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Why attend our Pilates Classes in Edinburgh?

From a stronger core, better posture and defined body, here are the reasons why you Pilates is good for you!

Pilates is great for increasing your strength without gaining an increase in muscle size. It is great for improving flexibility and strengthening your posture. The exercises focus on your posture and alignment and when performing these moves correctly, over a period of time, will result in a very nicely defined body!

Our USP Pilates classes in Edinburgh teach movements, nice and slow, until your form is perfected. By learning the basics and keeping your spine in the correct alignment, you will build your core more affectively.

Who Benefits from our Edinburgh Pilates Classes?

Everyone! Understanding the benefits to Pilates allows you to realise that it benefits all

We all need strong core muscles to support our movements. Our Edinburgh Pilates classes help build your core muscles whilst also acting as an ideal supplement to any fitness regime by providing, coordination and aid reaction time whilst maintain suppleness to relieve the strains and aches brought on from many activities. So, from couch to cycling, walking to weightlifting, our Edinburgh Pilates can help you improve.

Our core muscles are the ones that stabilise our pelvis and spine in order to maintain optimum alignment

It is important that our core muscles are strong and functioning properly to support our posture and to facilitate movement. If our deep stabilising muscles are not strong, injury can occur. If you work in an office, you will appreciate that sitting for long periods of time, sedatory and confined to a desk, will over time, have some negative impact on your core and posture. All of which will be improved with the aid of our Pilates Edinburgh Classes.

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Mat Work? (Mat-ster Class!) at Pilates Edinburgh

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Mat work classes are great for beginners to develop a basic level of core stability before progressing on to using more advanced techniques. All you’ll need initially for this form of Pilates is a mat! And the great news is, our Pilates Edinburgh classes provide the mats. You can of course, bring your own if you like. Classes can occasionally incorporate the use of resistance bands and balls.

Mat Work Classes are more widely available than Apparatus Classes as they require less equipment. This variety of Pilates takes place on a mat in a studio. It involves working against gravity and body-weight to hold and maintain a range of positions using strength and stamina. It is extremely popular because of its versatility.

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Benefits of Pilates Edinburgh Classes

Unique, Specific & Personal

Total Body Workout

Pilates works the body in a functional way, using muscles in synergy with each other. This is the way that the body is designed to be used and the movement sequences performed can prepare you for the physical challenges of everyday life.

Core Stability & Postural Alignment

Poor posture accounts for a variety of aches and pains that hamper a large percentage of the population. According to the BBC Health web site, ‘4 in 5 adults experience back pain at some point’ (BBC Health). Pilates teaches you to consciously maintain optimum anatomical alignment in all positions and during movement.

Our Edinburgh and Online Pilates Classes are a great way to tone & strengthen your muscles. By coordinating the body as a whole, we grow stronger a thus reducing the chances of injury caused by overuse of one area.

The stabilising muscles include: the abdominals – transverse abdominis and Internal and external obliques; the gluteals – gluteus maximus and medius (buttocks); the back muscles – multifidus, trapezius and serratus anterior.

Improved Body Awareness

Pilates work outs are designed to improve balance and coordination by teaching a greater connection between the mind and body. Many of the clients I have trained have forgotten how to use various muscles and their reaction times are slow. This is often very frustrating for them and it comes as a surprise.

Pilates is an ideal way to get back in touch with your own body so that you can use it to its full potential.

Injury Rehabilitation

Joseph Pilates used his system to rehabilitate injured soldiers and today Pilates has gained public recognition as a method of rebuilding strength and function following injuries.

One great benefit of Pilates is that it is low impact and that makes it ideal as a form of physical therapy. Pilates is not a substitute for medical advice. However, doctors, physiotherapists, chiropractors and osteopaths cannot do your exercises for you. Your time with them is often brief and then you are on your own in the intervening periods. In most cases, you don’t think about their advice again until you are in the clinic waiting for your next appointment.

One of the great things about our Pilates Edinburgh Classes is that it provides you with a structured method of taking control and improving your own strength and stamina.

Pilates is a great way to improve the structural integrity of your body.

Pilates for Weight Loss

Pilates will contribute to your overall strategy to lose weight by increasing muscle tone. Muscle is metabolically active; the more of it that you have the more calories you will burn. The best way to get the weight off would be to combine regular Pilates sessions with regular cardiovascular training.

Other than increased muscle tone, Pilates will strengthen your body, preparing it for the more dynamic calorie burning work outs. Pilates can also help to increase self-esteem and reduce stress levels, both factors are closely associated with weight loss.

Stress Reduction

Pilates trains you to stay focused on your movements. This is ideal for pushing out the voices in your head that are reminding you to pay the bills, get the washing machine fixed and finish that work project that was due in yesterday.

Pilates also teaches you to breathe properly which is another recognized stress reduction technique.

10 Reasons why Everyone Should do Pilates

  • Develop often neglected muscle groups
  • Improve flexibility
  • Build core strength
  • Live more consciously
  • Enhance performance
  • Build long and lean muscles
  • Injury prevention / recovery
  • Strengthen the pelvic floor
  • Improve posture
  • Better sex!

Frequently Asked Questions

Edinburgh Pilates classes FQAs

What if you are pregnant?

Pilates is a safe and effective way to prepare for becoming pregnant, support the body throughout pregnancy, and aid the recovery process after giving birth. By strengthening the stabilising muscles around your core and spine, you will prepare your body for the oncoming times ahead.

Exercises can be adapted to enable you to stay strong and active, even when day to day activities become too difficult. A well-conditioned body throughout pregnancy will not only aid the recovery process but will make your new daily tasks such as carrying and caring for your child much easier.

Do I need to bring a mat?

No, you will be provided with everything you need for a Pilates class although many people prefer to bring their own mat. And of course, you will want to have your own mat to practice at home.

What should I wear?

For Pilates classes, please wear socks and comfortable clothes that you can move in. Fitted garments are preferred so that body shape and movement can be seen.

What if I miss a class?

If you know you won’t be able to make it, please let us know as soon as you can and there is no charge for cancelling with more than 24 hours’ notice. Need to clarify this. If I have a block of ten sessions pre-paid, why do I have to cancel or notify?

Can I join part way through the term?

Yes. Unlike other Pilates venues, we do not operate with fixed terms. We understand that everyone has life commitments and may not guarantee to be available same day, same time therefore we have a flexible approach.

How much does it cost?

Pilates payments are taken in blocks of 10 at a cost of £110.00 with a six-month redemption.
Personal training sessions are £40.00 per hour. Each session will last a maximum of 1 hour and each session must be paid for prior to booking. Payment is made via BACS transfer and monthly statements are emailed. Multi Block discounts do not apply and you may credit your account with as many sessions as you want.

Do you offer drop ins?

Yes, you may attend at a cost of £12.00 per class although booking is highly advisable.

Where are the personal training sessions conducted?

All one-to-one sessions are carried out within Drumbrae Leisure Centre. Membership is not required and there are no additional costs involved. Changing areas are provided along with plenty of free parking.

Does Pilates complement other fitness plans?

Yes, absolutely. Pilates is a great foundation for other fitness plans such as a Personal Training.

Call Richard today on 07855 740738

For a free personal assessment and advice on how best to proceed with the Edinburgh Pilates classes. Richard’s USP consultation will ensure that you are best prepared to achieve your goals!

  • Back Pain
  • Stamina
  • Stress
  • Strength
  • Weight Loss
  • Flexibility
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