How Pilates Can Benefit You

Pilates in Your Life

Pilates personal training can help improve anyone's well-being, here are a few examples of how Pilates might help you.

Are you unhappy with the way aging has affected your body? Is your neck leaning forward, as if you are looking for something on the floor in front of you? Are your shoulders rounded? Do you lose your balance more often than you used to or more often than you would like? Is your belly hanging well over your belt? Are you tired all the time? Do you lack the energy to do the things you enjoy? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, you should consider making an appointment at CoreFocused, LLC, to start improving your health and your life.

Now, I know what you may be thinking: “I’m too old to start an exercise program.” While it is true that you should first seek the approval of your doctor, you may be surprised by your doctor’s response when asked whether it is okay for you to start a Pilates exercise program. In many cases, the doctor will respond with a resounding ‘Yes!’. (If your doctor qualifies a ‘yes’ answer with some caveats, please be sure to make your Pilates instructor aware of those caveats.)

Perhaps you had never considered it, but all those symptoms we mentioned in the first paragraph are connected to the condition of your ‘core’. You see, your body has many intricate parts that are all connected. When some of those part are not functioning properly, your body’s functioning will be impeded. You may have heard the term ‘core conditioning’ before, but never really knew what was meant by it. Well, here you will be introduced to your ‘core’ and better understand why it is not only a key component to improving your energy and balance, but also your health in general.

Your ‘core’ can be thought of as everything from your hips to your sternum or breast bone. Above the core, there is the shoulder girdle. In these two areas of your body, there are many vital organs, a supporting bone structure and some major muscle groups I’m sure you are aware of. These are the muscle groups that you can easily identify, and that you are most aware of in your normal movement.

However, what you may not know is that in addition to these ‘major mobilizer’ muscles, you also have muscles you possibly never knew you had (or had not heard of since high school biology class). You see, in addition to your major mobilizer muscles, you have several other ‘local and global stabilizer’ muscles that are equally important to controlling the movement and positioning of your body.

If the only ‘exercise’ you get is that from going about your daily activities, then the only muscles that are benefiting are most likely what are referred to as your major mobilizer muscles. These are the large muscles in your legs, arms, abdomen and shoulder girdle, mostly those you can feel near the skin surface. Unfortunately, exercising these large muscles alone is not enough. In order for your body to work as intended, you also need to use those local and global stabilizer muscles we talked about earlier. Without proper conditioning of these local and global stabilizer muscles, your movement will be uneven, unbalanced, sub-optimal, and you will be more subject to losing your balance. After years of getting your only exercise from your ‘daily activities, the local and global stabilizer muscles will atrophy from disuse.

Now, you may be thinking “I don’t want to get all sweaty”, or “I don’t think I can deal with a rigorous exercise program”. Rest assured that Jody Secules, Founder and Owner of CoreFocused, LLC, is specially trained to deal with clients who have injuries or are older, and knows how to bring them along gradually. Most of the Pilates exercises your Pilates personal trainer would have you do will not be strenuous. Most of the initial Pilates exercises are pretty subtle, as you learn to ‘recruit’ the small and medium sized local and global stabilizer muscles and incorporate them into your daily life.

If you are ready to improve your life, please click on this link and take your first step towards this goal by making an appointment with a CoreFocused, LLC, Pilates personal training specialist.

Not yet convinced that Pilates personal training can help improve your life? Read on…

Balance:

One of the most important issues for older folks is the ability to maintain their balance. We have all heard of an older friend or relative who has fallen and perhaps suffered a broken bone. One of the worst is to fall and break a hip. In many cases a broken hip is the start of a downward spiral, health-wise. If you think logically about it, you can see how having poor control of the body’s local and global stabilizer muscles could lead to loss of balance and a fall. I mean, after all, these muscles stabilize you. Here is a typical scenario: an elderly person is walking and they step on something they did not see, that throws them off balance. Because their local and global stabilizer muscles have atrophied from disuse, they are not able to recover their balance and they fall.

Rather than let yourself get into this situation, wouldn’t it be better to invest in yourself and your health and start a Pilates personal training program at CoreFocused, LLC, right away? The chances of preventing a bad fall are greatly increased with a targeted Pilates personal training program designed specifically for you. But don’t wait, you risk losing your balance and falling every day until you develop your core strength, and strengthen those important local and global stabilizer muscles we talked about earlier.

Are you ready now to improve your life and your balance? If so, please click on this link and take your first step towards this goal by making an appointment with a CoreFocused, LLC, Pilates personal training specialist.

Not yet convinced that Pilates personal training can help improve your life? Read on…

General Health:

So, in case you are not yet convinced of the benefits of a Pilates personal training regimen, let’s talk about the general health improvement that can be gained through a Pilates personal training program.

Have you developed a posture that has your head leaned forward, as if you are constantly looking at the ground? Are your shoulders rounded? Is your belly bulging out over your belt? Have you ever seen someone who is permanently hunched over, to the point of gazing downward? When it gets this bad, the human body starts operating in an impeded mode. The function of those important internal organs in the ‘core’ we talked about earlier is affected by the unnatural positioning of being hunched over. But even just having your abdomen bulging out over your belt puts internal organs in places they were not intended to be.

One of the simplest and most important improvements you can make to your health is to improve your posture, and maintain proper posture. Proper posture can add years to your life span, compared to people with poor posture.

Your Pilates personal trainer can help you improve your posture through targeted exercises that will lead to a longer, more enjoyable life.

As for a bulging belly, your CoreFocused, LLC, Pilates personal trainer can help get your abdomen back in the location it is supposed to be in, and consequently get those internal organs back where they belong and functioning more normally.

So, by now I hope you are convinced of the benefits of a personalized Pilates personal training program and are ready to get started on your road to avoiding injury, improved balance, improved quality of life, and improved health! Please click on this link and take your first step towards these goals by making an appointment with a CoreFocused, LLC, Pilates personal training specialist today.

Still not convinced a personalized Pilates personal training program can help you to improve your health, improve your balance, improve your quality of life and your general health? Please click on this link to read several testimonials from CoreFocused, LLC clients. Then click on the Online Scheduling menu item on the top of the page to make an appointment with a CoreFocused, LLC, Pilates personal training specialist today.

As an avid cyclist, you probably consider yourself to be in excellent shape. But are you sure all the parts of your body are evenly developed and balanced for optimum cycling performance?

Your body has many intricate parts that are all connected. When some parts of your body are very well conditioned while other parts remain under-developed, well conditioned muscles may compensate for under-developed muscles, doing the work for them. This causes the well-developed muscles to be fatigued earlier than they would if the under-developed muscles were properly developed, balancing out the system as intended. Your ‘core’ is an important component in the whole body system, just as important to your cycling as your large mobilizing leg muscles.

You may have heard the term ‘core conditioning’ before, but never really knew what was meant by it. Well, here you will be introduced to your ‘core’ and better understand why it is a key component to improving not only your cycling, but also your health.

Your ‘core’ can be thought of as everything from your hips to your sternum or breast bone. Above the core, there is the shoulder girdle. In these two areas of your body, there are many vital organs, a supporting bone structure and some major muscle groups I’m sure you are aware of. These are the muscle groups that you can easily identify, and that you are most aware of in your normal movement.

However, what you may not know is that in addition to these ‘major mobilizer’ muscles, you also have muscles you possibly never knew you had (or had not heard of since high school biology class). You see, in addition to your major mobilizer muscles, you have several other ‘local and global stabilizer’ muscles that are equally important to controlling the movement and positioning of your body. If you concentrate your conditioning only on the major mobilizer muscles and ignore the local and global stabilizer muscles, your movement will be uneven, unbalanced, sub-optimal.

Of course, the major component of your cycling technique is your leg stroke. If you can improve the control of your stroke and fill in all ‘dead spots’ in your stroke, you can improve times, and decrease energy expended, to improve your endurance.

This is where the commitment to a targeted conditioning program will help your cycling technique. Such a conditioning program was created by Joseph Pilates early in the 1900’s. During his lifetime, Joseph Pilates used his program to help the elderly, wounded soldiers, professional boxers, dancers, and more by improving their core and shoulder girdle conditioning. Since his death, movement specialists, such as those here at CoreFocused, LLC, have continued on in the practice of the Pilates method (referred to now simply as ‘Pilates’) and have even made improvements on Joseph Pilates’ original techniques.

Today, top tier cyclists looking for any advantage they can gain can use Pilates to improve their control and their technique. You too can take advantage of the knowledge of a highly skilled and experienced Pilates instructor at CoreFocused, LLC to improve your core and shoulder girdle conditioning. In addition, Pilates-inspired exercises specially targeted to your legs and ‘glutes’ can be added to your conditioning program to help improve your cycling technique.

If you are ready to improve your cycling technique, please click on this link and take your first step towards this goal by making an appointment with a CoreFocused, LLC, Pilates personal training specialist.

Not yet convinced that Pilates personal training can help improve your life? Read on…

Preventing Injury:

Now, as if the prospect of improving your times and endurance would not be enough incentive for you to start a Pilates personal training program right away, let’s talk about those occasional injuries and aches you may be suffering, that keep from cycling for a few days or a week, until the pain subsides.

As we said before, your body has many intricate parts that are all connected. When some parts of your body are very well conditioned while other parts remain under-developed, the well conditioned parts may compensate for the under-developed parts in ways that may cause injury on occasion.

Wouldn’t it be better to invest in yourself and your health and start a Pilates personal training program at CoreFocused, LLC, right away? The chances of preventing injury and aches are greatly increased with a targeted Pilates personal training program designed specifically for you. So, don’t put it off any longer. You don’t have to put up with re-occurring injuries. Develop your core strength, and strengthen those important local and global stabilizer muscles we talked about earlier. Whatever injury you may have suffered, rest assured that Jody Secules, Founder and Owner of CoreFocused, LLC, has special training to handle the special needs of injured clients.
If you are ready to improve your cycling technique and prevent cycling-related injuries, please click on this link and take your first step towards these goals by making an appointment with a CoreFocused, LLC, Pilates personal training specialist.

Not yet convinced that Pilates personal training can help improve your life? Read on…

General Health:

So, in case you are not yet convinced of the benefits of a Pilates personal training regimen, let’s talk about the general health improvement that can be gained through a Pilates personal training program.

Does your job have you hunched over a computer or other equipment several hours each day? Have you developed a posture that has your head leaned forward, as if you are constantly looking for details on a computer screen? Are your shoulders rounded? Have you ever seen someone who is permanently hunched over, to the point of gazing downward? When it gets this bad, the human body starts operating in an impeded mode. The function of those important internal organs in the ‘core’ we talked about earlier is affected by the unnatural positioning of being hunched over.

One of the simplest and most important improvements you can make to your health is to improve your posture, and maintain proper posture. Proper posture can add years to your life span, compared to people with poor posture.

Your Pilates personal trainer can help you improve your posture through targeted exercises that will lead to a longer, more enjoyable life.

So, by now I hope you are convinced of the benefits of a personalized Pilates personal training program and are ready to get started on your road to avoiding injury, improved quality of life, improved health and improved cycling technique, times and endurance! Please click on this link and take your first step towards these goals by making an appointment with a CoreFocused, LLC, Pilates personal training specialist.

If you have been playing golf for a while now, there are a few things you know about your game. You know your strengths and weaknesses. Perhaps you know that you play better on the front nine and worse on the back nine. Perhaps you know that after playing a round of golf, you have a few aches here and there – a knee, a hip, your lower back, a shoulder, an elbow.

Perhaps, though, you had never considered that all these things may be connected. You see, in the same way your body has many intricate parts that are all connected, your game and your ‘core conditioning’ are intimately connected. You may have heard the term ‘core conditioning’ before, but never really knew what was meant by it. Well, here you will be introduced to your ‘core’ and better understand why it is a key component to improving not only your golf game, but also your health.

Your ‘core’ can be thought of as everything from your hips to your sternum or breast bone. Above the core, there is the shoulder girdle. In these two areas of your body, there are many vital organs, a supporting bone structure and some major muscle groups I’m sure you are aware of. These are the muscle groups that you can easily identify, and that you are most aware of in your normal movement.

However, what you may not know is that in addition to these ‘major mobilizer’ muscles, you also have muscles you possibly never knew you had (or had not heard of since high school biology class). You see, in addition to your major mobilizer muscles, you have several other ‘local and global stabilizer’ muscles that are equally important to controlling the movement and positioning of your body. If you concentrate your conditioning only on the major mobilizer muscles and ignore the local and global stabilizer muscles, your movement will be uneven, unbalanced, sub-optimal.

Of course, a major component of your golf game is your swing, particularly while driving and chipping. If you can improve the control of your swing, you can improve the accuracy of your drives and chips. Even while putting, you need to control your motion in minute, nearly imperceptible detail.

This is where the commitment to a targeted conditioning program will help your game. Such a conditioning program was created by Joseph Pilates early in the 1900’s. During his lifetime, Joseph Pilates used his program to help the elderly, wounded soldiers, professional boxers, dancers, and more by improving their core and shoulder girdle conditioning. Since his death, movement specialists, such as those here at CoreFocused, LLC, have continued on in the practice of the Pilates method (referred to now, simply as ‘Pilates’) and have even made improvements on Joseph Pilates’ original techniques.

Today, in the world of professional golf, many golfers are using Pilates to improve their control and their game. Many of today’s professional golfers have their own Pilates personal trainers to help them improve their core and shoulder girdle conditioning. You too can take advantage of the knowledge of a highly skilled and experienced Pilates instructor at CoreFocused, LLC to improve your core and shoulder girdle conditioning, and along with it your golf game.

If you are ready to improve your golf game, please click on this link and take your first step towards this goal by making an appointment with a CoreFocused, LLC, Pilates personal training specialist.

Not yet convinced that Pilates personal training can help improve your life? Read on…

Preventing injury:

Now, as if the prospect of improving your golf game would not be enough incentive for you to start a Pilates personal training program right away, let’s talk about those aches you may be suffering, or that your friends and acquaintances on the golf course may have been complaining about. First, let’s talk about joints. Do you know someone who swings ‘right-handed’, and complains of pain in the left hip ache after playing a round of golf? This is a pain you don’t want creeping into your golf game. It would be much better to prevent it from starting in the first place.

Talk with a group of older golfers, those in their 60’s or 70’s and beyond, and you are probably going to find at least one, maybe more, who have experienced this specific hip pain, and suffered so much that they had to make a choice – have major hip replacement surgery, or quit golfing. Being dedicated golfers, they, of course, chose the hip replacement. But this is a decision that should not be taken lightly.

Wouldn’t it be better to invest in yourself and your health and start a Pilates personal training program at CoreFocused, LLC, right away? The chances of preventing this pain are greatly increased with a targeted Pilates personal training program designed specifically for you. But don’t wait, you may be damaging your hip joint with every round of golf that you play before you develop your core strength, and strengthen those important local and global stabilizer muscles we talked about earlier.

Next, let’s talk about lower back pain as it relates to golfing. A doctor may diagnose that you strained a lower back muscle due to a particularly forceful swing (you really tried hard to drive that extra 30 yards you needed) or you suddenly shifted your weight on your downswing. While this may be the mechanism by which you strained your lower back, this is not the reason why it happened. The real reson this happens is that, through lack of targeted training, you are using the wrong muscles or the wrong sequencing of muscles during your swing. Those small muscles you never knew you had are the ones you need to ‘recruit’ to gain better control of your swing and prevent injury.

By training the correct muscles to ‘fire’ in the correct sequence, a targegted Pilates personal training program will teach your body how to incorporate these important local and global stabilizer muscles into your movement, in particular, into your golf swing, and greatly reduce the chance that you will suffer from golf-related lower back injury.

Maybe your shoulder aches after you play a round of golf. Or perhaps it’s your elbow. There are several reasons why these injuries occur, but in short, the skilled Pilates instructors at CoreFocused, LLC, can help you strengthen the muscles that are at the source of these injuries.

Next, there is the issue of knee injury. In some cases, golf-related knee injury is caused by golf-related lower-back or hip injury. Your body may be compensating to avoid pain elsewhere, and causing knee pain in addition. If you target the source of these injuries, you may relieve the knee pain.

Whatever injury you may have suffered, rest assured that Jody Secules, Founder and Owner of CoreFocused, LLC, has spedial training to handle the special needs of injured clients.

If you are ready to improve your golf game and prevent golf-related injuries, please click on this link and take your first step towards these goals by making an appointment with a CoreFocused, LLC, Pilates personal training specialist.

Not yet convinced that Pilates personal training can help improve your life? Read on…

General Health:

So, in case you are not yet convinced of the benefits of a Pilates personal training regimen, let’s talk about the general health improvement that can be gained through a Pilates personal training program.

Does your job have you hunched over a computer several hours each day? Have you developed a posture that has your head leaned forward, as if you are constantly looking for details on a computer screen? Are your shoulders rounded? Have you ever seen someone who is permanently hunched over, to the point of gazing downward? When it gets this bad, the human body starts operating in an impeded mode. The function of those important internal organs in the ‘core’ we talked about earlier is affected by the unnatural positioning of being hunched over.

One of the simplest and most important improvements you can make to your health is to improve your posture, and maintain proper posture. Proper posture can add years to your life span, compared to people with poor posture.

Your Pilates personal trainer can help you improve your posture through targeted exercises that will lead to a longer, more enjoyable life.

So, by now I hope you are convinced of the benefits of a personalized Pilates personal training program and are ready to get started on your road to avoiding injury, improved quality of life, improved health and improved golf game! Please click on this link and take your first step towards these goals by making an appointment with a CoreFocused, LLC, Pilates personal training specialist.

Horseback riding is a challenging and sometimes difficult sport. The challenge of ‘becoming one with the horse’ and operating as if you and the horse are one unit requires balance and strength. You can try to control the horse with force, but the horse will soon show you the error of your ways. Control of the horse and of your positioning on the horse is a much more subtle activity.

You see, in the same way your body has many intricate parts that are all connected, your ability to control your horse and your ‘core conditioning’ are intimately connected. You may have heard the term ‘core conditioning’ before, but never really knew what was meant by it. Well, here you will be introduced to your ‘core’ and better understand why it is a key component to improving not only your riding experience, but also your health.

Your ‘core’ can be thought of as everything from your hips to your sternum or breast bone. Above the core, there is the shoulder girdle. In these two areas of your body, there are many vital organs, a supporting bone structure and some major muscle groups I’m sure you are aware of. These are the muscle groups that you can easily identify, and that you are most aware of in your normal movement.

However, what you may not know is that in addition to these ‘major mobilizer’ muscles, you also have muscles you possibly never knew you had (or had not heard of since high school biology class). You see, in addition to your major mobilizer muscles, you have several other ‘local and global stabilizer’ muscles that are equally important to controlling the movement and positioning of your body. If you concentrate your conditioning only on the major mobilizer muscles and ignore the local and global stabilizer muscles, your movement will be uneven, unbalanced, sub-optimal.

Of course, two major components of your horseback riding experience are balance and posture. If either of these items are not correct, your riding experience will be sub-optimal and less enjoyable.

This is where the commitment to a targeted conditioning program will help your riding experience. Such a conditioning program was created by Joseph Pilates early in the 1900’s. During his lifetime, Joseph Pilates used his program to help the elderly, wounded soldiers, professional boxers, dancers, and more by improving their core and shoulder girdle conditioning. Since his death, movement specialists, such as those here at CoreFocused, LLC, have continued on in the practice of the Pilates method (referred to now, simply as ‘Pilates’) and have even made improvements on Joseph Pilates’ original techniques.

Pilates has helped many athletes in many sports improve and get the most out of their natural abilities. You too can take advantage of the knowledge of a highly skilled and experienced Pilates instructor at CoreFocused, LLC to improve your core and shoulder girdle conditioning, and along with it your riding experience.

If you are ready to improve your riding experience, please click on this link and take your first step towards this goal by making an appointment with a CoreFocused, LLC, Pilates personal training specialist.

Not yet convinced that Pilates personal training can help improve your life? Read on…

Preventing injury:

Now, as if the prospect of improving your riding experience would not be enough incentive for you to start a Pilates personal training program right away, let’s talk about those aches you may be suffering, or that your riding friends and acquaintances may have been complaining about. First, let’s talk about back pain.

Riding-related back pain is a common injury in the field of horseback riding. It can be caused by improper posture, and your body’s responses to the movement of the horse. Chances are you have experienced riding-related back pain.

Of course, you can ‘treat’ back pain with ibuprofen and rest, and you should do this in the short term to relieve the pain and inflammation. But, wouldn’t it be better to invest in yourself and your health and start a Pilates personal training program at CoreFocused, LLC, right away? The chances of preventing this pain are greatly increased with a targeted Pilates personal training program designed specifically for you. But don’t wait, you may be damaging your back with every ride that you take before you develop your core strength, and strengthen those important local and global stabilizer muscles we talked about earlier.

Another common horseback riding injury is a groin strain, usually caused by sudden shifting of your weight from one side to another as the horse changes direction. A CoreFocused Pilates personal trainer can develop a personalized exercise program targeted to your areas of weakness and help you to balance your muscles to prevent future injury. Whatever injury you may have suffered, rest assured that Jody Secules, Founder and Owner of CoreFocused, LLC, has special training to handle the special needs of injured clients.

If you are ready to improve your riding experience and prevent riding-related injuries, please click on this link and take your first step towards these goals by making an appointment with a CoreFocused, LLC, Pilates personal training specialist.

Not yet convinced that Pilates personal training can help improve your life? Read on…

General Health:

So, in case you are not yet convinced of the benefits of a Pilates personal training regimen, let’s talk about the general health improvement that can be gained through a Pilates personal training program.

Does your job have you hunched over a computer or other equipment several hours each day? Have you developed a posture that has your head leaned forward, as if you are constantly looking for details on a computer screen? Are your shoulders rounded? Have you ever seen someone who is permanently hunched over, to the point of gazing downward? When it gets this bad, the human body starts operating in an impeded mode. The function of those important internal organs in the ‘core’ we talked about earlier is affected by the unnatural positioning of being hunched over.

One of the simplest and most important improvements you can make to your health is to improve your posture, and maintain proper posture. Proper posture can add years to your life span, compared to people with poor posture.

Your CoreFocused, LLC, Pilates personal trainer can help you improve your posture through targeted exercises that will lead to a longer, more enjoyable life.

So, by now I hope you are convinced of the benefits of a personalized Pilates personal training program and are ready to get started on your road to avoiding injury, improved quality of life, improved health and improved riding experience! Please click on this link and take your first step towards these goals by making an appointment with a CoreFocused, LLC, Pilates personal training specialist.

As an avid runner, you probably consider yourself to be in excellent shape. But are you sure all the parts of your body are evenly developed and balanced for optimum running performance?

Your body has many intricate parts that are all connected. When some parts of your body are very well conditioned while other parts remain under-developed, well conditioned muscles may compensate for under-developed muscles, doing the work for them. This causes the well-developed muscles to be fatigued earlier than they would if the under-developed muscles were properly developed, balancing out the system as intended. Your ‘core’ is an important component in the whole body system, just as important to your running as your large mobilizing leg muscles.

You may have heard the term ‘core conditioning’ before, but never really knew what was meant by it. Well, here you will be introduced to your ‘core’ and better understand why it is a key component to improving not only your running, but also your health.

Your ‘core’ can be thought of as everything from your hips to your sternum or breast bone. Above the core, there is the shoulder girdle. In these two areas of your body, there are many vital organs, a supporting bone structure and some major muscle groups I’m sure you are aware of. These are the muscle groups that you can easily identify, and that you are most aware of in your normal movement.

However, what you may not know is that in addition to these ‘major mobilizer’ muscles, you also have muscles you possibly never knew you had (or had not heard of since high school biology class). You see, in addition to your major mobilizer muscles, you have several other ‘local and global stabilizer’ muscles that are equally important to controlling the movement and positioning of your body. If you concentrate your conditioning only on the major mobilizer muscles and ignore the local and global stabilizer muscles, your movement will be uneven, unbalanced, sub-optimal.

Of course, a major component of your running technique is your stride and arm swing. If you can improve the control of your stride and your arm swing, you can improve times, and decrease energy expended, to improve your endurance.

This is where the commitment to a targeted conditioning program will help your running technique. Such a conditioning program was created by Joseph Pilates early in the 1900’s. During his lifetime, Joseph Pilates used his program to help the elderly, wounded soldiers, professional boxers, dancers, and more by improving their core and shoulder girdle conditioning. Since his death, movement specialists, such as those here at CoreFocused, LLC, have continued on in the practice of the Pilates method (referred to now simply as ‘Pilates’) and have even made improvements on Joseph Pilates’ original techniques.

Today, top tier runners looking for any advantage they can gain are using Pilates to improve their control and their technique. Some of today’s premiere runners have their own Pilates personal trainers to help them improve their core and shoulder girdle conditioning. You too can take advantage of the knowledge of a highly skilled and experienced Pilates instructor at CoreFocused, LLC to improve your core and shoulder girdle conditioning, and along with it your running technique.

If you are ready to improve your running technique, please click on this link and take your first step towards this goal by making an appointment with a CoreFocused, LLC, Pilates personal training specialist.

Not yet convinced that Pilates personal training can help improve your life? Read on…

Preventing Injury:

Now, as if the prospect of improving your times and endurance would not be enough incentive for you to start a Pilates personal training program right away, let’s talk about those occasional injuries and aches you may be suffering, that keep from running for a few days or a week, until the pain subsides.

As we said before, your body has many intricate parts that are all connected. When some parts of your body are very well conditioned while other parts remain under-developed, the well conditioned parts may compensate for the under-developed parts in ways that may cause injury on occasion.

Wouldn’t it be better to invest in yourself and your health and start a Pilates personal training program at CoreFocused, LLC, right away? The chances of preventing injury and aches are greatly increased with a targeted Pilates personal training program designed specifically for you. So, don’t put it off any longer. You don’t have to put up with re-occurring injuries. Develop your core strength, and strengthen those important local and global stabilizer muscles we talked about earlier. Whatever injury you may have suffered, rest assured that Jody Secules, Founder and Owner of CoreFocused, LLC, has special training to handle the special needs of injured clients.

If you are ready to improve your running technique and prevent running-related injuries, please click on this link and take your first step towards these goals by making an appointment with a CoreFocused, LLC, Pilates personal training specialist.

Not yet convinced that Pilates personal training can help improve your life? Read on…

General Health:

So, in case you are not yet convinced of the benefits of a Pilates personal training regimen, let’s talk about the general health improvement that can be gained through a Pilates personal training program.

Does your job have you hunched over a computer or other equipment several hours each day? Have you developed a posture that has your head leaned forward, as if you are constantly looking for details on a computer screen? Are your shoulders rounded? Have you ever seen someone who is permanently hunched over, to the point of gazing downward? When it gets this bad, the human body starts operating in an impeded mode. The function of those important internal organs in the ‘core’ we talked about earlier is affected by the unnatural positioning of being hunched over.

One of the simplest and most important improvements you can make to your health is to improve your posture, and maintain proper posture. Proper posture can add years to your life span, compared to people with poor posture.

Your Pilates personal trainer can help you improve your posture through targeted exercises that will lead to a longer, more enjoyable life.

So, by now I hope you are convinced of the benefits of a personalized Pilates personal training program and are ready to get started on your road to avoiding injury, improved quality of life, improved health and improved running technique, times and endurance! Please click on this link and take your first step towards these goals by making an appointment with a CoreFocused, LLC, Pilates personal training specialist.

Are you an elite athlete in your sport of choice at the level of competition of which you are a part? Would you like to ‘up your game’ and amplify your natural capabilities? Then personalized Pilates personal training at CoreFocused, LLC, should be on your training schedule.

Your body has many intricate parts that are all connected. When some parts of your body are very well conditioned while other parts remain under-developed, well conditioned muscles may compensate for under-developed muscles, doing the work for them. This causes the well-developed muscles to be fatigued earlier than they would if the under-developed muscles were properly developed, balancing out the system as intended. Your ‘core’ is an important component in the whole body system, just as important to your sporting performance as your large mobilizing muscles.

You may have heard the term ‘core conditioning’ before, but never really knew what was meant by it. Well, here you will be introduced to your ‘core’ and better understand why it is a key component to improving not only your running, but also your health.

Your ‘core’ can be thought of as everything from your hips to your sternum or breast bone. Above the core, there is the shoulder girdle. In these two areas of your body, there are many vital organs, a supporting bone structure and some major muscle groups I’m sure you are aware of. These are the muscle groups that you can easily identify, and that you are most aware of in your normal movement.

However, what you may not know is that in addition to these ‘major mobilizer’ muscles, you also have muscles you possibly never knew you had (or had not heard of since high school biology class). You see, in addition to your major mobilizer muscles, you have several other ‘local and global stabilizer’ muscles that are equally important to controlling the movement and positioning of your body. If you concentrate your conditioning only on the major mobilizer muscles and ignore the local and global stabilizer muscles, your movement will be uneven, unbalanced, sub-optimal.

Although you may be in great physical condition from a thorough conditioning program, focused on your ‘major mobilizer’ muscles, if you are not targeting your ‘local and global stabilizer’ muscles, there is much you can do to improve performance, whatever your sport.

When you rely on your major mobilizer muscles to carry the load, ignoring your local and global stabilizer muscles, the major mobilizer muscles will grow fatigued more quickly than they would if the local and global stabilizer muscles were appropriately developed to balance the major mobilizer muscles. This over-use of the major mobilizer muscles can be further compounded, as the major mobilizers are used more than optimally, they over-develop and further encourage you to over-use them.

This is where the commitment to a targeted conditioning program will help your sporting performance. Such a conditioning program was created by Joseph Pilates early in the 1900’s. During his lifetime, Joseph Pilates used his program to help the elderly, wounded soldiers, professional boxers, dancers, and more by improving their core and shoulder girdle conditioning. Since his death, movement specialists, such as those here at CoreFocused, LLC, have continued on in the practice of the Pilates method (referred to now simply as ‘Pilates’) and have even made improvements on Joseph Pilates’ original techniques.
If you are ready to improve your sporting performance, please click on this link and take your first step towards this goal by making an appointment with a CoreFocused, LLC, Pilates personal training specialist.

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Preventing Injury:

Now, as if the prospect of improving your sporting performance would not be enough incentive for you to start a Pilates personal training program right away, let’s talk about those occasional injuries and aches you may be suffering, that keep you from competing in your sport of choice for a few days or a week or more, until the pain subsides or the injury heals.

As mentioned earlier, improper balance between your major mobilizer muscles and your local and global stabilizer muscles can cause muscle fatigue. Fatigued muscles are more likely to suffer muscle strains when called upon to perform, leading to injuries that can keep you out of competition. Improperly developed muscles, may result in undue stresses on joints, such as knees and hips, leading to more severe joint failure, such as ACL and MCL tears.

Wouldn’t it be better to invest in yourself and your health and start a Pilates personal training program at CoreFocused, LLC, right away? The chances of preventing injury are greatly increased with a targeted Pilates personal training program designed specifically for you. So, don’t put it off any longer. You don’t have to put up with re-occurring injuries. Develop your core strength, and strengthen those important local and global stabilizer muscles we talked about earlier. Whatever injury you may have suffered, rest assured that Jody Secules, Founder and Owner of CoreFocused, LLC, has special training to handle the special needs of injured clients.
If you are ready to improve your sporting performance and prevent sports-related injuries, please click on this link and take your first step towards these goals by making an appointment with a CoreFocused, LLC, Pilates personal training specialist.

Not yet convinced that Pilates personal training can help improve your life? Read on…

General Health:

So, in case you are not yet convinced of the benefits of a Pilates personal training regimen, let’s talk about the general health improvement that can be gained through a Pilates personal training program.

Does your job or your school work have you hunched over a computer or other equipment several hours each day? Have you developed a posture that has your head leaned forward, as if you are constantly looking for details on a computer screen? Are your shoulders rounded? Have you ever seen someone who is permanently hunched over, to the point of gazing downward? When it gets this bad, the human body starts operating in an impeded mode. The function of those important internal organs in the ‘core’ we talked about earlier is affected by the unnatural positioning of being hunched over.

One of the simplest and most important improvements you can make to your health is to improve your posture, and maintain proper posture. Proper posture can add years to your life span, compared to people with poor posture.

Your Pilates personal trainer can help you improve your posture through targeted exercises that will lead to a longer, more enjoyable life.

So, by now I hope you are convinced of the benefits of a personalized Pilates personal training program and are ready to get started on your road to avoiding injury, improved quality of life, improved health and sporting performance! Please click on this link and take your first step towards these goals by making an appointment with a CoreFocused, LLC, Pilates personal training specialist.