Barbara Wintroub
Do you live on your phone or not even turn it on? Some of my friends (older like me) wouldn’t think of using their phones unless they were out of town. They know how to turn it on but I’m not sure they know how to answer a call. Doing FaceTime is out of the […]
ESSENTIAL 5 MINUTE PICKLEBALL WARMUP
To prevent Pickleball injuries and come to the court ready to play, do these exercises to warm up your muscles. Most players don’t think this of of value until something happens to them. Once you understand the importance of warming up, you are much more open to doing exercises. Cool down exercises consist of static […]
ARE YOU BREATHING…CORRECTLY?
Did you know there’s a correct way to breathe? Breathing comes from expansion and contraction of the rib cage not raising the shoulders. If your posture is not good, say, when your shoulders are rolled forward and your arms hang from your chest, not your back, your back muscles no longer work. When your back […]
SCIATICA
Seems like everyone I know has some form of sciatica. No one knows what that means except it hurts like crazy and interrupts their life. Doctors like to give shots and pills. These mask the symptoms but don’t work.
PAIN IN THE NECK
Do you feel as if you are carrying a backpack around the front of your body instead of on your back? We live in a linear world. We eat, drive, work on the computer or phone leaning forward. Then we sit on soft furniture or recliner chairs that keep this forward posture. All this forward […]
Are You PMA ‘Why / Why Not?
I’ve been a member of PMA since it began. I am a certified teacher and a certified teaching facility. This is the way it has been for 16 years. PMA was formed to certify Pilates instructors thereby giving you the best teachers out there. They went after those who said they were a certifying Pilates […]
Recliner Chairs Ruins Your Posture & Your Life
So many of my senior clients have so many tissue issues, it’s hard to work on all of them. It seems as if most of them have recliner chairs they spend every evening in, some sleep in them and most watch weekend sports in them. Using the Pilates methods of strengthening and stretching with them […]
The Importance Of Doing It Right
I am a stickler for details. While watching my group classes do Pilates moves, I noticed they have gotten lazy. They are only interested in doing a bunch of reps or doing fast, big ROM exercises. They have lost touch with what each exercise does for them and the reason to do the exercises correctly. […]
Get Back to Basics
I reconnected with an old student recently. I asked her how her personal training was going. She mentioned that her body couldn’t do many of the exercises her trainer was having her do. Lunges, squats, heavy weights, using her neck and pecs instead of her back muscles were a few of the issues. I placed […]
Are Young Trainers Actually Trained Well?
Whether you’re taking Pilates or Personal Training are the trainers you’re taking from actually trained well? I was watching a personal trainer teaching one of my Pilates clients. I just couldn’t believe what I was seeing. The trainer had her doing weighted squats with her knees bending over her toes (tearing her ACLs). She was […]
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