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Is the ideal daily step count 10,000? Maybe, maybe not. Helpfully, there is more nuance in our conversations around this of late. There is good evidence that you don’t need to achieve an ideal daily step count of 10,000 to be healthy. If you do very few steps then try to do more. However, if […]
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If you are women of a certain age, you are told to lift heavy for strong bones. But is this message helpful? Has it inspired you to rush off to the gym and start deadlifting? Strength training is definitely having a moment right now. “Lift heavy for strong bones” is everywhere but is it a […]
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“My core is weak”, “I’ve got a weak core”, “I need to strengthen my core”. Sometimes it is, “My physio says I have a weak core. ” Or “My GP says I have a weak core”. When it comes to my Pilates clients explaining why they have back pain, or what we should do about […]
Continue Reading“I’ve got a weak core”. But have you, really?Have you been recommended Pilates to help with your back pain? Has your GP told you to do Pilates for your back pain? Were you thinking about Pilates as part of your strategy to hep with your back pain? People often turn to Pilates for back pain but do you really know why? As it […]
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The cost and presumably quality of Pilates training courses is incredibly variable. You can train to become a matwork Pilates instructor or Reformer Pilates instructor incredibly fast and with little expense. The 2020 Pandemic accelerated a move to online training. There is significant competition in terms of price and availability. How is this affecting the […]
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