Pilates Props: Foam Roller
After working on resistance training, balance and stability, it is now time to discuss a prop that works on mobility and restoration. In our…
Category: Pilates & Principles
Pilates Props: Swiss Ball and Over Ball
We can take your workout to the next level, but do you have the balls for it? Not the balls that you are thinking…
Pilates Props: Magic Circle
Today, we will be discussing the mighty ‘Magic Circle.’ Before you think you have entered some witchcraft institute, let me clarify. The magic circle…
Pilates Props: Resistance Bands
Before I joined Moushu’s Pilates studio, I identified Pilates as a form of exercise done by celebrities on a piece of single fancy equipment…
Basics of Anatomy: Arches of the Foot
Do you know why we evolved into two-legged creatures from being quadrupedal primates? No? Well, neither do scientists! Or at least, they don’t have…
Basics of Anatomy: Ankle Joint
Here’s a fun fact: Out of 206 bones in your body, 26 are part of one foot alone. Together, both feet comprise 25% of…
The Inner Core Muscles: Pelvic Floor
For the last one in our series of four blogs on the Core, we talk about the base or the foundation of the Core…
The Inner Core Muscles: Multifidi
We have always said that the spine holds our torso up, but did you know there are muscles which hold the spine up? Welcome…
The Inner Core Muscles: Transversus Abdominis
We have been talking on and on about the core and how working from the core is the basis of Pilates, but what exactly…
Pilates can help men achieve their Ideal Body
Real men do Pilates. No, we aren’t challenging your manhood but we are challenging you to try Pilates. Yes, it’s not easy, albeit it…