Apr 06 2009
Male athletes get no pain, big gains from Pilates
By Jill Lieber, USA TODAY
Celebrities Madonna, Julia Roberts and Sharon Stone have done it. So have golfer Tiger Woods, basketball star Jason Kidd, pitcher Curt Schilling and offensive lineman Ruben Brown. What they all have in common is Pilates, one of the fastest growing fitness activities in [...]
Mar 26 2009
Ratatouille -
A Delicious Inexpensive Dish
This recipe may not be the easiest recipe for ratatouille but the results are sure tasty and the left overs are delicious as well. This might be something that is better made on a rainy afternoon, the simmering vegetables together with the herbs really makes the house smell nice. You can [...]
Mar 10 2009
I begin every session with this “Song” I learned from Kathleen Stanford Grant. For those of you that don’t know who she is - Kathy is someone who studied with Joe Pilates and continues to teach in New York. At 87 years old she maintains a full schedule that I have no question would tire [...]
Mar 04 2009
While I love steak, it’s nice to explore other foods as well. This recipe is a twist of a Spicy Green Beans and Tofu recipe I discovered on the web. For some reason I decided to try the spices together with Egg Plant and Tofu and loved the result.
Spicy Egg Plan with Baked Tofu and [...]
Mar 03 2009
Today I want to talk about the importance of keeping a regular work out schedule. When someone first comes to a Pilates session one of the first things they realize - this is not a typical workout. The instructor has a great deal of knowledge to share and during a session will only focus on [...]
Feb 27 2009
Efficiency in movement is one of the key principles when doing Pilates. Efficient movement will translate into balance as well as focus the movement to the desired muscles. I often talk with my clients about the compensation in movement and how it will cause poor movement patterns, negative feedback to the body and even possible [...]
Feb 26 2009
Pilates is a great activity for Cross Training. As an instructor I get bombarded by offers for workshops that include mostly Pilates for Golf - but also, Pilates for Tennis, Pilates for Soccer etc, but the bottom line in all these activities is that Pilates is for Cross Training.
Pilates does not take the place of [...]
Feb 25 2009
It must be Wednesday as I am thinking of what recipe to put up. I am trying to stay seasonal so tomatoes are out and I have some great recipes using the tomatoes that friends gave me in the fall. You will have to wait on them.
One of my favorite ways to prepare chicken seems [...]
Feb 24 2009
No one would ever say that they love doing ab work - and sit ups are the worst. In an effort to create the perfect abdominal curl - or crunch or what ever you chose to call it - there are countless machines designed to assist in doing the exercise perfectly. At one point in [...]
Feb 23 2009
The other day I was talking with one of the clients in the studio as he was stretching before his session. Apparently he is very prone to cramps and finds that if he does some active stretching before his session he is less likely to cramp during the session. So this sent me to the [...]
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