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Pilates News Roundup 2009

Written on December 29, 2009 – 4:39 am | by admin

Before we leave 2009 and resolutely march into 2010, I thought it would be fun to take a quick look over our shoulders at some of the Pilates news from the past year. I’ve put together a short list of the headlines that stand out for me.

• Peak Pilates Sale to Spin Fitness – When Peak Pilates announced its sale to a bigger, and not specifically Pilates, company I had a lot of questions about what the sale meant for Peak Pilates, and what that kind of move might imply for the Pilates industry in general.

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Online Health Guide :The Truth About The American Lifestyle

Written on December 27, 2009 – 4:27 am | by admin

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The Truth About the American Lifestyle

Citizens of our great and prosperous nation are proud to be living the “American Lifestyle” right? Well let’s take a closer look and examine the truth about this desired lifestyle.

Lifestyle defined: A person’s pattern of living as expressed by their interests, motivations, activities, desired experiences, and beliefs.

Americans have a commonly known divorce rate that is reaching nearly 60%, yet there is no class in our school system that prepares us for marriage. Family Continue training!

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Researchers Find Cells Move In Mysterious Ways

Written on December 27, 2009 – 1:29 am | by admin

Our cells are more like us than we may think. They’re sensitive to their environment, poking and prodding deliberately at their surroundings with hand-like feelers and chemical signals as they decide whether and where to move. Such caution serves us well but has vexed engineers who seek to create synthetic tissue, heart valves, implants and other devices that the human body will accept.

To overcome that obstacle, scientists have sought to learn more about how cells explore what’s around them. Continue training!

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Pilates Equipment: How to Use What You Got

Written on December 26, 2009 – 11:03 pm | by admin

Did you get something Pilates for Christmas? An exercise ball, resistance band, or Pilates ring for example? If you did, you might be wondering, what’s the official Pilates thing to do with this?

Before I point you in the direction of exercise instructions, I’d like to offer a suggestion:

Play. Get to know the equipment a little bit before you get serious with exercises. If you do, it will be easier to following instructions because you will have worked out the first bits of how the thing works.

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