Can an obese person do Pilates?
Yes, as anybody you can improve your strength, posture, alignment and in general your well being through a personalized exercise program. Promoting self acceptance and love yourself attitude is the responsibility of the fitness professional. My experience as a personal trainer that works with post-rehab and in particular obese, has been that modifying the Pilates Mat exercises and using props (wide bands, exercise balls specially chosen for this purpose) helps those that are overweight to find themselves able to participate in a group exercise class, alleviate their lower back pain, de-stressed their minds by putting all their senses into their breathing rhythm and muscle engagement. As Pilates is based on Yoga, it focuses on your inner self, promoting self acceptance and therefore helps you to control your anxiety level and becoming stronger in mind, body and as a whole human being. To really get a good balance exercise program you need to cross-train, by adding aerobic (cardio vascul
