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Inhale,
Exhale--Breathing integrating your core
Quick
fit Pilates Exercises Segment 1 Quick fit exercises--Vacationing? Away on a
business trip? Take 10 minutes to keep your body tuned.
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Quick
fit Pilates Exercises Segment 2
Let's
Talk About the Core--Discussion on what exactly are the core muscles.
Working
the Core--Part 2--Exercises to strengthen and engage your core.
Working the
Core--Part 2 continued--Exercises for the core continued.
Core
Muscle #1--the Transverse Abdominus--Discussion and exercises for engaging
ONE of the core muscles.
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Articles and Related Links
- "Tuning Muscle and
Mind" PT Today
"The method restores muscular balance, improves posture, heals muscular and soft tissue pain, and builds strength and flexibility to prevent muscles and tissue injury."
"Biomechanics"
What is movement biomechanics?
"Male athletes get no pain, big gains from Pilates" USA TODAY- "For Kidd (Jason Kidd), Pilates is all about finding the edge. He estimates 30% of his strength and flexibility training comes from Pilates. "Pilates has made me quicker, more explosive," he says...The Nets have invested in Pilates equipment for their weight room. The players are so dependent that throughout the NBA playoffs in 2002, a leading Pilates company shipped special equipment to the team's hotel on road trips."
- "The Incidence of Injuries in Elite Junior Figure Skaters" Published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine"
- "Conclusions: Programs to improve postural alignment, flexibility, and strength, especially during the asynchronous period of bone and soft tissue development, should be instituted to prevent and reduce overuse syndromes."
"Exercises for Young Athletes" American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Athletic Training and Sports Medicine, 1991.- "Staying injury-free throughout the sports season requires a proper conditioning and exercise program."
"Pilates Training for Skaters in Conjunction with Psychological Skills Training" 10th Annual Congress of the US Figure Skating Sports Medicine Society. PDF file--SCROLL DOWN TO PG. 16.- "The well rounded skater will add Pilates to their
training program."
Pilates method Alliance: Position Statement on Pilates - Enrichment about Pilates and the organization
Other recommended sites:
Balanced Body Equipment and Resources
- Healthabitravels
Global retreats and journeys that enrich the mind, heal the body, and inspire the spirit.
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