PILATES PLUS BLOG

Working out on your own

admin — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:25:36 +0000

It is always encouraging when someone says to me that they want to be able to work out on their own. People think that they can go to a trainer one to three times a week and all their problems will be solved immediately. That is very rarely the case. Pilates is a process. We can “fix” one issue, to find there is something else going on that was not noticed before. That is the beauty of Pilates. There is always improvement. When you do certain exercises on your own, the process becomes not only faster-but you have now taken ownership. We are now offering free video on our website to encourage you to build that strength on your own. If you have any questions please email. Within 10 sessions you will feel a difference-sometimes it only takes one.

Does doing yoga in a heated room make you work harder?

admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:24:10 +0000

Many people ask us if we offer heated yoga. While the short answer no, there is good reason why we don’t offer it. While practicing yoga in a heated room makes you sweat and allows you to stretch deeper, more injury can come from exercising in a heated room. The heat from the room tricks your body into working more deeply. While you feel great when you are exercising in the heat, you go out into the cold and your muscles snap right back to where they were, which is when serious injury can occur.

See What ActivCore is All About

admin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:07:41 +0000

Pilate Plus is the exclusive provider of ActivCore in Western NY. Click on the link below to see what it is all about.

http://rochesterhomepage.net/content/fulltext/?cid=141631

ActivCore is Here!

admin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:53:00 +0000

Pilates Plus is proud to be the exclusive provider of ActivCore to the Rochester Area.

Developed in Norway, this functional exercise can help your trainer identify inactive muscles and weak muscles. This, in turn, can then help your trainer design an exercise program to help you:
-Restore muscle function
-Reduce pain or discomfort
-Improve core stability
-Improve athletic performance
-Reduce the risk of injury
-Improve functional balance, strength and flexibility

We are very excited to be the only studio in Upstate NY offering ActivCore. If you would like to see what ActivCore is all about, call today to set up your session.

Reality Based Self Defense

admin — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:34:29 +0000

Nowadays, criminals are so fast and lethal, they will do whatever it takes to perform their attacks and get away with ease. In order to stop an attacker of this nature, you need to learn the skills and awareness techniques to defuse the situation or just GET AWAY!

Reality based self defense will teach you how to stop an attacker using a variety of military style combatives and defensive weapon programs. You will also learn the psychology and combative mindset needed in order to make the defense techniques work.

“Reality Based Self Defense” or RBSD is a system based on situations that occur in your everyday life. RBSD also takes into consideration the environment, using weather and low light areas as two large factors. Most of the skills and techniques learned in RBSD revolve around awareness, mindset, reaction, and performing techniques that use simple gross motor skills. This makes the system very easy to learn. Military and law enforcement use these types of training methods because they sometimes have very little time to teach the criteria and rely on the simple but highly effective gross motor skill movements and strikes that RBSD teaches.

RBSD trains using real life scenarios and psychology as its main focal point. Participants act out roles and situations that go on in our lives each and everyday.

If you are interested in learning skills that will work in the streets and the traditional martial arts styles aren’t for you, then Reality Based Self Defense courses are right up your alley.

All Pilates Instruction Is Not Created Equal

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:02:25 +0000

There are many different versions of Pilates out there today - Classical, Stott and Windsor to name a few. We are often asked, “What is the difference?” The main difference resides in the quality of the training and subsequently, the instruction. Classical Pilates, the method that Joseph Pilates developed and taught, is the original and, in our opinion, the best method of Pilates. Classical Pilates instructors, like those at Pilates Plus, are required to train for years at perfecting their skills. After going through their training, classical Pilates instructors are required to obtain hundreds of hours of observation and hundreds of hours of practice instruction followed by apprentice teaching. This leads to a quality of instruction that just can not be obtained through a fast-track method of training.

Instructors of other forms of Pilates are typically required to have anywhere from a few hours to a few months of training. While these instructors may be skilled in their own right, they lack the solid foundation to address individual nuances that are so often seen in many clients.

When shopping for a quality instructor it is important to know what method of Pilates is being taught and how much training your instructor has. Don’t be fooled by knock-offs – the classical method is, and always will be, the best!

Yoga versus Pilates

admin — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:48:42 +0000

One of the most frequently asked questions we get is, “What is the difference between yoga and Pilates?” Generally speaking, yoga is more of a limbering, rejuvenating workout that will provide as much of a lift for your brain as your body. Pilates is a more dynamic system of muscle conditioning that will help you building strength. Yoga will help you gain the flexibility you need to do Pilates and Pilates will help you gain the strength you need to do yoga. Both yoga and Pilates are excellent exercises practiced alone but they do work quite well together which is why Pilates Plus offers both!