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Using a theraband, in Pilates, for arm pull exercises will help you work out the intrinsic muscles in your arms, shoulders and back. Learn to use a theraband for arm pulls from a professional Pilates instructor in this free exercise video.
Expert: Jeri Ryan
Bio: Jeri Ryan is the owner of Pilates Pure N Simple. She was certified as a Pilates instructor through Core Conditioning Physical Therapy in Studio City, California.
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Pilates Flow combines is a strengthening workout for the entire body. If you are interested in bringing this class to your gym or studio, you can contact us at info@pilatesflowfitness.com,
This video features original exercises by Chris Pike, and was produced by Rego Digital Studio. Please visit our website at http://www.pilatesflowfitness.com,
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Exercício de MAT Pilates Spine Stretch
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what are some pilates exercises to make legs thinner and longer. i have really muscular legs from sports and would like to make the look more feminine.
I love to get new ideas from shape magazine online! they have sooo many to choose from!
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Jan
13
It’s that time again; time to start buying holiday gifts for friends and families. While you’re out finding the perfect present for them, though, consider what it is you want to receive this year. If you are like many people who are hoping to get in shape and lose weight, you may want to add some of the top fitness products to your wish list this season. You should also consider these presents for loved ones who share your goal for a healthier life.
Everyone has their own preferred method of working out and getting into shape. Thankfully, though, there is surely a fit gift to suit every personality. For example, people who love to work out with a group are likely to appreciate a membership to a gym or health club. Get one for your best friend, and sign yourself up too. Then, you can go together and make getting into shape a social experience. Another great option is to sign up for a fun class. Get a gift certificate for a local dance studio and learn to strut your stuff, or hit the yoga mat to discover a new way of healing your body and your mind.
If you and your friends already share a fitness hobby, you can get great gear to step it up a notch. Love to bike? Consider getting a pair of quality fitness sunglasses or a mileage tracker for your cycle. If running is your thing, check out the latest shoes that record how far and how fast you run. Other great options for any sport are heart rate monitors, music players, and environmentally friendly sport bottles.
The gym may not be the place for everyone, though. If you are someone who prefers to get sweaty in solitude, your best gifts are likely to be found in the DVD section. Add a few of the top video workout products to your wish list and clear a space in front of the TV. With the recent surge in fitness interest, there are hundreds of great programs to choose from. If I were making a recommendation, I would consider P90X, 10 Minute Trainer or Turbo Jam! Everything from pilates to kickboxing can be done right in your own home with the aid of your DVD player!
If the television isn’t quite personal enough, consider a paid membership to an online training site. You can gain access to personalized workouts and nutrition info. Most sites even let you download routines to your iPod or mp3 player. They also let you record your progress and celebrate your successes. Plus, it’s easy to sign up with a friend and send each other progress reports.
No matter what your interests, there is sure to be a fitness gift perfect for you or another exercise enthusiast in your life. So, drop a few hints to family and friends to let them know which of these fit gifts you’re hoping to unwrap this season. Don’t think they’ll get it right? Splurge on yourself this year. You deserve it!
Robert Harden
Jan
13
Do you know how the celebrities lose weight easily and what do they to keep them in good shape and looking great? You may be wondered to know that almost many celebrities believe on the yoga and the Pilates for spiritual relaxation and physical toning!
You may have some confusion about the difference between the Yoga and the Pilates. Since both are so similar that they are often fused together in Pilates, Yoga classes in US but in India Yoga and Pilates both are totally different.
There are many differences between Yoga and Pilates
The Yoga is an ancient Indian practice that dates back nearly 5500 years while the Pilates is the adaptation of the Yoga dating back 80 years and founded by German athlete, Joseph Pilate.
And one thing to know that in the Yoga, during physical activity we also focus on breathing, diet, meditation etc but the Pilates is simply a form of body sculpting technique and exercise.
In the Yoga we aim to unite body and mind and cleaning the body of toxins while the Pilates to strengthen and improve posture.
You know both Pilates and yoga usually share the same skill and endeavor towards strengthening and developing of the muscles. And both focus on the muscles of the legs, arms, back and abdomen. So now you would have the clear understanding of both the Yoga and the Pilates.
Now I will tell you more about the Pilates since you would be familiar with the Yoga. In the Pilates exercise, movements of the arm and leg are involved that strengthens the hips, abs and back in a controlled manner and are done in series. This is done lying down on the floor on the mat.
The Pilates fitness is also known as Contrology, because it is believed that in this method muscles are controlled by the mind. This focuses on the central posture muscles and the body is balanced by these muscles so these are essential for the support of the spine. So it is used to improve physical vitality, correct bad posture, elevate the spirit and invigorate the mind. This works with the target muscle and healthy body is the result of this activity so it keeps fit for daily activities. There are many Gym equipments which are designed for exercises and to support the entire body and work on muscle group. It is helpful for having good control over body your body. After doing Yoga Pilates you will feel lighter and relaxed. It improves the level of resistance and the Pilates fitness is much better than any other exercises. So for good movement and proper balance this is very good and important. Back problems can put down to you incapable to perform even easy regular tasks, like standing for long, sitting etc. The back problems and any other injuries can be easily resolved by doing pilates exercises.
The foundation of the Pilates principal is based upon 5 to 9 principals and the founder of Pilates is Joseph Pilates who invent this in the early 20th century.
What are the basic principals of the Pilates?
The basics of the principals are based on following terms and these are: breathing, stabilizing, centering, alignment, concentration, fluidity and integration.
So in this article we have learnt about the Pilates that its main focus is to utilize the muscles to their maximum capability and the exercises are controlled and slow with mind concentration.
Mark DeRosa
Jan
13
Employers can and should encourage healthy lifestyles from their employees. It not only improves their productivity which is good for the company, it DIRECTLY saves health care costs!
Duke University just came out with a very interesting study. The study looked at workers’ compensation data for 11,728 Duke University employees who received health-risk appraisals over a seven-year period.
What were the results for obese employees (compared to those who are not obese) as published in the Journal of Internal Medicine?
* Obese employees filed twice the number of workers’ compensation claims
* Obese employees’ medical costs from those claims were seven times higher
* Obese employees stayed out of work 13 times longer after a work-related injury or illness
* Obese employees medical claims cost per 100 employees per year was 51,019 USD compared to $7,503 USD for non-obese workers
* Obese employees lost 183 days of work per 100 employees as compared to 14 days for non-obese workers (thats 13 times more!)
Yeah but those guys were OBESE. Well it doesn’t look good for the overweight/mildly obese either…
* Overweight employees took four times the number of days off after being injured or getting sick at work.
* Mildly obese employees took five times as many days off after being injured or getting sick at work.
And what are employers doing? The study reveals that…
“As many as 40 percent of employers are giving workers products, cash or health insurance discounts to lose weight,” said Laura Linnan, the study’s principal investigator and a professor at the University of North Carolina’s School of Public Health.
Employers are getting scared off as well. Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, assistant professor of medicine and health economist at Stanford University co-authored a 2005 study that showed employers compensate for anticipated higher medical costs of obese workers by paying them less than slimmer employees and passing them over for promotions.
What are we gathering from this?
Being obese or overweight is bad enough for the person who it affects… but it is also bad for employers because health care costs eat into profits.
The problem is quite basic, but the solution may not be as easy. We need to approach this troubling issue with a corporate fitness solution. 3 actions that employers must take…
1. Adopt a fitness culture starting from the CEO knowing that it is best for the company
“We all know obesity is bad for the individual, but it isn’t solely a personal medical problem — it spills over into the workplace and has concrete economic costs,” Dr. Truls Ostbye -author and professor of community and family medicine
Well, if its not a personal or private medical problem then it becomes a community problem. The means that the problem is really big, but once it is solved, the solution is more lasting. Solutions that involve the community simply work better. This works for problems like gang violence or addiction to other vices as well. From my experiences as a fitness professional, community solutions work for health goals as well. Kickboxing, pilates, yoga, aerobics and other fitness classes or group activities have a higher penetration rate (about 12-15% in most health clubs) than personal training (2-3%). groups classes encourage people to stay on longer as well.
A community solution to corporate fitness has to be built into the company culture. Usually this is dictated by a CEO or a board of directors. If they spend time reading articles such as this one, they are probably knowledgeable about the problems facing corporations in today’s world. They are also probably aware that companies which have an adaptive culture that is able to handle changing circumstances tend to do really really well. 2-3 times as well profit-wise according to some studies. In addition, setting a fitness culture shows concern for employees (and allows them to be more productive) and in the long run costs less than paying for medical bills. As a minor side note, your employees will look healthy too and that in itself has its own host of benefits.
Once the CEO has decided that a fitness culture is needed and is in fact the course that the company needs to take, he can implement it in the same way he makes most culture changes
* Align your company culture with your strategic goals (being fit saves money, makes your employees more productive and more attractive to customers, and increases profit)
* Develop a specific action plan that can leverage the good things in your current culture and correct the unaligned areas. (free employee breakfasts on Fridays may be good, but making it doughnuts and pancakes is BAD)
* Brainstorm improvements in your formal policies and daily practices. (allocate some work time to fitness and health education and activities, ensure managers lead by example, bringing healthy food into the cafeteria, allow 15 min breaks during work for healthy snacks)
* Develop models of the desired actions and behaviors. (how many hours a week minimum that an employee must exercise, social support and encouragement to make healthy eating not just acceptable but preferable, all management staff must enthusiastically take part)
* Communicate the new corporate fitness culture to all employees (tell everybody about it)
* Over-communicate the new corporate fitness culture and its actions to everyone. (tell everybody about it again and again, with checks to ensure that the new culture is followed)
Remember, often people don’t do what you EXPECT. They do what you INSPECT.
2. Look for a professional you can trust
A respected fitness professional is a real asset to a corporation. Think about it. Companies get accounting firms to do their accounts and taxes, they get law firms to do their legal documents, and they get business consultants to check their business processes. Shouldn’t they get a fitness professional to handle corporate health and fitness?
Not at all. The best fitness pros will know how to approach corporate fitness. A fitness professional will be able to help you set up and run a health facility, fitness classes, provide talks to encourage employees to live healthy, design individualized training for those who need it, and provide good care for those with extreme obesity or past injuries and medical conditions.
3. Only accept success
No CEO would accept sub-standard work by an employee, neither would they accept failure on important projects, they wouldn’t accept a lack of integrity with regard to finance either. Shouldn’t this be the case with the company fitness program?
Like point 1 mentioned, this brand new program has to be enforced. It’s a kind of “tough love” that needs to happen. Hey Mr. CEO…take attendance at fitness classes, walk around the cafeteria at lunch to see what people are eating, do your managers speak as positively and motivationally about the fitness program as they do about meeting project deadlines?
There are only good things that can come out of a corporation that has a fitness focus. Corporate fitness has come a long way. I do know of companies that have gyms and health facilities for their staff.
But as usual we need to look for the person before we provide the place and the program. In this case there are 2 people. The CEO who is willing to implement change, and the fitness professional who knows how to get results.
Jonathan Wong