why Is Pilates So Amazing: Part 1 Intro
I have trainings in both Classical and Contemporary methods, which is why at Pilates Life Studio you are often presented a melding of both amazing methods.
Mobility decreases with age – but it doesn’t have to
Two major areas that don’t move as easily as we get older are our trunk (aka upper back & core) and our shoulders.
But the good news is, just as you can continue to build and strengthen your muscles as you get older, practicing flexibility and mobility exercises can keep you feeling limber.
Pilates Principles Overview
And his Contrology method had a philosophy that he believed would bring whole body health, which gave context to the exercises he designed. Joseph intended his method to be a mental and physical discipline, a work ethic, and an attitude toward one’s self that would eventually become a habit and a lifestyle.
The Importance of Exercise Recovery: Step 6 Sleep Hygiene
Sleep Hygiene is a set of routines that help us to have a deeper and longer sleep. Optimizing sleep schedules, pre-bed routine, and daily routines are all part of creating habits to develop quality sleep for ourselves.
The Importance of Exercise Recovery: Step 5 Nutrition
In this post I explain how what we eat (whole foods) and what we don't eat (processed foods) are equally important.
What we eat is so critical for our exercise recovery. I could write a book on it...well many people have. I am going to stick to the basics for this post.
The Importance of Exercise Recovery: Step 4 De-Stress Techniques
A quick and easy way is when you feel yourself getting stressed and life just seems to be getting too busy and chaotic, take out 3-5min and breathe. I have attached a short breathing video you can use to calm down your nervous system.
The Importance of Recovery: Step 2 Stretching and Step 3 SMR
My fave way to stretch? Dynamicially: meaning a slowly moving the joint in large ranges of motion for a certain period of time. Check out the video below for a 10 minute lower body dynamic stretch.
The Importance of Exercise Recovery: Step 1 Strength Training
The first practice I list is strength training, which at first may seem like a funny activity to put in a list about ways to recover from exercise. And while strength training doesn’t directly help our bodies recover from bouts of exercise, what it does do is far more important. Strength training lays the foundation to building a highly functional body. In the end this helps your body perform optimally so that it eases the demands on the body when you exercise, so less recovery is needed.
The Importance of Exercise Recovery
Exercise recovery is more than just resting after a workout. In this article I go over a few important practices that can help increase your body’s ability to recover from exercise.
Within the body there is a constant play of stability and mobility. Certain areas in our body function best when strong and stable and other parts of the body function best with more range of motion.
Somatotypes
Knowing our somatotype can be very helpful when trying to get healthy.
What’s the best diet? Paleo? Vegan? Keto? Atkins? Zone? The list goes on...
I often answer “the best diet is the one that you can maintain long term.” This is such a complex discussion. And really there is no right answer as to whether there is one diet that works for all people. Well….maybe one right answer: whole foods. Selecting most of the food you eat from whole sources, meaning minimally processed, feeds your body the nutrients it needs and keeps it healthy.
Ground Turkey & Chicken Muffins Recipe
We love these muffins. So versatile: throw into a picnic basket, add to a big salad, make into meatballs for spaghetti, quick grab and go lunch.
Exercise Helps Joint Pain
All these years in the fitness industry, I knew exercise helped ease arthritis pain and stiffness, but now I had first hand experience on it, and that felt amazing! I had to research why...
Registry Tracks Successful Losers of Weight
The National Weight Control Registry is a database that tracks successful "losers" of 30lbs or more and who have maintained that loss for over one year. ACE's book writes that this registry "has uncovered an abundance of tried and true tips to help people lose weight and keep it off".