Let me first say Congratulations! You'd set yourself a huge mission and you completed it. It's now time to take a step back and look after the vehicle that made this possible...your body. After many months of preps and putting demands on every piece of your body it deserves a proper cool down. As you know what feeds our muscles and soft tissues around them is blood. By carrying oxygen and other nutrients it nourishes and revives every cell. At the same time it is blood again

Hands up if you always thought pilates is a form of yoga. Well, don't worry this is one of the common myths about pilates and here we take a look at a few. 1) Pilates is the same as Yoga The same way that we don't see a Porsche the same as a Fiat only because both have 4 wheels and drive on roads, we wouldn't think Pilates is the same as Yoga only because they both use a mat and promote breathing. Like our two cars they're both useful but have different goal and different str

If you are new to pilates chances are you didn't know pilates can be done both on a mat as well as on some machines. Mat Pilates You use your own body weight on the floor, therefore you must be comfortable with lying on back, side or front. A Pilates mat is slightly thicker than a yoga mat to accommodate all spinal mobility moves. The individual must be capable of sitting and getting up from the floor. Movements are generally body weight or incorporating slight resistance fro