Pilates integrates the essence of Eastern and Western sports. It could improve the stability and mobility of the body effectively through the principles of breathing, concentration, core strength, controlling, fluency and precision. Practitioners could feel the change of every muscle deeply in the session through learning effective breathing patterns and the right muscles to make the movements more stable and easy. Just let the dominance of the body back to our hands again.
Pilates can be exercised on mats or with professional studio equipment, such as Ladder Barrels, Reformer, Cadilacs, Pilates Chair and Spine Corrector, etc. There are also many small props and accessories that can be used to help or challenge specific exercises.
Pilates can be exercised exclusively or integrated into other exercises to improve performance, strength, flexibility and physical coordination. Studies indicated that Pilates could correct postures and improve core strength, as well as to help release back pain and other body problems.
There are two kinds of private class 1-to-1 and 1-to-2/3. It lasts 60 minutes or more, including: body posture, movement function assessment; exercise plan design; Instructors provide professional training according to clients’need, and Pilates equipment will be used in the sessions to help clients complete the training goals as posture correction, body shaping, movement rehabilitation and pre & post natal recovery, etc.
Pilates Mat exercise is a specific choice to challenge core strength, stability and flexibility. The much more brilliant thing is that the exercises of Pilates Mat could be done at anywhere without any extra equipment. Hence it becomes the best choice for home-based exercise or other movement or health plan.
Traditional mat has about 20-30 exercises. However, Pilates Mat is easily to extend hundreds exercises by considering the practitioners can choose different combinations. Practitioners could achieve a lot of changes on body. Pilates Mat is also a good choice for corss-trainings.
Pilates Reformer is an equipment for resisting movement designed by Joseph Pilates. Resistance is provided by the weight of the practitioner and springs attached to the bracket and platform. Pilates provide fine-tuned resistance on movements to ensure practitioners’accuracy of the movement. It can help improve the body’s alignment, strength, flexibility and balance. At the same time, it is an ideal choice for a large number of rehabilitation exercises, especially for the hips and knees.
The advantage of this equipment is that it can be added a lot of props on it to create more various of exercises. A Cadillac could satisfy all the need of body training, including all the assisted equipment which are needed at Plates exercise time. The combination of Cadillac bed roof, spring and rope grip provides practitioners with very flexible methods and different intensity. Practitioners can choose the most appropriate exercises according to their own abilities and needs.
Spine Corrector are designed specifically for spinal health. It could help open chest, relax front hips, improve the mobility of the spine and relax the tense of these parts. As well as repairing rachiocamposis and improve the stretching capability through core training, balance training. Spine Corrector also could help practitioners with correcting spinal curves, correcting postures such as humpback and scoliosis. Core strength of shoulders, back and waist also could be improved by this equipment.
The CoreSuspension® system consists of ropes and a selection of slings, handles and springs which are used to either aid or resist movement in an unstable environment.
CoreSuspension® is excellent for the rehabilitation of spine, shoulder, hips and knees. The use of the specially designed slings and springs allow for a huge variety of exercises to both challenge and help develop strength, stability, mobility and rehabilitation.
MOTR is also known as “Mobile Reformer”. As one of the most popular equipment in modern Pilates, MOTR exercise could not only improve your full-body strength, flexibility, coordination and balance, but also could correct the postures and relieve different kinds of pain caused by body imbalance.
Fly Yoga combines Yoga postures and skills perfectly by using a big sling or hammock suspended from the ceiling. It makes the body more easily stretched by using your own body gravity and silk ribbon support. Inversion in the air could help stretch the spine to improve the spine alignment, blood circulation and improve the flexibility and core control force. It is really good for spinal health, cardiovascular system, immune system, shaping, etc.