Forget those days when working out meant that you would wear your most worn out t-shirt and those old unfitted shorts. Looking at yourself in the mirror is much more fun when you like your gym apparel. Think about it, when you are at the gym you end up spending a quite a lot of… Read More Why Yoga Pants Are Now The It Apparel
Ever heard of PiYo? It’s the new hit fitness class that’s designed to get you in the shape of your life. PiYo combines practices from pilates and yoga. The classes will help you build strength, lose weight and increase flexibility. PiYo is perfect for people who want the mind-body benefits from a yoga class, but… Read More The New Hit PiYo, What Is It?
This week we put the LesMills BODYBALANCE® class into the test. BODYBALANCE® is a class that mixes yoga, pilates and Tai Chi moves. The moves help you strengthen your entire body, increase your flexibility, and improve your movement. The calmness of the class will leave you feeling relaxed and happy. We sent four first timers to… Read More BODYBALANCE IN THE TEST
For those of you unfamiliar with Pilates, it’s an exercise method that consists of low-impact flexibility combined with muscular strength and endurance movements. It uses your abdominals, lower back, hips and thighs predominantly, and can involve arms, shoulders, and upper back in STOTT Pilates. Pilates is named for its creator, Joseph Pilates, who developed the… Read More Explore the Core with Reformer Pilates
We all know that Pilates and Yoga can do our bodies good, the problem is that they are almost always coupled together in the same sentence. This could be because they are both “journey” focused exercises, focusing on the moment to moment instead of the end result – which can be getting stronger to becoming… Read More Yoga Vs. Pilates… What is The Difference?
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