Our Top 6 Pilates Exercises For Runners
Top 6 Pilates exercises to strengthen and tone your running muscles and help to prevent injury and improve your running technique and efficiency.
Top 6 Pilates exercises to strengthen and tone your running muscles and help to prevent injury and improve your running technique and efficiency.
Pilates is a great form of low impact exercise to help strengthen your core muscles, improve your posture and help to keep you flexible and mobile.
Pilates can help with neck pain by improving spinal alignment, strengthening muscles, relaxing muscles, reducing tension and improving range of movement.
The great thing about abdominal exercises is that they very much focus on quality movement which, if you’ve ever experienced low back pain, is really important.
Our mat based classes involve a range of mat exercises in sitting, lying on your back or side. Pilates exercises done in standing are very important too.
There is a lot of different pieces of small equipment that can be used in our Pilates classes. Here’s a few examples of some of my favourites!
Many of you will not be at all familiar with the Reformer equipment, so we thought we’d share a little overview of the key components that make up The Reformer.
Being aware of your posture can help with maintaining the body’s natural spinal curves, reducing muscle tension and improving movement.
Although Pilates exercises will focus on your ‘core’ tummy and back muscles, doing Pilates exercises will also work and benefit your body in many other ways!
This month, Physio and Pilates Instructor, Kim, has chosen her top 5 Pilates exercises you can do with an exercise ball. We will use a ball in our classes.