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Melissa Noble is in town until March 30th. Feel free to contact her to make an appointment for private pilates sessions and/or massage. email phone: 206-399-3525
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featured instructor: ...
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Tiffany Lodes
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this month...
· get ready for summer with the Happy Hour program,
· the exercise of the month, presented by our instructor ...
· the convenience of signing up online for our mat series, reformer series but also for your private and semi-private sessions with any of our instructors,
· Melissa Noble is in town, you can make an appointment with her for private pilates sessions and/or massage,
· and remember to visit us online.
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pilates and...
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THE CORE
"The
core" is a pair of words that have dominated the fitness industry as
well as sports as of late. Everyone is selling "the core"
exercises to cure all your ills. So what is the core and are you
engaging it? Many people confuse doing pilates exercises with
engaging the core. It is very possible and common for people
doing pilates to perform the exercises without engaging their
core. How is that possible, isn't pilates synonymous with
core? It isn't and you have to be taught how to engage your core
properly. Some people do engage the core naturally but even they
should be taught to recognize the feeling of the engagement. My
first pilates teacher told me to turn on my powerhouse, the original
word that Joseph Pilates used for core. I had no idea what she
meant. It wasn't until I met Ellen Roth, PT at Movement Systems
and she taught me a systematic way to engage the core, that I finally
knew what it felt like. STOTT also includes this information in their
instructor training, so you can be sure that if an instructor has been
through the STOTT training, at least they've heard this
information. When you ask someone what they think their core is
they will inevitably say their abdominals. This is one-fourth
right because of the four abdominal muscles, the transversus is the one
abdominal muscles that is part of the core. The pelvic floor and
the lumbar multifidi make up the rest of the core. Core muscles'
only action is to stabilize the pelvis and lumbar spine. To make
sure your core is engaged, you have to take the time before you even
get into the position of the exercise, to engage it. All three
groups must engage together without any "outer" muscles, like the
obliques. Core conditioning must be very light, slow and mindful
work. The core can only train at low loads and intensities until
it gets stronger. That's why your first pilates session while not
a "tough" workout in the traditional sense of exercise, is the most
important lesson of your core foundation.
From Bloomington, IN
Melissa Noble, LMP
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time to get ready for summer:
our Happy Hour series
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 - Mondays and Thursdays, from 6:30pm to 7:30pm
The purpose of this Pilates series is to de-stress your body from your day
job and free your mind while challenging your core and building strength and flexibility.
This class uses a lot of props from Flexbands™ to toning balls, BOSU™, Flex balls, foam roller, etc...
It's a surprise
every time you come.
The number of participants is limited, so sign up online now to reserve your spot for the next
series.
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sign up online
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· click here for all mat series (including Bosu™, Stability Ball, Happy Hour, etc...)
· click here for all reformer series (including Athletic Conditioning, Jumpboard Interval, etc...)
· click here for private & semi-private sessions with our instructors.
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exercise of the month: breast stroke prep |
 
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We at Bodycenter strive to provide you with an encouraging environment to foster change in your body.
Sincerely,
Kristi Quinn
Bodycenter Studios |
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