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Monthly Archives: September 2009

Busy Week With No Pilates Classes

This week is a busy one as I have to entertain my busy child with activities due to the long holidays. It isn’t easy when I have work piling on the table and due to that, I have to skip my Pilates classes. My hubby has been busy with his own stuff too. He promises [...]

A Smooth Pilates Workout to Achieve Health Goals

After nine months of pilates workout, I met many different individuals who picked up the workout for various reasons. For myself, I wanted to increase my flexibility and strengthen my core muscles. For some others, their goal is to rehabilitate a bad back or improve mobility. I had overtime heard some conversations between some participants [...]

Tiring Pilates Session

Due to my detox this week, I found it a struggle to perform certain workouts during my group studio class two days ago. It was tiring and almost an agony. We had a small class that morning so my Pilates instructress took the opportunity to focus dedicated workout for each of us. It was nice [...]

Breathing for Pilates

One interesting thing I discovered about Pilates is that our breath can actually help us to perform certain movements or activate certain muscles. Try this simple exercise. Lie on your back with arms on the side and straighten your legs, maintaining a neutral pelvis. Try lifting up your legs straight at a 90 degree angle. [...]

Another Good Group Reformer’s Class

My muscles are aching from yesterday’s group reformer class. It was a very good workout. All thanks to my creative and experienced Polestar Pilates instructress. We did a lot of leg presses and arms before ending with some butt work. The workout was smooth and time just passed so fast! There was alot of focused [...]

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