Pilates Principles - ANS 1. Breathing
2. Concentration
3. Control
4. Centering
5. Precision
6. Balanced Muscle Development
7. Rhythm/Flow
8. Whole Body Movement
9. Relaxation
Pilates Movement Principles - ANS - Breathing
- Core Activation (lower)
- Neutral Spine: Finding the optimal starting position
- Abdominal Strengthening
- Lumbopelvic Stability
- Strengthening & Mobilizing the Spine
- Scapular Stability & Mobility (shoulder)
- Release Work
- Stretching
- Correcting Alignment
Inner Unit of Core Activation/Elements - ANS - Multifidi
- Transverse Abdominus
- Pelvic Floor
- Diaphram
Outer Unit - Lumbopelvic Stability - ANS - Anterior Oblique Sling System
- Posterior Oblique System
- Deep Longitudinal System
- Lateral System
Anterior oblique sling system - ANS - Right serrated anterior
- right External oblique ab
- left Internal oblique abdominal
- left Adductors
, Posterior oblique system - ANS - latissimus dorsi
- contralateral gluteus maximus
Lateral System - ANS - gluteus medius
- gluteus minimus
- contra lateral adductors of the thigh
Anterior oblique sling system actions - ANS - Torso Flexion
- Torso Rotation
- Creating pelvic stability (ex. walking)
Posterior oblique sling actions - ANS - rotation
- torso extension
- pelvic stability
- examples: swimming on the mat, walking, running
Deep longitudinal system - ANS - erector spinae
- quadratus lumborum
- throracolumbar fascia
- sacrotuberous ligament
- biceps femoris
Deep longitudinal system actions - ANS Creates spinal extension as in many Swan
exercises
Lateral System Actions - ANS - adduction and abduction of hips
- upslip downslip of pelvis
- balances the forces on pelvis & to keep pelvis level
over femur in walking and standing
When and where was Joseph Huberts Pilates born? - ANS In Germany around 1883
What exercise equipment did Pilates invent? - ANS - Universal Reformer
- Wunda chair
- Cadillac
- Ladder barrel
- Spine Corrector
Who were some of the teachers who carried on Pilates work? - ANS - Romana
Kryzanowski
- Eve Gentry
- Ron Fletcher
- Carola Trier
- Kathleen Stanford Grant
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