Six principles
1, focus
The body is controlled by the brain. Only by devoting yourself wholeheartedly to the completion of the action can you get the greatest benefit. The five parts of thinking are intelligence, intuition, imagination, will and memory.
Step 2 control
Control:? The art of control? It was Mr. Pilates who named his exercise system, because Pilates system is based on the concept of muscle control. Nothing in the Pilates system is random. In order to be able to control every aspect of the action, you must concentrate. No part of the body is idle. In each movement, the body muscles defying gravity and spring resistance, thus controlling the body movements and instruments. ? Pilates teaches you to control your body, not be bound by it. No matter how Pilates exercises are performed, muscle control permeates every part of the body.
3. Center
The strength to complete Pilates comes from the center of the body. Joseph Platis turned this center into. Power station? Energy room). The core of Pilates includes abdominal muscles, upper and lower back muscles, buttocks, buttocks, inner thighs-or foot fighter belts. All pilates starts from the core and then extends to the limbs. The core has a midline, behind the navel, spanning from the buttocks to the lower edge of the ribs. There are two lines running through the whole body, shoulder to shoulder and hip to hip. We call it a frame or box. The stability of the box allows us to work freely from the core.
Step 4 breathe
All movements have a breathing rhythm. Joseph Pilates advocated that the lung should be used as a bellows, and it can be used to forcefully suck air in and out of the body. Most pilates movements need breathing, and the correct use of breathing is necessary for pilates movements as a whole. Mr. Pilates regards it as a process of removing waste and restoring physical and mental health. Correct deep exhalation and thorough exhalation are the key. Correct breathing rhythm requires the practitioner to try his best to deliver oxygen to the required muscles and completely empty the lungs when exhaling. ? Mr. Pilates believes that forced complete exhalation is the key point of breathing. ? He instructed people to squeeze air out of their lungs like a wet towel. Pilates breathing can be described as backward and lateral three-way breathing, that is, the practitioner deeply inhales air into the back and sides of the chest.
Step 5 be precise
Every pilates movement is to complete one? Accuracy? Purpose. In order to fully achieve the purpose of each movement, every part of the body needs to be in the right position and the whole body needs to be aligned correctly. Emphasis is placed on the accuracy of each action, rather than the pursuit of quantity to do some specious actions. In the end, precision should become the second instinct, and the simplicity and elegance of movements are brought into daily life.
6. Smooth
Pilates pursues the elegance of movements and creates the fluency of movements with the correct transformation between each movement. Romana called it. Minimum action? This is what we are all pursuing. Once the accuracy of the movement is achieved, fluency will run through the movement itself and between the movements, thus generating strength and endurance.