Saturday, June 1, 2013

Benefits In Doing Pilates

By Angela Winter


Pilates, one of the most popular form of exercise, is known to be easier to do and perform than other types of exercise making more and more people prefer to practice it. Other than that, it also offers a lot of benefits for the body. The main focus of the Pilates exercise is its six important principle. This principles, if practice properly will give benefits that is desired by a lot of people doing the exercise. These important concepts of Pilates include Centering, concentration, flow, breathing, control and precision. One may ask what benefits Pilates can provide their body? Here are some of the benefits that a person can get in doing Pilates:

-Increasing the core strength- as mentioned earlier, centering is one of the principles of Pilates. Centering simply means putting the focus to the center of the body, which is the area between the lower ribs and pubic bone. So when you are doing Pilates and applying this kind of principle, you are increasing your core strength.

-Pilates also develops mindfulness and relaxation-Unlike some other forms of exercise, Pilates is done in a slow pace and serene atmosphere. This produces a very relax state to the person practicing Pilates making him more aware of his whole body. When a person becomes more aware of his body, he will learn what areas or parts of his body need to be developed. People practicing Plates are observed to have better posture, improved breathing and become less stressed.

-Since it is easy to do, anyone can do and perform Pilates. Pilates can be done by anyone irregardless of their size, weight, color, gender and age. Because of the large number of Pilates forms of exercise, one can choose conveniently what set of Pilates they would want to do.

-A person's muscle tone is also improved when practicing Pilates. Aside from that, a person may also lose weight if they want if they choose the proper Pilates techniques needed for their desired effect. It is good to know that Pilates exercise does not make use of weight-lifting equipment but still can help a person tone his/her muscle and lose weight the way they want. The weight loss and toned muscle is usually the effect of doing Pilates that makes use of proper breathing technique, full body concentration and set of well-coordinated Plates exercises.

-Pilates is an easy to do exercise. But for beginners, doing it with the help of a Pilates expert or trainer is advisable to make sure that you will be able to do the set of exercises properly and a trainer may help you choose and decide what sets of Pilates exercise is suited for you. Once you have learned to do the exercise appropriately, you can try to practice it without the guidance of your Pilates Trainer.

-Pilates is focused to improve not just one area or portion of your body but your over-all body including the mind. Thus practicing Pilates does not only mean improving your physical state but as well as improving your intellectual and your state of mind.

There may be a lot of benefits that an individual can get from doing Pilates, but doing it halfheartedly won't do the trick and will not help you to attain your goals in doing the exercise. What's very important is that you put your heart on whatever exercise you decided to do for you to achieve the results that you desire.




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