The Power Of Pilates!
Never underestimate the power of Pilates
The power of Pilates is recognised worldwide regardless of your age, gender or level of activity. Pilates exercises work your entire body and focus on your core muscles. The benefits of Pilates exercise are widely accepted, especially among medical professionals. Moreover, Pilates exercise compliments any other sports activity and/or gym training you do. This is how.
How does the power of Pilates work?
There is overwhelming evidence proving how your core muscles are decisive to everything you do in your everyday life. Similarly, your buttock muscles are as relevant to your everyday life as your core muscles are. Thus, both muscles groups give you the power you need to live a healthy life and stay healthy and pain free.
Why you Need a Strong Core
There are a number of reasons why you need your core to be rock solid.
Balance and Stability
Core Exercises improve your balance and stability. They also train muscles in your pelvis, lower back, hips and abdomen to work in harmony. This leads to better balance and stability, whether on the playing field or in daily life activities.
Healthy Back
Many people suffer from back pain, specifically lower back pain during their lives and you may be surprised to find that this can be prevented by working your core. Your core works your stability and balance (as mentioned above) and that definitely ties into your back.
Good Posture
If you suffer from weak core muscles, you’ll likely find yourself falling into bad posture more often. The stronger your core, the more likely you are to have good posture, which is important for a few reasons. First of all, it gives off an air of confidence. Secondly, it helps keep your spine in tip-top shape. It also helps you to breathe fully and deeply, and helps you get more out of your exercises as well.
Every Move You Make
Whatever direction you’re moving anytime, anywhere, your core plays a role.
Your core muscles are often the ones to get the party started with the rest of your body, and if you don’t have that core strength, then your other muscles are going to have to compensate, and those are going to be the muscles that aren’t meant to be the primary ones. This oftentimes ends up being your back, which is what can lead to back injuries.
Sports
Think of how many sports use your core. Rowing, kayaking, swimming, Netball, running, biking, golfing, tennis, and so many more. They are all fuelled by your core and if yours is weak, then you aren’t going to do as well in these sports as you could be. You may also be putting yourself at risk of injury.
Toning Abs
Obviously, you can’t get those six-pack abs without getting your core strong first. Although it takes aerobic activity to burn abdominal fat, core exercises can strengthen and tone the underlying muscles, and believe it or not there are 8 layers of abdominals that need to be working.
As you can see, your core is vital to your overall health as well as the health of the six-pack ab muscles you’re after.
And you’re in luck because Pilates is one of the best ways to build a strong core. Every single exercise you do in Pilates involves your core so each time you come to class; you are getting 50 minutes of core workout. And chances are good that after not too long, you’ll start to see those ab muscles shining through.
To get started on building your core and those ab muscles today, sign up for class at Maunga Chi Pilates