Weight Loss? Why Accountability?
Do you struggle to stay on track with exercise and healthy eating? There is one thing that works every time. Many women want to lose weight and get fit — they don’t have a strategy, or find very [...]
Pilates Equipment – Wunda Chair
The Wunda Chair is a simple piece of equipment designed by Joseph Pilates. I is t was a home exercise machine consisting of a seat, a pedal and springs attached to a pedal. It is designed to [...]
Pilates Equipment- Reformer
To be honest, although I practice Pilates on equipment for a while, I didn’t know much about each piece until my recent BASI course. Let’s see. The Reformer is probably the most well [...]
My Gym Bag Essentials
As a BASI student and a Pilates Instructor, I go to the gym everyday for 2+ hours. Therefore I need a large gym bag to stuff all I need. 1. A file where I bind all my printouts with different [...]
Top 10 Nutrition Guidelines
1. Good nutrition controls energy balance. You should take as much as you need to keep the balance between energy intake (food)and energy expenditure ( metabolic rate, physical activity 2. Good [...]
Water – Essential for Life
Water. It’s everywhere on Earth, either frozen on the polar ice caps or as gas in steamy geysers. Wherever water flows on this planet, there is life. Water has played a critical role in [...]
Why Do We Need to Sleep?
We need sleep, along with food, water and air, to survive. Sleep is a vital indicator of overall health and well being. If you are between 18 and 64, sleep range needed is 7-9 hours. What [...]
Key Principles of Pilates
A couple of principles were found in the original texts and footage of Joseph Pilates. This list of principles may vary slightly according to different Pilates school. However, these are [...]
The Various Approaches to Pilates
German-born Joseph Hubertus Pilates developed a special exercise program, which he later refined and named it Contrology. The program was designed to enhance good posture and to increase both the [...]
