The benefits of Pilates for athletes
Are you a serious athlete? Do you practice your sport daily with the aim of improving your performance while pushing your limits?
If so, then Pilates is exactly what you need.
World-renowned athletes use Pilates for athletes as part of their daily core training. For example:
Tennis : Andy Murray, Vénus William
Cyclisme :Â Victoria Pendleton
Natation :Â Dana Vollmer, Missy Franklin, Haley Anderson
Plongeon :Â David Boudia
Volleyball :Â Kerry Walsh-Jennings
Golf : Tiger Woods, Annika Sorenstam, Rich Beam
Wrestling: Jordon Burroughs
American Football: Calvin Johnson, Nate Burleson, Brandin Cooks
While striving to push yourself and achieve high goals in practicing your favorite sport is not a bad thing in itself, it can still present risks of muscle overload and therefore injuries. For example:
Muscle tears
Stress fractures
Imbalanced posture, etc., etc.
Joseph Pilates was a professional boxer and therefore an accomplished athlete. From a young age, he recognized the importance of keeping his body in optimal health. To achieve this, he developed the Contrology training method (Pilates for athletes) to strengthen and stretch the body in a comprehensive and effective way.
At MB Studio Pilates, we combine floor exercises with equipment-based exercises. The equipment helps participants learn movements more quickly by engaging the entire musculature in full harmony. Floor work, on the other hand, increases awareness, helping participants recognize good and bad habits related to their sports training.
The Pilates for Athletes method not only strengthens the abdominals and back muscles, but also helps improve performance through better breathing and improved distribution of effort to less-used muscles. The hands and feet also benefit from these exercises by strengthening and increasing their resistance.
Depending on the sport you practice, you will be taught specific exercises from your first class. We will improve repetitive movements to make them more efficient and less tiring by activating deep muscles, thus allowing the body to better resist gravity.