Pilates is a good exercise choice for many seniors
Chicago Sun-Times
It's no secret Pilates has many benefits for individuals of all fitness levels. In fact, Pilates builds core strength as it targets the entirety of your torso, from your hips to your shoulders. Back and stabilizing muscles also benefit from doing …

Kinstretch Is the New Pilates: Because Joint Problems Start Earlier Than You Think
Paste Magazine
To the untrained eye, it looks like yoga and Pilates, but in fact it's nothing like them. Instead of doing downward facing dog, Kinstretch encourages you to irradiate, isolate your joints (i.e., your shoulders, hips and ankles) and expand your pre …

FITNESS: Longtime Riverside teacher is a Pilates' powerhouse
Press-Enterprise
Twice a week, Barbara Langford, 60, a paralegal, visits a place in Riverside called Plexus Pilates to tune up her body and mind. “She can look at you and immediately see that one of your hips is up, one of your shoulders is off,” Langford said of the …

Yummy tummy: New mother Jennifer Lopez
Daily Mail
If you are familiar with yoga or Pilates, you will recognise the start position – the plank. Maintain a strong posture but in a suspended position horizontal to the floor, balanced on your hands and toes. Line up your shoulders and wrists and keep your …

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Get Leona Lewis's midriff
Times Online
Try Pilates-style “core-strengthening” exercises using a Swiss ball — and the static bridge leg lift. Lie on your front, elbows underneath your shoulders. …