What is Pilates?
/Pilates method means "Pilates" (or "Pilates technique") in English. It is an exercise method and skill named after German joseph hubertus pilates. Pilates' unique skill in training movements and movements created by himself before his death is called "control".
Narrow scope of Pilates: Pilates couples have always created more than 500 movements, most of which are saved as photos or documentaries. Including the exercises on the mat and the movements of the studio instruments invented by Pilates, is a narrow concept of Pilates.
The broad concept of Pilates: Pilates is first and foremost a sport. It is a kind of whole-body coordinated exercise, which mainly exercises the small muscles in the deep layer of human body, maintains and improves the appearance of normal posture, achieves body balance, develops the range and ability of activities of trunk and limbs, emphasizes the control of core muscle groups, strengthens the nerve induction and domination of human brain on limbs and skeletal muscle tissues, and cooperates with correct breathing methods.
The difference between Pilates and Yoga
Pilates is a kind of yoga class to relieve the muscles of the whole body and improve the control ability of the human trunk. It has magical combined exercise system therapy and is named after its founder, Joseph H.pilates. Pilates attaches great importance to mobilizing muscle groups in all parts of the body through exercise, and at the same time integrates the concepts and training methods of yoga, Tai Chi and body ballet, which can improve the muscle function of human body and adjust the problems of human spine and lumbar spine through exercise.
Yoga (English: Yoga) originated from ancient Indian culture and is one of the six philosophical schools in ancient India. It explores the truth and methods of "Brahma is like me". What modern people call yoga is mainly a series of methods of self-cultivation, including posture adjustment (referring to yoga posture), pranayama method and mind adjustment, so as to achieve the unity of body and mind.
Yoga is rooted in a spirit, and there are many meditation exercises. Many contemporary yoga classes will pay attention to the combination of the body and this part, so that you can find your spiritual center and understand your inner desires and needs by doing yoga.
What tools do they need?
Yoga classes need to use yoga mats, while Pilates can use yoga mats without any auxiliary tools.
Their differences in curriculum.
Compared with Pilates, yoga has more static postures. Yoga classes usually last 75 to 90 minutes, while Pilates exercises usually last about an hour. After yoga class, you may feel that your muscles are stretched all over, but after Pilates class, you will feel pain all over and your muscles will be tense, so you must do some relaxation exercises.
Six principles of practicing Pilates
1, focus and focus
The body is controlled by the brain. Only by devoting yourself wholeheartedly to the completion of the action can you get the greatest benefit. The five parts required for thinking are:
Intelligence, intuition, imagination, will and memory.
2. Control control
Control: "The art of control" is the name given by Mr. Pilates to his exercise system, because Pilates system is based on the concept of muscle control. Nothing in the Pilates system is random. In order to be able to control every aspect of the action, you must concentrate. No part of the body is idle. In every movement, the body muscles defying gravity and spring resistance, thus controlling the body movements and instruments.
"Pilates teaches you to control your body instead of being bound by it. No matter how Pilates exercises are performed, muscle control permeates every part of the body.
Step 3 center
The strength to complete Pilates comes from the center of the body. Joseph Pilates called this center a "power station". The core of Pilates includes abdominal muscles, upper and lower back muscles, buttocks, buttocks, inner thighs-or foot fighter belts. All pilates starts from the core and then extends to the limbs. The core has a midline, behind the navel, spanning from the buttocks to the lower edge of the ribs. There are two lines running through the whole body, shoulder to shoulder and hip to hip. We call it a frame or box. The stability of the box allows us to work freely from the core.
Step 4 breathe.
All movements have a breathing rhythm. Joseph Pilates advocated that the lung should be used as a bellows, and it can be used to forcefully suck air in and out of the body. Most pilates movements need breathing, and the correct use of breathing is necessary for pilates movements as a whole. Mr. Pilates regards it as a process of removing waste and restoring physical and mental health. Correct deep exhalation and thorough exhalation are the key. Correct breathing rhythm requires the practitioner to try his best to deliver oxygen to the required muscles and completely empty the lungs when exhaling. "Mr. Pilates thinks that forced complete exhalation is the key to breathing." He instructs people to squeeze air out of their lungs like a wet towel. Pilates breathing can be described as backward and lateral three-way breathing, that is, the practitioner deeply inhales air into the back and sides of the chest.
5, precision precision
Every pilates movement is to achieve a "precise" goal. In order to fully achieve the purpose of each movement, every part of the body needs to be in the right position and the whole body needs to be aligned correctly. Emphasis is placed on the accuracy and perfection of every movement, rather than the pursuit of quantity to do some specious actions. In the end, precision should become the second instinct, and the simplicity and elegance of movements are brought into daily life.
6. Smooth
Pilates pursues the elegance of movements and creates the fluency of movements with the correct transformation between each movement. Romana called it "minimum action", which is what we are all pursuing. Once the accuracy of the movement is achieved, fluency will run through the movement itself and between the movements, thus generating strength and endurance.