Fitness challenge: Body Beautiful
New Zealand Herald
A combination of cardio and aerobic exercise, work with hand weights, stretching, ballet barre work, yoga and Pilates. What's needed? Unrestrictive and comfortable clothing, water bottle, towel, yoga mat, bare feet. The experience: Casey Green, wife of …

Fitness challenge: Pilates
New Zealand Herald
What is it? Pilates promotes flexibility, strength, toning, balance and trunk stability to improve joint mobility. It is named after its founder Joseph Pilates, who believed physical.

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Jessica used to be a Pilates champion and says her previous training has come in handy during some of her more physical roles. She said: “Pilates was part of proving myself and enjoying the sense of accomplishment. “I never did it as a way of getting …
Jessica Biel: 'I was an ugly duckling'New Zealand Herald

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Yoga for girls to fight fat
New Zealand Herald
Photo / Thinkstock Zumba, yoga or pilates should be offered to girls as early as primary school as a way to get them exercising and combat obesity. Australian health experts have said a greater diversity of exercise routines would help girls, …
Exercising away from boys can make girls fitterBioScholar News

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Gill South: At the core of the matter
New Zealand Herald
The range of motions in Pilates focus on building and strengthening your core (abdomen) muscles. Photo / Thinkstock Pilates is an exercise system that is focused on building strength without bulk, improving flexibility and agility. …

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Fit at 50 can mean fit at 60, 70, 80 with a few changes
New Zealand Herald
It can be really frustrating, mentally debilitating,” said Chris Freytag, a yoga and Pilates instructor and contributing fitness editor for Prevention …

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Kiwi gymnasts target elusive medal
New Zealand Herald
The team is doing their best to compensate, especially with a couple of qualified Pilates instructors – Phillips and Holyoake – in camp. …

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Spring training: It's a knockout
New Zealand Herald
Photo / Thinkstock Week two: the abs have recovered nicely from the pilates starter sessions and I'm even slightly less allergic to the idea that exercise …

You've got to move it, move it
New Zealand Herald
First up: pilates – chosen primarily because it appears to involve a good deal of lying down. And lo, before you can say “core strength” I am lying on a mat …

The enrich list
New Zealand Herald
This, I have learned from pilates guru Maree Seerden. For the past three months she has been gently opening me up – physically and mentally – to encourage a …