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8 Feb 2019
10 Tips to Age Healthy & Fit

Most people DON’T want to end up incapacitated with a poor quality of life when they are “older”. You have the power to decide how you want to age. Check out these 10 tips and don’t just read them…do them! As the great man, Joseph Pilates said… “We retire too early and we die too young. Our prime of life should be in the 70’s and old age should not come until we are almost 100.” 10. Take inventory of your habits and write down everything you do over the course of a few days, or even a week. How many of your habits contribute to your health and wellness and how many are destroying your health and wellness? Get real ....
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31 Jan 2019
Why You Need HIIT

You’ve probably heard of the term High Intensity Interval Training(HIIT). It’s talked about a lot in the media and quite often gets touted as the best and fastest “fat burning” workout around. I thought it might be a good idea to clear up a few misconceptions about what interval training is and how it applies to Pilates. Let’s start with what interval training actually is. Firstly, we need to establish what the definition of fitness is. Unfortunately, this is not a simple thing to define. There are many components involved in fitness…strength, cardio vascular fitness, flexibility, mobility etc. Each individual person will have ....
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15 Jan 2019
What is Pilates Strength?

So it appears that the message is finally getting out there that Pilates isn’t just about stretching and lying on the floor. In fact, Sylvester Stallone, the original tough guy himself is regularly seen posting his Pilates workouts on social media! Take a look at Joseph! He was so proud of his body! Not so much from an ego perspective, but that he had a perfectly balanced and developed body to provide an example for the rest of humanity to follow. He really was very ambitious!!! Getting your body muscled up the Pilates way will give you toned muscles that are more defined, as well as getting stronger and more capable. There are a few fundamental differences between ....
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9 Dec 2018
5 Reasons Why Losing Weight Will Improve Your Core & Posture

As we come in to the peak “weight gaining” season, I thought it would be timely to talk about the effects of being even just a few kilos overweight can have on your spine, posture and core strength. So below you’ll find a list of 5 reasons why losing weight will not only make you look and feel better, but create a body that is capable of performing day to day tasks with ease, and also capable of supporting and preserving joint health…including the spine. When you read through them, see how many reasons you can relate to. Then make a conscious decision to take action and make 2019 the year you do all you can to support and nurture your body…after ....
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8 Nov 2018
Are Your Knees Fit To Hike?

So many people these days are choosing to have active holidays. And the popularity of hikes and treks is growing, it’s a great way to travel and see the world. Preparing for a big hike/trek usually includes a fitness program of some sort and yes, it definitely should include lots of walking. But walking alone won’t prepare your body for the ups and downs you’ll potentially encounter. Strength, flexibility and balance should be the foundation of a hiker’s fitness program. And of course, this is what Pilates provides! Now the biggest issue with hiking and your knees isn’t the uphill climbs, but the downhill descents. When you climb a hill, ....
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1 Nov 2018
Fascia & The Ageing Knee

Everybody knows what a muscle and a bone is. Traditionally this is called the musculoskeletal system. But right now, there is a new ground breaking way of looking at the anatomy of the body, how we move, why we get injured, how to fix injuries and how we age. It all comes down to something called FASCIA, or the neuromyofascial system. In fact, there is a documentary about to be released called The Secret Life of Fascia (see the trailer below)…I can not wait to see it! I know this all sounds very technical and hopefully you haven’t mentally switched off, because the implications of learning about this system for your own health and wellbeing are huge!! You ....
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25 Oct 2018
5 Tips For Healthy Knees

How healthy are your knees? And how do you know what a healthy knee should look and feel like? So many people have issues and pain with their knees these days, it’s almost accepted that as you get older…your knees “will go”! But the knee joint, like all the other joints in your body, if looked after over the course of a lifetime, should last a lifetime. Now there are a lot of reasons for knee pain. It could be due to traumatic injury, like we see with football players. It could be degeneration, or osteo arthritis of the knee joint or some other issue/injury or it could be due to the fact that the 5 actions below have never been done. The great ....
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20 Oct 2018
Why You Need To Do A Pilates Retreat

If you read Joseph Pilates books and do a bit of research on his life, he spent a lot of time away from his studio which was in the heart if New York. He had a little shack in a place called Jacobs Pillow. This is where he would invent, create and build the equipment we now use universally in Pilates. He wrote a lot about the concept of what we call today “work-life balance” and the relevance of “work, rest and play” to our health and wellbeing. Life today is so biased towards work which unfortunately contributes to a swag of health and well being issues like stress, mental exhaustion, sleep issues, body aches and pains and a feeling of “never ....
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12 Oct 2018
Injury Rehab Mistakes

It’s now five weeks since I broke my wrist and time to think about starting a rehab program. It got me thinking that probably most people don’t have an in depth understanding of the rehab process and the specific steps that are required to get full movement capability returned to not only the injured area, but to the body as an entire system. This lack of understanding can lead to some mistakes being made which may contribute to a longer than necessary rehab time or even worse, sending the injury rehab back a few steps. The first phase of any injury…is when the injury happens! This is when you apply the “rest is best” principle to control ....
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Your Butt & Back Pain

How healthy is your butt? I’m not talking about how it looks, but how functional are your butt muscles? Technically, they are a group of muscles called the gluteals, or more commonly known as your “glutes”. To simplify what we’re talking about, I’m going to stick with the term…butt! Your butt muscles play a key role in helping control and support movements of spine, pelvis, hips, and legs. Unfortunately, our new “sitting lifestyle” means that we’re sitting on our butt for long periods of time, leading to tight and weak hip muscles. It’s a major issue for the western world, and lower back pain is more common ....
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