Thursday, May 23, 2013

Benefits In Doing Pilates

By Angela Winter


Pilates, one of the most popular form of exercise, is known to be easier to do and perform than other types of exercise making more and more people prefer to practice it. Other than that, it also offers a lot of benefits for the body. The main focus of the Pilates exercise is its six important principle. This principles, if practice properly will give benefits that is desired by a lot of people doing the exercise. These important concepts of Pilates include Centering, concentration, flow, breathing, control and precision. One may ask what benefits Pilates can provide their body? Here are some of the benefits that a person can get in doing 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.

-Another benefit that a your body can get in doing Pilates is mindfulness and relaxation. This can be achieved since Pilates exercise is done in a slow manner and with a relaxing environment, therefore providing opportunity for people practicing it to reach a relaxed state, making him concentrate and be aware of his whole body. As he reached a relaxing state, the person will be able to discern and learn what areas and parts of his boy needs more development and improvement. Thus people practicing Pilates are known to have developed and improved posture and proper breathing and they become less stressed.

-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.

-Improved muscle tone and weight loss are also benefits that one can get in doing Pilates religiously and in an appropriate way. Despite the fact that Pilates does not make use of weights and other heavy equipment when exercising, most people practicing this exercise have been observed to have toned muscles and have lost weight as they have desired. These are just some of the result of the proper breathing techniques, full body concentration and sets of well-coordinated Pilates exercises.

-Most people choose to do Pilates because it is easy to do. But if you want to be able to achieve the benefits of practicing Pilates, it is advisable that you do it with the guidance of a Pilates expert for you to be able to learn the proper way to perform the exercises. other than that, a Pilates expert or trainer will also help you to choose what set of Pilates exercise is well-suited for you. Once you are already comfortable doing your Pilates exercises on you, you can practice doing it without the help of your 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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