Why I Don’t Cue The Core

I am a Pilates Instructor.  I don’t Cue the Core. All Pilates Instructors cue the core  don’t they? Not just Pilates Instructors either.   Also it is teachers in aqua aerobics, dance aerobics, HiiT (high intensity interval training) , Strength and Conditioning classes, Bootcamp, Spin classes.   I have encountered people who cue the core for when […]

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Not Running Up That Hill. Losing a regular exercise habit & how to regain it

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 Regular Exercise Habits: How do we form them and how do we sustain them? After years of the regular exercise habit of weekly running I have stopped.  The regular exercise habit just fell away.  It was not as “baked in” to my week. Why did I keep going for over 10 years  only to trip, […]

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Best Abdominal Exercises. Discover what the abs are really for, to understand which are the most effective exercises

Before considering best abdominal exercises we must ask: Why Work the Abs? By that I mean, in an exercise class or at the gym.  Why work out the abdominal muscles using the best abdominal exercises, or, as is often the case, the most trendy exercises? (I am using the word Abdominal and Ab somewhat interchangeably […]

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