Pilates
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[quote name='BartMan'][quote]but back to Pilates, none other than TROY FLAVELL said it was an awesome conditioning exercise.[/quote]<br />
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Which would have [i]nothing [/i]to do with him and Cribb owning a few pilates studios would it... eusa_think[/quote]<br />
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Well you can't argue both of them were big munters in great shape it just clearly didn't do a hell of a lot for their rugby brains..... -
Pilates is great for the core and there isn't the annoying monotone soft voice in the background when you do yoga. I've done it a couple of times while watching my wifes pilates video. You do sweat if you focus your attention on the muscle areas. <br />
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[quote name='ACT Crusader']Pilates is great for the core and there isn't the annoying monotone soft voice in the background when you do yoga. I've done it a couple of times while watching my wifes pilates video. You do sweat if you focus your attention on the muscle areas. <br />
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But you should still do high intensity interval cardio for losing body fat. And of course eat properly.[/quote]<br />
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Who's doing the Vidio, I have some I copied off the TV from those OZ chicks, the wife uses all the time. Could maybe arange a swap of copies... eusa_whistle -
I've been doing Pilates for over 6 years now and would swear by it.<br />
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It's not about holding poses at all and I guarantee an instructor could leave any of you pleading for mercy. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> <br />
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I heard a Pilates instructor on Deakers programme 1 sat talk about it being good for posture flexibility and breathing. All of which I had issues with. I ended up going elsewhere on a recommendation and it has really helped me with core strength flexibility and posture.<br />
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Like a lot of things it is all about the expertise of who you go to. I know people who have gone elsewhere and after one session have fucked their back or neck. So pays to be careful.<br />
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The video's are misleading as they focus on MAT work whcich is the closest to yoga but I do very little of that. It is more about resistance traing using a number of large expensive machines which is why the vids for home market don't feature them. Basically the video's don't refelect what I do at all.<br />
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Where I go they do a lot of work with athletes and also a lot of rehab work. My bro had a frozen shoulder following a dislocation and had been everywhere and tried everything. 3 hrs of Pilates and he was good as new.<br />
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Athletes that go where I do and swear by it include Terenzo Bozzone Tom Ashby, Hannah MacLean, Sam Warriner, Ben Fouhey and a lot of other track, swimmers weightlifters that I don't recognise.<br />
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It has really helped me now that I am back in the gym with technique and just overall structural awareness. <br />
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As you can see bit of a fanboy. -
Les Mills do a class called Body Balance which is a mix of Yoga, Pilates and Stretching. They run it at the gym here in TA. Im going to implement it once a week over summer because I need to work on my flexibility bigtime.<br />
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I went to Yoga once in Bundaberg of all places. A whole lot of chicks in the basement of a house and me. I disgraced myself by getting so relaxed I fell asleep during the warmup, then letting out a massive fart for about 20 seconds when we had to sit open legged against a wall for support. When they started their UUUUUMMMMM chants I had to leave because I lost it completely. The exercise were hard but they certainly relaxed me, I slept soundly that night (afetr ten bundy and cokes). -
[quote name='dogmeat']I've been doing Pilates for over 6 years now and would swear by it.<br />
The video's are misleading as they focus on MAT work whcich is the closest to yoga but I do very little of that. It is more about resistance traing using a number of large expensive machines which is why the vids for home market don't feature them. Basically the video's don't refelect what I do at all.[/quote]<br />
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That's interesting. The mat work was all I knew about pilates.