2008年7月10日木曜日

EXERCISE:)


*ABOUT PILATES
I’ll tell you about “Pilates method.” It is an exercise which was developed by Joseph Pilates, a German war male nurse, in 1920’s. As of 2005 there are 11 million people who practice the discipline regularly and 14,000 instructors in the United States. Originally it was a fitness program for rehabilitation of the injury soldier of The World WarⅠ. Joseph Pilates called his method Contrology, because he believed his method uses the mind to control the muscles. The program focuses on the core postural muscles which help keep body balanced and which are essential to providing support for the spine. In particular, Pilates exercises teach awareness of breath and alignment of the spine, and aim to strengthen the deep torso muscles.

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