Pilates: a method, a discipline to improve physical fitness

In recent years we have learned that the good habit of practicing "regular and constant physical activity, accompanied by a correct and balanced diet, is the basis of a healthy and long-lived life. Each sport has in fact the characteristic of improving physical condition. general, preserving the body and mind from many diseases, helping us daily in the fight against premature aging, obesity and all its complications. diversify the business by optimizing the final result.

It is therefore possible to work specifically on cardiovascular health, weight loss, muscle mass toning, flexibility, resistance to fatigue and more. Particularly named in recent years - thanks also to the success achieved among the stars around the world. and in any case useful for posture health, while improving motor coordination, flexibility, tone and relaxing the mind from everyday stress - are those "holistic" activities recognized in sports environments as low-impact disciplines, that is, those expressions of physical movement "Moderate" which promote better control of the mind and body compared to other typically more lively activities. If practiced regularly they undoubtedly offer many personal satisfactions, in fact by helping to build a lean, flexible and toned body, they improve posture, breathing, coordination, teaching to relax the mind he Pilates technique, for example, which appeared several decades now, which stands out for its tendency to enhance many of the aspects mentioned above, was initially intended to strengthen the muscles weakened by "physical inactivity and the hard period of history that was going through" humanity. For a long time it was also a practice exclusively addressed to professional dancers, who included it among their workouts to fortify and balance themselves muscularly. Subsequently, thanks also to the good principles of the method, it began to be nominated and practiced also among athletes of many other disciplines to increase the control and flexibility of their body, improving their awareness. The pilates technique today, revised, modernized and practiced everywhere with some success, is addressed to all those people who intend to move and acquire self-esteem through a new control of the body and mind, or who simply want to recover their physical shape and have time itself a good line. The conscious and constant practice of this physical activity, as well as the application of other very similar ones, therefore helps to restore multiple psycho-physical balances that are very important for our general health. However, it is equally evident to recognize that these disciplines are not an exercise. physique particularly suitable for those people who seek only weight loss in their main objective. work of the "core" and of all those muscles that are stationed in the pelvic floor, taking into account that through their constant and continuous activation it is possible to perceive a flattening of the belly, making us apparently more "slender"; however, weight loss depends solely on a correct diet with a controlled diet, accompanied by a "physical activity that emphasizes the control of energy systems and their multiple functions. Therefore, thinking of being able to lose weight by means of a" physical activity of this type, certainly born for other purposes "the improvement of some resources of our body", is quite unlikely. Better to create, for physical and mental well-being, a final product that possibly associates Pilates or a similar activity with elegant and particularly beautiful movements to perform, with a workout that enhances moderate cardiovascular aerobic activity in a different way. Therefore, if we think that the athletic gesture and sport in general must always seek, enhance and create positive and lasting effects in the daily life of each of us, and the goal we set out to achieve has several purposes, without a doubt a varied approach. and overall in our daily physical activity will certainly be the most effective way to constantly improve our well-being and general health.