Arms, Muscle tone, Strength Training
As women age, it’s important to maintain strength and muscle mass to support overall health and well-being. Strength training, also known as resistance training, is a type of physical activity that involves using resistance to develop and maintain muscle...
Arms, health, Muscle tone, Pilates
An exercise band was one of the very first pilates props I ever bought! An exercise band is a great investment. It is low cost, it’s small enough to fold up and put in a drawer. Go for a medium strength one and nice and long if you can. It’s so versatile,...
Muscle tone, Pilates, Uncategorized
The 3 most common questions I get asked. When I talk to our members I often hear the same concerns and questions popping up and perhaps you also wonder about these things. So, here are the 3 most common questions I get asked. 1. Is 15 minutes of Pilates really enough...
back pain, Muscle tone, neck pain, Pilates, Reduce pain, stretch
Do you sometimes feel tight and stiff in your shoulders and back? Perhaps you’re starting to feel rounded through your upper back and have started to notice you look hunched? Due to our lifestyle of computer work, or sitting down at a sewing machine, reading,...
health, Lifestyle, mindfulness, Muscle tone, Pilates, Pilates classes in Queenstown, Uncategorized
A phrase I hear all the time is, “I’ve never been into fitness” or “I just don’t like exercise”. Perhaps you can relate. You’re not alone. I was never a gym goer, (and still aren’t) but I fell in love with Pilates after my very first class. What was surprising to me,...
Abdominals, core strength, health, Muscle tone, Pilates, Pilates classes in Queenstown, Reduce pain, stretch
I was teaching a live Pilates class last night, and I was absolutely shocked when I realised that 40 minutes had flown by and it was time to wrap up. I think these classes are the best. You get into the zone, and your sense of time becomes warped. I can’t...
