If you’re a woman, training your core takes a different approach than that taken with a man. Every female I’ve ever taken for Pilates based core training over the last decade (that’s over 60,000 client consultations and counting), have all wanted one thing – that’s a flat stomach.
Categories / Pilates & Yoga
HARDCORE BALLET
Hollywood sweetheart Natalie Portman dominated the silver screen with her performance in the blockbuster Black Swan; however ballet has always been at the forefront in terms of maintaining optimum fi tness levels.
BUTTS ON BIKES THE PILATES WAY
If you’re into cycling then you know how much difference a great bike makes to your performance. What you may not know is how much difference good pelvic and core stability makes to your cycling performance. Whilst it’s great having an awesome bike, it’s far cheaper to work on your body and your core stability than it is to buy the latest $15,000 lightweight bike frame from Italy.
TRI-READY PILATES, THE ULTIMATE SWIM, RUN & CYCLE ENHANCER
Jade Winter, Director of Studio Pilates International® in Brisbane, gives Ultra FIT readers this exclusive sneak peek into the secret training method used by Felicity Abram to get to the top of the world rankings in the ultra competitive sport of Triathlon.
Yoga, Pilates & the Mind-Body Revolution
For many decades the fitness industry has focused on purely physical performance parameters as the definition of health and fitness – muscular strength, heart rate and physical appearance were set as the benchmark for health. What had been overlooked were the mental and emotional aspects of our overall wellbeing.
Knee cap nightmare
Knee pain is a very common complaint, and can be due to a number of causes. One of the most common types of knee pain however is patello-femoral syndrome.
Sarah Clasen admits it: She doesn’t have the motivation to exercise by herself. She has good intentions but they never eventuate. Her thinking changed when she found her exercise motivation; she joined a fitness boot camp.... 
Having been training with the Bulgarian Bag for around three years now, one of my favourite things about it is the fact you can easily combine strength and cardio to create a highly effective metabolic workout.... 
One of the greatest benefits of training on the TRX is its ability to force the athlete to strengthen the extremely important, yet oft en under conditioned, stabilising muscles. Th is full-body workout has been designed to not only increase...