Pilates at Fitness 121 can be of significant benefit to many exercisers who are unbalanced and inflexible. Our Pilates provides a structured way to balance opposing muscle groups, enhance flexibility, and strengthen muscles that are otherwise difficult to work.
Fitness 121 Pilates is taught in two contexts. The first is “mat” Pilates, in which you will learn to stretch, exercise, and breath, while sitting or reclining on a mat on the floor. The only apparatus typically used is the mat itself, some rubber tubing, and perhaps a small ball or ring. The mat provides padding and the tubing allows for stretching and resistance movements. The ball or ring is used to teach students how to contract and hold the abdominal muscles. Don’t be fooled, this is hard at first and it can be quite humbling!
Another form or Pilates is taught on a machine called the “Reformer”. The machine can be used for countless exercises, many of them deceptively difficult. Your Pilates instructor will use the machine as an aid in assessing your strengths and weaknesses, and then as a tool to address those weaknesses. At the end of each session your body will feel strengthened and lengthened!
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