We all have heard and are aware about doing exercising and yoga to keep yourself physically and mentally fit. However, even though we may or may not have heard of Pilates, there is still a lot to learn and benefit from this excellent method of exercising your mind and body. Still not convinced, maybe some of these awesome benefits of doing Pilates will change your mind:
1. Reduce Stress: One of the primary problems of the people living in the tech-savvy world of the 21st century is stress. And yes, just because you don’t spend all your time on the computer or on the phone doesn’t mean you are an exception, since you are bound to face stress from a number of different factors, such as long traffic, a bad day at work, car broke down, or any other thing for that matter. Pilates aims to target the areas that release stress from your body, especially the ones attributed to your posture.
2. Stamina Boost: It isn’t unusual to wonder how performing certain yoga-like positions and holding them for some time will have any impact on your stamina. The strange and positive answer is that it does, especially when you consider that Pilates is performing certain yoga-like positions, but since there are certain moves which can be pretty difficult and strenuous on your muscles plus you have to maintain that position for some time before switching to another, it’ll be known that by enduring this session, your muscles have become more durable towards pain, thus letting you perform for a longer period of time (which is basically increased stamina).
3. Flexibility: We won’t blame you if you think flexibility doesn’t serve anything that’s going to bring a major change to your body but ask any scientist and they’ll you everything that is important which requires your body to be flexible. A very common example of this is that muscles constantly need to be flexed to stand the strain of an intense workout, and this is why you stretch after you exercise. Pilates involves stretching various muscles of your body, increasing their endurance to strain and thus preventing soreness considerably.
4. Better-looking Body: Nothing beats the feeling of looking in the mirror and admiring yourself at the mirror when your body’s all toned up and in good shape, right? That’s exactly what you get when you start doing Pilates, since you’ll be getting a better posture, a flatter belly and just overall better-looking body.
