Wow. What a week!
It still amazes me how many different body types can benefit from Pilates. Every week I teach the spectrum - 28yr old female getting married in 5 weeks and works out 6 days a week, 64yr old man recovering from a shoulder injury, 50 something overweight woman who hasn't exercised in years, 37yr old female with a high stress job, 62yr old female with lumbar/sacral issues, 20yr old dance student taking Pilates classes for the summer -the list goes on. Each of these clients challenge me and I am never bored!
The wonderful thing about The Pilates Method of exercising is that every individual I stated above can do something. The method is easily modifiable if you know what your doing. I can modify the equipment or which range of motion we're working in. I can make the movements smaller or bigger or add weight or take weight away (this does not always make the exercise easier, in fact it often makes it harder) I can break things down into smaller parts or make them more complicated. I can boost, prop, vary, arrange. Movement is attainable to all of them. Building strength is attainable. We might have to start small and be creative, but work we can do.
Each of these people came to me with their own goals. Those goals can range from increasing shoulder mobility to better posture, to being able to sit at my desk without back and shoulder pain, to looking SUPER HOT in my wedding dress to becoming a better dancer. My job is to guide them towards those goals muscle by muscle. I love every minute of it!
See you at the studio...
Amie
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Hi, Amie! I miss you guys.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree 1000%! No matter who I work with, whatever their background, there's always something Pilates can offer them to improve their movement and daily activity. That's the beauty of it all! :) This is always my rebuttal for all of those "Isn't Pilates too hard for me?" people.