Human work own body system Pilates is based on the principles developed by the author of the fitness system — Joseph Pilates. Time only confirmed the correctness of Joseph's claims and made its small adjustments.
Before talking about the principles of Pilates, at club Ten–Chi we are always reminded regarding the importance of another element. This element can be called basic, because it we have to learn first. We are talking about concentration. According to the prominent in Pilates, quality of exercises is much more important than many approaches have been done. Focus is needed on the rules for the performance of an exercise, otherwise exercise just would be ineffective.
Pilates teaches concentration to focus on the desired muscle group. Attention to specific muscle group should teach people to understand the essence of each of its movement, to adjust his body at the movement. Blagodar the ability concentrating man practicing Pilates is learning to feel my the body as one single unit.
Among the basic principles of Pilates, first and foremost, you need to allocate centralization. In practice this type of fitness centralization involves the activation of the muscles of the abdominal belt. It is these muscles being tension, create a so-called "power belt". The presence of such a zone in abdominal area allows the person to stabilize the most moving part of the own body — the lower back.
No less important during Pilates correct breathing. Cleansing the blood is through the lungs, this improves metabolic processes in the body. To do this, each beginner in Pilates teach to expand the volume of your breathing and breathe correctly. The main thing — the person has to comply with the same rhythm of breathing, which is familiar in everyday life. You must adjust your own movements to the breath, not breathe somehow, only just to perform the exercise.
Control Pilates implies that the person feels every muscle of his body. Doing fitness on the system of Joseph Pilates, the man teaches himself to control every the muscle in the body. Perform an exercise, monitoring should focus the muscle group to which it is directed, this is not to prevent additional unnatural for the body stress.