Pilates
Benefits
- longer, leaner muscles (less bulk, more freedom of movement)
- improves postural problems
- increases core strength, stability and peripheral mobility
- helps prevent injury
- enhances functional fitness, ease of movement
- balances strength & flexibility
- heightens body awareness
- no-impact, easy on the joints
- can be customized to suit everyone from rehab patients to elite athletes
- complements other methods of exercise
- improves performance in sports (golf, skiing, skating etc.)
- improves balance, coordination & circulation
Difference between other exercise
- Pilates is three-dimensional (i.e. exercises can be performed using all movement planes)
- spring resistance more closely resembles muscular contraction
- emphasis on concentric/eccentric contraction for injury prevention
- Pilates exercise is customizable for special needs
- Emphasis is placed on rebalancing muscles around the joints
- Pilates corrects over-training and muscle imbalance that leads to injury
- Pilates emphasizes balancing strength with flexibility
- For injury prevention and more efficient movement
- Leads to an improvement in posture and body awareness
- Weight training and Pilates can be combined in your fitness program and are a great compliment to each other.
Pilates offerings
Private sessions @
John Garey Fitness & Pilates
"I have trained a wide population of clients, from Olympic gold medal athletes to severe rheumatoid arthritis; from nine year olds to 88 year olds."
Photos by Roni Ramos
213.304.6221
