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I’d rather walk the plank than do the Plank This is what somebody said to me in class last week. It’s a funny quip, and is a great soundbite but it’s more than that – it encapsulated a widely held view – that Plank exercises are really hard and unpleasant. So this all got me […]
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I’d like to try and explain the significance of Ground Reaction Force (GRF) and how an awareness of GRF can enhance movement – all movement: walking, running, sitting and yes, Pilates exercises.
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I don’t suppose many of us have even heard of the Piriformis muscle. Even fewer of us know where it is or what it does…. but if you have problems with it you really know about it.
So I thought it would be useful for us all to get a little better acquainted with this tremendously important and tricky little muscle.
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So, it’s January and with the new month comes a sense of new beginnings, of purpose, of renewal. I do value that because it mitigates against the faintly depressing loss of festivities and fairly lights, and instead looks to the future. I qualified as a Pilates Instructor in March 2004 – nearly 13 years ago. […]
Continue ReadingPilates 2017. To infinity & beyond: Premonitions, Planetissimals & Perseids
The deep squat – one of the human body’s most primal movements. Traditionally, this was our sitting position until we routinely started to sit on chairs. We may have adapted psychologically to the comforts of chairs, sofas, toilets, cars , buses, even a chaise longue, but our bodies have not entirely followed suit
Our body benefits from regular deep squats.
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