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Pilates benefits
admin | 28th Apr 2018
Pilates benefits
Health benefits of PilatesThe health benefits of Pilates include:improved flexibilityincreased muscle strength and tone, particularly of your abdominal muscles, lower back, hips and buttocks (the ‘core muscles’ of your body)balanced muscular strength on both sides of your bodyenhanced muscular contr...
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7 Lower Back Exercises to Reduce Pain and Build Strength
admin | 16th May 2024
7 Lower Back Exercises to Reduce Pain and Build Strength
7 Lower Back Exercises to Reduce Pain and Build StrengthThe low back consists of various thick muscles that range between the bottom of the rib cage, to the top of the glutes and hips, that encompasses the lumbar spine.Suffering from back pain is something many of us are all too familiar with. Wheth...
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Restricted vs. Unrestricted Squats: Should the Knees Go Past the Toes?
admin | 12th Mar 2024
Restricted vs. Unrestricted Squats: Should the Knees Go Past the Toes?
One of the best exercises for your lower body and overall health are the squats. However, many people do not know the proper form and put themselves at increased risk of injury when performing this exercise! To this day, people are still told/taught not to let their knees go past their toe...
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Does Inadequate Sleep Affect Exercise Performance and Recovery?
admin | 28th Feb 2024
Does Inadequate Sleep Affect Exercise Performance and Recovery?
Are you sleeping enough? As the world continues to move towards a 24-hour society, more people are getting less sleep. In fact, inadequate sleep was declared as a public health problem by the US CDC (Centres for Disease Control and Prevention)! Approximately 40% of adults experience inadeq...
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"Locked Knees" vs. "Soft Knees"
admin | 17th Jan 2024
"Locked Knees" vs. "Soft Knees"
One of the most common positions that we find ourselves in is standing, yet we were never taught how to stand properly! We commonly hear that we need to have “soft knees,” or to never lock the knees out, but why is this the case? Having a slight bend in your knees actually causes more stress at the...
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Why You Should Be Drinking More Water
admin | 30th Aug 2023
Why You Should Be Drinking More Water
Water makes up 60-70% of the average person’s body weight, and is vital in many processes such as digestion, body temperature regulation and absorption of nutrients. In fact, skeletal muscle is actually composed of as much as 75% water in some people. (2) Given all this, it is shockin...
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What is a Rotator Cuff Injury?
admin | 26th May 2022
What is a Rotator Cuff Injury?
First off, what is the Rotator Cuff? The Rotator Cuff (RC) is a common name for the group of 4 distinct muscles and their tendons, which provide strength and stability during motion to the shoulder complex. They are also referred to as the SITS muscles, with reference to the first letter o...
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