Objectives when performing Pilates exercises

What are the objectives when performing Pilates exercises?

 

1 - Learn to connect the Power House and keep it active throughout the exercise,

2 - Helping you breathe while the Power House (body centre) is connected,

3 - Warming up the Power House (centre of the body),

4 - Learn to articulate the spine,

5 - Helps to learn to place the back in a "C" shape and relax the spine to activate the deep abdominal muscles.

6 - Learn to stabilise the hips and pelvis while the leg is moving separately from the body,

7 - Strengthen your hip muscles,

8 - Allows better flexibility of the hamstrings,

9 - Allows a back massage,

10 - Learn to maintain control,

11 - Work on the abdominal muscles,

12 - Learn to work towards the centre line,

13 - Learn to align the body and work on the central body line,

14 - El PowerHouse (centre of the body) stabilises the trunk on the mat and keeps it immobile while the extremities are in motion,

15 - Learn to breathe while performing the movement,

16 - Stretches the tendons of the hamstrings and articulates each vertebra of the spine,

17 - Self-growth against gravity - trains the Power House to work in an upright position.

18 - Work on the row of the spine movement in rotation, supported for a strong centre,

19 - Begins to pull the PowerHouse resistance into a position contrary to gravity,

20 - Tones, lengthens and strengthens legs, hips and abdominals,

21 - Develops the flexibility of the hamstring tendons,

22 - Trains both core stability and balance in different positions,

23 - Improves the flexibility of the thigh adductors,

24 - Test stability and balance,

25 - Stretch the hips and buttocks,

26 - Open the hips and massage the back,

27 - Trains the central part of the body to promote balance at the beginning of the movement and control throughout the exercise.

28 - Connecting the breath to the PowerHouse (body centre)

29 - Acts as a warm-up to activate the circulation,

30 - Trains abdominal strength and endurance,

31 - Promotes co-operative alignment,

32 - Trains full exhalation, to pursue full inhalation coordinated with movement,

33 - Acts specifically on the oblique abdominal muscles,

31 - Learn to sit up straight and rise from the hips,

32 - Work on the abdominal muscles in the extension position,

33 - Opens the front part of the hips,

34 - Helps to develop stability and balance,

35 - Strengthens the spinal muscles in the extension position,

36 - Strengthens and stabilises the upper body,

37 - Stretch the sides of the column,

38 - Increases lung expansion,

39 - Open the hips in a controlled manner,

40 - Hip flexibility,

41 - Strengthening the gluteal muscles,

42 - Tones and strengthens the arms (Biceps and Triceps)

43 - Develops resilience, strength, control and coordination,

44 - Improves flexibility of the shoulder girdle, spine and hamstring tendons,

45 - Incorporates elements of various exercises all in one movement,

46 - Uses the 6 Pilates Principles - Breathing, Focus, Centre, Fluidity, Control and Precision,

47 - Self-enlargement from coccyx to top of skull,

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