Pilates - Inform Fitness

When looking to begin training for a 5k or a distance farther than this, there are several things to keep in mind. The first phase should be base training and will give a good benchmark following the 5K to know where you're ...

It may seem like baby is living a sweet sedentary life, with all the eating, sleeping and being waited on hand and foot, but it turns out being a baby is quite the rigorous workout. Similar to Pilates' "Swan" and "Swim" poses, ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Bootcamp is hot, Pilates is not, according to a new survey forecasting fitness trends for 2011.In fact so precipitous was the fall of Pilates, once a fitness staple, that Dr. Walter Thompson, lead author of an annual ...

I am writing today from the Pilates Method Alliance (PMA) conference in Long Beach, CA. This year, time was taken to honor Pilates Elder, Kathy Grant, who passed away in May of this year. Heart-felt memories were shared by many of her ...

Pilates exercises the mind and body through six basic principles. Walking in late will disrupt the other students around you as you are setting up your space and warming up. On the same note, try to refrain from talking to other students ...

Put simply, the abdominal muscles hold the spine in place and support it during movement. Everyday movements like walking, reaching, lifting, carrying and even standing require all of these abdominal muscles to work. The stronger the abdominal muscles, the more controlled these ...

Pilates was developed by Joseph Pilates in the 60's, as a method for rehabilitating the muscles of the body. The focus in Pilates is on strong core (abdominal) muscles, particularly the transverse abdominis, through exercises performed with control, proper alignment, engagement and ...

Pilates was developed during the early years of the 20th century by Joseph Pilates, where the name was taken from. The principles behind Pilates are the stability of the core muscles and strengthening them. Pilates promotes proper breathing and help improve your ...

How many of us have put our fat pants on, only to find we can't get them fastened? I put the video on each day, working my body as hard as I could to keep up with the work out performance that ...

While millions of people do Pilates exercises everyday, most do not even know that Pilates was a person, let alone an extremely interesting and colorful personality who was at the leading edge of exercise science. Joseph Pilates was born in 1880 in ...

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Topic: Pilates

Base training for distance running

Workout for a Healthy, Strong Baby

Fashions of fitness: Exit Pilates? Enter Bootcamp?

Reporting from the Pilates Method Alliance Conference

Etiquette for Pilates classes

The link between abdominal muscles and back pain

The connection between pilates and yoga

The difference between Pilates and gyrokinesis

Tips for maintaining your exercise goals

History of pilates

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