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The Power of Pilates

(ARA) – An estimated 6 million people across the United States are now strengthening their bodies and minds, and losing weight, with the help of pilates exercises, the fastest growing fitness trend in decades. Among the Hollywood celebrities publicly touting its benefits, Goldie Hawn, Candace Bergen, Brad Pitt, Ben Afleck and Matthew Broderick.

Thanks to the sport’s popularity, a growing industry has emerged. More than 11 thousand people in the U.S. now claim to be pilates instructors, but according to the Pilates Method Alliance, (PMA), the international, not–for–profit,

professional association that establishes certification and continuing education standards for pilates professionals, at least 25 percent of them have not been properly trained.

“If you are working with an instructor who doesn’t have adequate training, you run an incredible risk of getting hurt,” says Kevin Bowen, co-founder of the PMA. “Pilates isn’t something you just start doing one day. You have to make sure you have an instructor who understands the method and how to make the exercises work for you.”

For help finding a certified

pilates studio or instructor in your area log onto the Pilates Method Alliance Web site at www.pilatesmethodalliance.org.

The History of Pilates

Joseph Pilates developed his unique system of exercises, which incorporate yoga, Zen, and ancient Greek and Roman physical regimens , at the beginning of the 20th Century. During his forced internment in World War I, he taught fellow camp members the exercises. Later he added equipment to help compliment the more challenging mat exercises.

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