KEEPING YOUR PILATES PRACTICE SAFE
Pilates is the safest, most effective form of exercise you could choose to keep fit (advanced flows have cardiovascular benefits), healthy (many health benefits, including ...
10 TIPS FOR A PERFECT COMPLEXION
A recent documentary found that however much you pay for your beauty products, nothing you put on your skin is going to get rid of ...
10 TIPS: TAKING CARE OF WINTER SKIN
A slight departure for me this week from health, fitness and exercise into the world of beauty! Most of us are well aware of the damage ...
PAINFUL KNEES: 5 IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS
Knee problems are common and clients often complain of achy or painful knees. Apart from some sort of trauma, it is often a result of ...
RECIPES TO REDUCE WATER RETENTION
A healthy diet, full of fresh fruit and vegetables can be beneficial in many ways: from preventing some cancers and disease to helping control your ...
WATER RETENTION & REMEDIES
Do you have 3 or more of the following symptoms? Puffiness of the face, eyelids, tummy, ankles or shins? Is there decreased flexibility in your hands and ...
YOUR FEET COULD BE CAUSING YOUR BACK PAIN
I never noticed people's feet until I started teaching Pilates. It's not often we get the opportunity to go barefoot in this country so they ...
PILATES & YOGA: ENHANCE SPORTS PERFORMANCE
People have discovered the core stability concept and are slowly realising that the core is linked to everything in the body. Both disciplines will help ...
BACK PROBLEMS: REFERRED PAIN
Many people come to class complaining of discomfort or pain in their legs, thinking that they have pulled or strained a muscle and are surprised ...
SACROILIAC JOINT (SIJ) PROBLEMS & PREVENTION
Whenever you lie flat on your back, you are resting on the sacrum and the two flat bones either side, the ilia. The sacroiliac joint is ...
RUNNING PLAN FOR BEGINNERS
Anyone can run. I have often heard people say that they are not built for running and whilst athletes clearly have an advantage over the ...
HOW TO FIND YOUR SAFE TRAINING ZONE
How many times in our lives have we woken up and decided that today is the day to get fit? We leap out of bed, ...
NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS: 10 STEPS TO SUCCESS
It’s that time of year when we all make New Year’s resolutions and have the greatest intention of succeeding. However, research has shown that 9 ...
SKI INJURIES AND HOW TO AVOID THEM
Conditions seem to be shaping up nicely for this ski season and no doubt, many of you have booked your annual week away on the ...
Health & Fitness
HOW TO AVOID A PULLED MUSCLE
This is a very common injury and is caused by sudden movement. The most common...
10 TIPS FOR A PERFECT COMPLEXION
A recent documentary found that however much you pay for your beauty products, nothing...
10 TIPS: TAKING CARE OF WINTER SKIN
A slight departure for me this week from health, fitness and exercise into the world...
PAINFUL KNEES: 5 IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS
Knee problems are common and clients often complain of achy or painful knees. Apart...
WATER RETENTION & REMEDIES
Do you have 3 or more of the following symptoms? Puffiness of the face, eyelids,...
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Diet & Nutrition
THE 5 MOST POPULAR FRUITS & THEIR BENEFITS
I’m a great believer in the old adage “you are what you eat” and...
SOYA BEANS: GOOD OR BAD?
Soya beans are a species of legume native to Eastern Asia. The Chinese cultivated...
RECIPES TO REDUCE WATER RETENTION
A healthy diet, full of fresh fruit and vegetables can be beneficial in many ways:...
TRIGGERS THAT LEAD TO WEIGHT GAIN
There are three triggers that lead us to overeating and the key to avoiding this...
CALORIE RESTRICTION: GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH?
By restricting your intake of calories, it may be possible to improve your health...
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Pilates & Yoga
KEEPING YOUR PILATES PRACTICE SAFE
Pilates is the safest, most effective form of exercise you could choose to keep fit (advanced flows have cardiovascular benefits), healthy (many health benefits, including prevention of back problems) and in great shape (toned body and you can burn 7 to 8 calories a minute with advanced Pilates), but are there any safety issues we should consider whilst... [Read more of this review]
YOUR FEET COULD BE CAUSING YOUR BACK PAIN
I never noticed people’s feet until I started teaching Pilates. It’s not often we get the opportunity to go barefoot in this country so they are rarely on show, but in Pilates and yoga we don’t wear anything on our feet. It wasn’t so much the state some were in, but more the effect they had on people’s posture (and... [Read more of this review]
PILATES & YOGA: ENHANCE SPORTS PERFORMANCE
People have discovered the core stability concept and are slowly realising that the core is linked to everything in the body. Both disciplines will help any sportsman because you improve posture, you start to integrate your core stabilisers and the breathing aspect of Pilates and yoga causes the ribcage to expand, thereby increasing your VO2 capacity... [Read more of this review]
BACK PROBLEMS: REFERRED PAIN
Many people come to class complaining of discomfort or pain in their legs, thinking that they have pulled or strained a muscle and are surprised to learn that it may well be a back problem which is causing referred pain. Most of us have either had sciatica or understand the idea that it is something to do with the back, not a pulled muscle in the... [Read more of this review]
CREATE A GIRDLE OF STRENGTH WITH PILATES
Ask the unenlightened what Pilates is all about and they will most probably say “stengthening the core” – and indeed it is … partly. When I went on my first Pilates training course, the instructor asked us all for our definition of Pilates and although most of us were new to it, we came up with quite of variety of answers! Pilates... [Read more of this review]
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