As we nourish our careers and personal development with information and knowledge, the same should be true of our bodies. I’d like to share the reasons why I choose pilates exercises for myself.
Every person desires to live a long and healthy life, and it’s no secret that exercise and a nutritious diet can help you maintain your mind and body into your twilight years.
Having tried many workout regimens over the years, I’ve always leaned back to pilates as my go-to routine. It delivers, and here’s why you must consider it to achieve and sustain your fitness goals.
Top Five Benefits of Pilates Exercises
Each exercise program has its own set of rewards, strengths, and reasons to practice it. Here are the top five benefits I’ve witnessed with Pilates.
Strengthening The Core
Pilates’s most significant contribution lies in toning your core, abdomen, lower back, and hip muscles. You think with your brain, and you move with your central core.
A strong core helps you maintain good posture, stay balanced throughout the day, and keep your coordination sharp. It also improves your stability and energy transfer if you participate in other sports.
The most significant benefit is a lower risk of injuries due to stronger muscles around your spine.
Flexibility
Dynamic stretching, which is a part of pilates, lengthens and elongates your muscles to improve your overall range of motion.
Yes, yoga is also great for flexibility, but pilates exercises also encourage the isolation of muscle groups during workout, which has led to precise and targeted flexibility in specific body areas.
From experience, the long-term benefits of controlled movements, emphasizing muscle elongation, have strengthened my body.
Improved Posture
We sit at our desks too much nowadays, something I’ve been guilty of too. The most significant impact is on our posture, which leads to pain and a general sense of fatigue.
The saving grace has been how my body reacts to poor posture because I have been consistent with my pilates exercises. It’s like having a built-in alarm around my core, telling me to straighten up.
Spinal alignment, controlled movements, and targeting small and large muscle groups have helped my body stay aware of its posture.
Reducing Stress
Breathing deep during workout movements allows you to focus and concentrate on yourself. The mind-body experience is a stress buster and meditative, releasing any physical tension you may be feeling.
But it’s more than that- it’s about finding the work-life balance many crave.
Prioritizing self-care and physical activity promotes precision, stability, and alignment and releases your body’s “feel-good” endorphins—also known as your body’s natural mood enhancers.
Preventing Injuries
The most rewarding benefit is a reduced risk of injury in your daily life. The low-impact nature of pilates is gentle on your joints without sacrificing strengthening and mobility.
Activities requiring twisting or lifting can cause injury, especially as we age. A strong core, stability, and proper alignment protect against sprains and joint injuries.
As a pilates practitioner for over 40 years, my experience seeing this benefit is most certainly true.
Make a New You
I’ve just shared a glimpse of the incredible benefits that Pilates exercises can do for you. It is truly a transformative practice that I’ve had the fortune to share with my clients over many years.
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