How is PILATES different from other strength or flexibility exercises?
• PILATES aims to balance strength with flexibility providing you with less pain and increased mobility and well-being. • PILATES is customizable for each person’s special needs. • PILATES springs can be set up to either Assist you or Resist you through a particular movement, depending on your individual body’s needs. • Springs more closely resemble a muscle’s natural contractibility. • PILATES is three-dimensional and challenges your body through ALL movement planes available to your muscles, not just one or two. • PILATES emphasizes the eccentric muscle contraction, which aids in injury prevention by training the body to control the deceleration of movement while the muscle is lengthening. • PILATES focuses on BALANCING the body from head to toe through proper sequencing of muscles around various joints. • PILATES can aid in reversing over-training and muscle imbalance.
