Doing Pilates at home with online Pilates classes has reached an all-time high in popularity thanks to the pandemic. It is essential for Pilates students, especially beginners, to do Pilates classes with an instructor at an in-person course. Instructors provide feedback and ensure students engage the right muscle groups with the correct form to get […]
What are the health benefits for the 5 types of pilates equipment MatWorkz Pilates uses?
Pilates equipment is integral to the history of Pilates. Joseph Pilates first began his teachings using an early rendition of a Pilates reformer designed out of a hospital bed and bedsprings. Pilates incorporated equipment into the Pilates method because of its ability to benefit practitioners’ health by adapting exercises for injury, increasing resistance, targeting specific muscle […]
Pilates Basics created by Joseph Pilates
Photo by Kampus Production from Pexels Joseph Pilates basics involve six essential principles that influenced his approach to fitness. These Pilates methods are flow, precision, breath, control, concentration, and centering. The history of Pilates shows how Joseph used these Pilates basics as the foundation of his teachings in ‘Contrology,’ now known as the Pilates Method. […]
The History of Pilates
The history of Pilates is truly the tale of one man with a concept that he vehemently believed could change the world. The legacy of Pilates shows that he did. Joseph Pilates invested a lifetime of work into creating a movement method fueled by the drive to control the body through the mind. He anchored […]
What are Pilates Weight Loss Exercises?
Pilates weight loss exercises are simply regular Pilates exercise sequences performed with gusto. Habitual Pilates class attendance, full engagement and exertion within each movement, and Pilates’ incorporation into other healthy lifestyle practices combine to help practitioners reach their weight loss journey’s long-term goals. How do Pilates exercises help with weight loss in shaping your body? […]
