Contemporary Pilates: A Revolutionary Step towards Healthy Lifestyle

Since the introduction of Pilates in the early 20th century by Joseph Pilates it has revolutionised the world with its amazing health benefits. Nowadays, more than half of the population in London is linked with some kind of Pilates exercise. The awareness of Pilates is not only limited to the gym enthusiasts or the elites anymore. Regular people with the desire of living a fit and healthy life have also started showing interest in Pilates in London. From office workers to stay-at-home mums increasing numbers of people are discovering the benefits of Pilates.
More and more people are taking up Pilates in London as a main form of exercise. People are joining Pilates classes in London and are achieving their goals.
The art of controlling one’s body’s commands inner strength from the mind and to achieve this requires concentration and mindfulness.
Today’s generation seems to want to verify the features of any service or product before actually showing interest in it. But learning about the amazing benefits that can be acquired through proper Pilates training will make you join a class immediately. If you are new to Pilates in London or haven’t yet discovered this fantastic form of exercise, here are some points that may strike your curiosity, especially if you are still sceptic about this type of training. 


Health benefits of taking Pilates classes:

Stronger Abdominal Musculature: Everyone wants to improve the look of their waistline.  Pilates exercise will improve your core strength from the inside out and by strengthening your abdominal oblique muscles your spine gain support needed for any sport activity, such as tennis, golf, weight training, etc.

  • Relief for low back pain: Increasingly sedentary people, such as office corporate employees complain of back pain. This can be attributed to poor postures, weak core musculature that help support the lumbar spine and less active populations tend to lack this training. Special populations such as pregnant women and the elderly are also prone to suffer with back and joint pain as a result of changes in posture and normal ageing. Poor posture and physical status have been identified to be the cause of such problems. Exercises related to Pilates can significantly help in the reduction of back pain. Why? Pilates exercise can be modified to be completely safe for special populations, such as pregnant women and elder people who may be more vulnerable to injury. (NICE Guidelines on exercise for non-specific low back pain nice.org.uk/guidance/cg88)
  • Enhanced Breathing Ability: The first basic principle of Pilates consists of learning how to control breath and use one's energy with breathing. The vigilant observation of the breathing pattern during contemporary Pilates exercise improves the breathing ability as it aims to increase lung capacity while using the lower lobes of the lungs, which ten to be commonly un-utilised. As the person masters proper breathing various other factors are boosted, such as improved abdominal contractions, optimising one’d workout sessions.  Additionally, other activities may improve from optimal breathing, such as running, lifting weights, swimming, playing outdoor sports, etc. 
  • Improved Posture and Balance: Today’s excessive use of computers, mobile phones and tablets have shown to alter people’s postures. medscape.com/viewarticle/878621
  • Pilates exercises aim to restore the natural curvatures of the spine. This means that if you have an excessive kyphosis or lordosis Pilates exercises may help you improve your spine by working on your core musculature and spinal extensor muscles that help maintain you upright. Neck problems attributed to poor posture can also be relieved with the use of postural exercises and body awareness. 
  • Increased Flexibility: Pilates exercises require not only strength, but also flexibility. These exercises stretch your muscles actively, not passively. This means that you are moving through stretches, rather than holding them. The advantage of this is that you are actually stretching the muscle, not just pulling on other structures, as your ligaments, tendons, joint capsules, avoiding injury.
  • Injury Prevention: Pilates in London exercise aims to rebalance the muscles around your joints. By strengthening your joint stabilisers and mobilising your restricted joins you are preventing musculoskeletal injuries, as you become stronger and more stable from the inside out and more supple when its needed.

Why join our Pilates Reformer Classes?
Aside from the many health benefits that Pilates can bring to your life, at Core Kensington you will be training with the best in the business. Our team of instructors are fully certified in STOTT Pilates. Our personalised attention in our very small group classes assure that you excecute proper technique and don;t get lost in the crowd. Our reformers are the best in the market, only high calibre STOTT Pilates professional equipment.

An Experienced and Expert Instructor For You:
Core Kensington offers the most professional instruction and top of the line reformers in London. Join our very small group classes if you are looking to learn from the best classical Pilates in London.
Our boutique Pilates studio is located inside the Bootcamp Pilates Notting Hill building. Highly qualified and experienced Pilates reformer instructor and osteopath Carlo Yanez supervises a team of professional, certified STOTT Pilates instructors. For more information about our timetable and speciality classes simply visit our website corekensington.co.uk
Top quality Pilates training, personalised attention and high calibre reformers at reasonable prices make us unique in Notting Hill,  Bayswater, Queensway, and Paddington.

A final word of advise
Stop wasting your time and give us a call. Your revolution towards a healthy lifestyle is awaiting at our studio.

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