Pilates in the Media

 

Pilates can prevent injuries and improve lap times
By Corey W. Campbell - The Miami Herald

Have you ever injured yourself while competing in a race or while training for an event? Read more
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How Kris Humpries Uses Pilates to Improve His Game
By Dean Stattmann - Men's Fitness

"I wanted to figure out a way to get in the best shape possible." With MMA, swimming, and track workouts already a part of Humphries’ conditioning training — in addition to regular basketball practice — he turned to Pilates to pull it all together. "It’s so different from any other workout," Humphries says. "You’re working in a totally different way." Read more
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Aubrey Huff repentant, shaping up for 2012
By Henry Schulman - San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer

Aubrey Huff's employers called him out, publicly and forcefully, and he did not say a peep. He let the criticism of his conditioning hang in the air, like a curveball with no break, and refused to swing. Instead, he went to work. Read more
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The Benefits of Pilates
By Barbara Russi Samataro - Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD - WebMD Weight Loss Clinic-Feature

Runner or golfer, tennis player or new mom, chances are you've heard someone talking about the benefits of Pilates. Many types of people, at many levels of fitness, who have begun doing Pilates exercises, say they've seen improvements in range of motion, flexibility, circulation, posture, and abdominal strength -- and decreases in back, neck and joint pain. Read more
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MIND & BODY; Guys Are Warming Up To Yoga and Pilates
By Donna Wilkinson - The New York Times

AS a boy, Gilead Kreiter liked to stand on his head. So when his wife started taking yoga four years ago, he said, ''Maybe I should try that.'' Though he exercised regularly -- playing basketball and swimming -- he did not feel limber. ''My back was so stiff I couldn't sleep on my stomach anymore,'' said Mr. Kreiter, 48, a trader for a hedge fund on Wall Street. Read more 
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The Next, Best Step For Runner? Pilates
By Dimity McDowell - Special to The Denver Post

Coming across the finish line of the 2011 Country Music Half-Marathon in Nashville in late April, I looked at down at my watch for the final time. My time was 2 hours, 3 minutes and change, which was nearly 13 minutes slower than my half-marathon personal best — or, put another way, almost a minute slower per mile. Read more
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Q&A: Washington School of Ballet's Kristy Windom on Her Love Affair With Pilates
By Timea Presley - Washintonian.com

As it does for many dancers, Pilates has become a go-to workout for Kristina Windom, a faculty member and guest ballet mistress of the Washington School of Ballet and a former company member of the Washington Ballet, the Cleveland Ballet, and the Washington Opera Ballet. But why exactly do ballet and Pilates work so well together?  Read more
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