Here we are! Training 5 days a week, increasing the weights we lift and the speed we run, row, or cycle. There is nothing wrong to overload our muscles!0 In fact, this is the only way to improve strength and endurance! However many times we fail to plan an adequate REST AND RECOVERY! The REST days are as IMPORTANT as the training …
Joseph Pilates was born near Dusseldorf, a city in western Germany, in 1880. He was a sickly child, suffering from rickets (a condition in which bones do not develop properly), asthma, and rheumatic fever. His determination to overcome these childhood ailments led him to the practice and excel at bodybuilding, gymnastics, diving, and other physical pursuits. He studied Eastern and …
Everyone has a different Pilates journey. I started Pilates nervous but excited some years back. I was not sure what to expect. Would I be able to “do” some or any of the movements? I found that I could co-ordinate most of the movements with the well thought out sessions and teacher guidance/support over time. Some movements have become favourites, others are …
“Concentrate on the correct movement each time you exercise, lest you do them improperly and thus lose all vital benefits.”- Joseph Pilates Pilates is about re-educating your body, undoing the damage that years of stress and immobility inflict. By repeatedly holding certain corrective positions, our musculature starts to retain a memory of how it feels and in time will actually adopt …
The “blood type diet” This diet is based on ‘research’ by American naturopath Peter D’Adamo.The blood type diet first appeared in his book “Eat right 4 your type” in 1996. It has sold 5 million copies, and fooled as many if not more people around the world. The basics.The ‘science’ behind the blood type diet is so complex, that even …