| Pilates is a type of exercise plan or program | | | | playing golf, racing cars, cycling, boxing, or any |
| which concentrates on body posture, and takes | | | | sport which involves running, swimming, or motion |
| into consideration the alignment of the spine, as | | | | control, chances are you have been exposed to |
| the workouts are being performed. Such attention | | | | Pilates' concept, even if you've never heard of it. |
| to detail in posture during exercising would be | | | | Perhaps, you've noticed folks at the gym using |
| something you'd expect from the United States | | | | free weights, doing curls, and positioning their |
| Marine Corp as these men and women in uniform | | | | bodies a certain way as they worked out the |
| seem to have perfect posture, and are easily | | | | exact muscle groups, carefully breathing in and |
| identified in a crowd, merely because they stand | | | | out. Indeed, this is using just a few of the |
| up straight, sit straight, and hold their heads high. | | | | techniques introduced by Joseph Pilates. By doing |
| Don't we all wish we could be in that good of | | | | this, the body is forced to work on the exact |
| shape and have that posture? Well, it turns out | | | | muscle groups without using other parts of the |
| that you can. In fact, the "Pilates Excise Theory" | | | | body to assist through slouching or bad posture |
| was brought forth by Joseph Pilates near the | | | | during workouts. |
| beginning of the twentieth century. And according | | | | Turns out when you do this it does increase the |
| to WikiPedia there were well over 11 million folks | | | | muscle tone, and specific muscles giving you a |
| practicing this type of exercise program by | | | | superior workout. Few could deny this, and |
| mid-2005. According to Health and Fitness | | | | although there are critiques the results seem to |
| Magazine, the number is quite higher, as most | | | | speak for themselves. Just like a runner with |
| modern day exercise programs have at least | | | | good posture is more efficient in running, the |
| some components of the Pilates Theory of | | | | efficiency of the workout delivers maximum |
| conditioning. | | | | results to the participant thanks to Joseph Pilates' |
| You see, in this scheme, the athlete or participant | | | | early theories, still practiced today. I urge you to |
| focuses on their breathing, and spine alignment | | | | consider all this and read up on it, and then put it |
| while working out, and there have been a number | | | | into practice in your own workouts ASAP. Think |
| of work-out programs which have been centered | | | | on it. |
| around this common theme. Whether you are | | | | |