FITNESS: Pilates: Five Points To Know

2. Pilates is a great strengthening program:

Pilates is just like any strengthening program, with all the principles. As in any great strengthening program in the gym, you need to overload the muscles (do something more than they are used to doing) for them to grow and improve. A good instructor will ensure that you are working to your maximum capacity without injuring yourself.

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3. A good Pilates program should not be the same all the time:

To get the best from your Pilates or any strengthening program, the program should vary regularly. During everyday life, you do varying activities, which do change depending on your day, your plans and the demands of your life. Your Pilates program should reflect that. The more your program varies, the more motor patterns you learn and the more useful your program is to your life.

4. Rest is the key to your great program:

Like all strength programs, rest is just as important as exercise. Your muscles and brain patterns grow when you rest, not when you exercise. So, exercising two to three times a week, then resting and allowing your body to adapt and grow, will get the best result from your Pilates program.

5. Specificity is the key:

A generic Pilates program doesn’t work for anyone. Pilates exercises, just like any exercise program, should be tailored towards your needs alone. Only if the program reflects your goals, your body’s specific injuries or weaknesses, will your program be effective and achieve your desired outcome.