Sunday, April 28, 2013

Pilates Benefits

By Angela Winter


Pilates is already a widely-known form of exercise. Aside from the benefits that an individual can get in doing Pilates, one of the reason for its increasing popularity is that it is easy to do and perform. The focused of Pilates is mainly on its six basic principles, which when done properly will give an outcome that is desired by many Pilates practitioners. The six essential concepts of Pilates are centering, concentration, precision, control, flow and breathing. One may ask what benefits they can get if you choose to do Pilates instead of other types of exercise? Here is a list of of benefits that you can get in practicing Pilates:

-Pilates is known to increase a person's core strength with the help of its centering principle. How? Since centering requires a person to place the focus on the center of their body, the region in between the pubic bone and the lower ribs, performing Pilates will aid in attaining increase core strength by doing exercise that concentrates mostly on the center of the body.

-Mindfulness and relaxation are some of the benefits that a person can get in doing Pilates. The reason for these mainly is that, Pilates is usually done in a slow pace and peaceful environment that typically provides a state of relaxation to a person, thus making him concentrate on his whole body. Once a person concentrates on the different functions, areas and parts of his body, realization will dawn on him on what parts and areas specifically needs more development than the others. In result, better posture, less stressful lifestyle, and improved breathing and airway circulation is observed.

-Since it is easy to do, anyone can do and perform Pilates. Pilates can be done by anyone irregardless of their size, weight, color, gender and age. Because of the large number of Pilates forms of exercise, one can choose conveniently what set of Pilates they would want to do.

-A person's muscle tone is also improved when practicing Pilates. Aside from that, a person may also lose weight if they want if they choose the proper Pilates techniques needed for their desired effect. It is good to know that Pilates exercise does not make use of weight-lifting equipment but still can help a person tone his/her muscle and lose weight the way they want. The weight loss and toned muscle is usually the effect of doing Pilates that makes use of proper breathing technique, full body concentration and set of well-coordinated Plates exercises.

-Pilates is an easy to do exercise. But for beginners, doing it with the help of a Pilates expert or trainer is advisable to make sure that you will be able to do the set of exercises properly and a trainer may help you choose and decide what sets of Pilates exercise is suited for you. Once you have learned to do the exercise appropriately, you can try to practice it without the guidance of your Pilates Trainer.

-Pilates is focused to improve not just one area or portion of your body but your over-all body including the mind. Thus practicing Pilates does not only mean improving your physical state but as well as improving your intellectual and your state of mind.

Even if performing Pilates will give an individual a lot of benefits, it is important to remember that doing things improperly will not help you to attain the goals that you have set for yourself in performing the exercise. Doing your exercise wholeheartedly is one secret of making sure that you will be able to get the benefits that is offered by Pilates.




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