Rappler

Summer fitness: 7 Pilates exercises you can try at home Rappler The focus on pulling the navel to the spine and focusing on one's core is at the heart of Pilates, and provides a more mindful and holistic approach to fitness unlike the high impact cardio fitness programs popular today. With highly competent …

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Summer fitness: 7 Pilates exercises you can try at home – Rappler

Pilates isn’t something you can do while thinking about your grocery list or current challenge at work. Pilates engages your mind as well as your muscles. You visualize the closing and lowering of ribs to get to those abs. You imagine drawing the navel in as you’re contracting the abs and exhaling. You follow the instructor’s lead to stretch and strengthen and lengthen your body — without …

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Times LIVE

Getting right to the core of the great Pilates debate Times LIVE If you've ever been told to “pull your navel to spine” then, like thousands of South African women, you have balanced on a Pilates ball and know the …

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Getting right to the core of the great Pilates debate – Times LIVE