Pilates
Courtside Club offers one of the most comprehensive Pilates programs in the area. Enjoy complimentary classes each week, and use Pilates Training to maximize your results. Specialty classes, like Pilates Allegro and sport-specific Pilates training, are listed on our specialty programs calendar.
What Is Pilates?
Originally known as Contrology, the Pilates exercise method was developed in the early 1900s by Joseph Pilates. Influenced by martial arts, yoga, gymnastics, and dance, the exercises and movement sequences are performed using specially designed equipment. The focus is on breathing patterns, body posture, proper technique execution, and mind-body connectivity. Because Pilates exercise conditions your entire body, it’s an indispensable component to any fitness regimen.
Benefits of Pilates?
- Enhanced daily movement
- Improved sports performance
- Decreased injuries from all activities
- Increased mobility, agility, and flexibility
- Improved mental concentration and mind/body awareness
- Strengthened and lengthened muscle and connective tissues
- Balanced musculature and core control, plus defined shoulders, arms, abs, and legs
Who Should Do Pilates?
People of all ages and physical conditions can benefit from Pilates. Olympic champions and professional athletes in tennis, swimming, football, hockey, dance and more, have long known the benefits of Pilates. It offers a huge spectrum of intensity, from very subtle to extremely challenging. This immense range and versatility makes it suitable for rehabilitation, injury prevention, supplemental training, and performance enhancement. Those who incorporate Pilates into their exercise plan, find that Pilates strengthens their mind, body and soul from “the inside out”, complementing every aspect of their lives.
To learn more about Pilates at Courtside Club, contact our Pilates Department at (408) 395-7111 ext. 24224.
