It started as a necessity. Due to a prolonged shoulder injury I wasn’t able to dance or participate in any sport for that matter as I couldn’t move my left arm. To still find a way to work on my shoulder ROM and maintaining my strength, I joined a Pilates class. Actually just because yoga wasn’t my cup of tea. I like strong coffee better. It turned out to be a great way to exercise without too much shoulder pressure or engaging in boring endurance training (yes, I’ve always been looking for ways to avoid cardio training). As my injury progressed positively, I fell in love with it. The mind-body connection, being able to analyse my own body alignment and the whole pelvic-core focus. It blew my mind how much Pilates can contribute towards a positive recovery. When I made the first move As an injured pole dance teacher, I was looking for something else to bite my teeth into. The first couple of Pilates classes I took at a dance studio were kind of easy. I copied the teacher's movements and I looked exactly the same in the mirror! So nailed it! Pilates is not that hard and good for the core. I was wondering if this could be something I can teach. In my search to find the Pilates style that suites me, I bombed on BASI Pilates (Body Arts Science International). And luckily for me The Movement Practice is a host for BASI. So I tried it. My oh my, what was I thinking?! This class was everything but easy! I noticed I didn't had as much body awareness as I thought and I executed every movement different/wrong. I always thought I had a strong core, but this was next level shit! I loved it! Running, running, running As running is my Achilles heel, why still Pilates weekly? Last week I joined the Saucony runners training at All4running. Gert-Jan Wassink, an endurance athlete, helped us with the right technic to run more efficient and faster. We ran a couple of km’s with different Saucony shoes. I tried one with lots of cushioning, for long slow paced runs and one with less cushioning, for faster runs. My preference went to the last one. That shoe was so light and with the new learned technic I ran so fast, within 10 minutes I was completely gasped! What’s Pilates got to do with it? One of the technics we learned is to slightly tuck your pelvis under, pulling your abdominals in (where did we hear that before . . . ?), like you are holding in your pie, or a cue for the males, “nuts to guts”, lifting your testicles upwards. From this position you can elevate from the pelvis and lean forwards to create more momentum. Pelvic stabilization, core activation, spinal elongation, I totally understood what he was saying! Those cues sound quite easy, but it actually takes a lot of practice to be able to execute while running. To train this, I need to do more Pilates! Actually, we all should do more Pilates. Together 😊
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