Pilates Exercises for Kids

Designed to build muscle strength, flexibility and endurance, Pilates is an exercise method in which you need little more than your body and a mat. Kids of all ages and fitness levels can benefit from Pilates. While many fitness facilities offer Pilates classes, most Pilates exercises are simple enough to do at home if a…

Pilates benefits patients with heart failure

Compared with traditional cardiac rehabilitation, Pilates exercises significantly improved functional capacity in patients with heart failure (HF) and may be a beneficial adjunctive treatment, study results suggest. HF patients who underwent training with the Pilates method in combination with 30 minutes of aerobic exercise had greater increases in exercise time, ventilation (P= 0.02), peak oxygen…

What is healthy eating?

You might be surprised to find out that there isn’t one agreed upon meaning. Defining it isn’t as easy as it might first seem.Many people think of healthy eating from the physical perspective: how our meals add up in terms of calories or sodium, or if portion sizes meet recommendations. We may focus on getting…

Boost Stamina with Pilates

Whether you’re training for a marathon or chasing a toddler around the house, there are plenty of reasons to want more stamina. Often referred to as endurance, stamina is your ability to sustain a physical or mental effort for a long period of time. If you’ve been experiencing a personal energy crisis lately (outside of…