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What is Pilates? Pilates is a brand-new sport, which can help you to have a flat abdomen, strong muscles and a flexible body, so that you can't put it down.

Pilates originated in concentration camps.

Pilates is a course to relieve the muscles of the whole body and improve the control ability of the human trunk. Its origin can be traced back to the concentration camp in the 19 14 war.

Joseph Pilates, the founder of Pilates, was sickly since childhood. However, in his later work, he combined the eastern and western health-keeping methods, such as yoga, Tai Chi and traditional health-keeping methods in ancient Greece and Rome, and created Pilates with his own designed equipment and sports skills. 19 14 War broke out in Europe. Joseph Pilate, who lived in England at that time, was put in a concentration camp because he was German. In the concentration camp, he began to help those bedridden patients train and restore their muscle strength and control. Later, Joseph Pilates moved to new york to train with ballet dancers. This kind of training was further spread, and many celebrities came to practice, thus gradually forming Joseph Pilates' fitness studio.

"The first requirement of happiness is health. Our understanding of physical health is to achieve and maintain the unity of body and sound mind, abundant natural exercise ability, and happily and calmly complete various tasks in daily life. " Joseph Pilates wrote the above passage in 1945, which also fully explained the true meaning of Pilates.

Now, Pilates has evolved into a noun, referring to all courses that use Joseph Pilates to exercise. This course can be a group fitness course or a private training course set up by a coach to correct special injuries, muscle imbalance or other physical problems. Pilates group fitness classes are specially designed for people who work in offices. Because of working at a desk and computer for a long time, muscle development is unbalanced. This lesson mainly focuses on the muscle training of abdominal muscles, gluteal muscles, shoulders and back. Regular pilates exercises can correct body posture, relax waist and neck, solve shoulder problems and tighten loose muscles in arms and abdomen. Nowadays, many professional athletes also use Pilates to avoid sports injuries.

Pilates is aimed at the crowd.

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Pilates is mainly aimed at the crowd:

★ Office workers who lack exercise, sitting in the office all the year round, make their muscles lose strength and can't support their bodies, so they are prone to backache, and even their body lines are out of shape over time. Pilates helps to re-stretch tight muscles, just like doing deep massage, and at the same time practice muscle endurance to evenly distribute body pressure.

★ Pilates is suitable for exercisers of any age. Even pregnant women can practice under the guidance of a tutor to strengthen their support for the spine. Recently, it has become one of the most popular fitness methods in Hollywood.

★ Pilates is more comfortable than running. Because the muscles contract during running, the creatine produced will accumulate, resulting in a sense of soreness; But Pilates helps to stretch muscles and accelerate creatine metabolism, and the pain will naturally disappear soon.

★ Many people "sit" on the computer every day, and the "lifebuoy" formed on their waistlines is getting bigger and bigger. Pilates exercises the muscles of the abdomen, side waist, back and buttocks, which can not only remove the "life buoy", but also relieve the pressure in the heart, and is most suitable for office workers.

Characteristics of Pilates

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* Scientific: Absorbing the essence of ancient yoga and Tai Chi, organically combining breathing, meditation, flexibility, balance and rhythm to achieve the functions of stretching the spine and lengthening the ligaments.

* Safety: Its movement speed is relatively peaceful, it is a static movement, and it will hardly cause damage to joints and muscles. At the same time, the combination of static and dynamic movements makes the body nervous and relaxed, including the change of pace and meditation, which makes it easier for exercisers to control their own bodies and reduce the negative effects caused by posture errors.

* All-round effectiveness: it uses dumbbells, gymnastics sticks and mats to cross for physical training. Although it is stable, it doesn't look hot, but it is comprehensive. There are exercises for arms, chest and shoulders, strength exercises for waist, abdomen and back, and stretching exercises to enhance flexibility. All parts can be fully tightened and stretched, so it is comprehensive and effective.

* Easy to learn: the movement is simpler than yoga. It has no complicated movements and is simple and easy to master.

* Combination of challenge and entertainment: Due to slow movements and coordination of muscle control and breathing, it is difficult to achieve seemingly simple movements. Pilates practice environment, combined with soothing and beautiful music, can make people fully relax, and the movement conversion is smooth and natural. Trainers are very comfortable in the process of practice and will not feel overworked.

* Randomness: You can practice at home, regardless of the venue.