Do Men Do Pilates?

Since I have been a Professional Trainer in Pilates these past 4 years, I have heard many of my lady clients tell me, "boy does my husband need this, but he would never try it." My reply back to them is well Joseph Pilates was a man and he was the one that invented this method of exercise.

Joseph Pilates, his own body used for anatomical charts, went on to teach the men in the Isle of Man internment camp during World War I, in the boxing clubs of Hamburg, and then finally in 1926 he opened up his studio in New York
City to be next to Madison Square Garden. For the next 15 years he only taught men until the dancers discovered him in the 1940's.

Today, the Pilates Method is by belief this femine floaty form of exercise. Which I don't understand. Many people think it is like yoga, but it has nothing in commmon with the Hindu tradition and it is based on gymnastics training. When Joe created the Pilates Mehtod his intention was for the form of exercise to be a work out!!

When training men versus women, there is a difference. Women want more attention paid to their buttocks and inner thighs. Men want upper body work and need stretching. As a Pilates Trainer here in the Temecula Valley, my language is different when training a man vs a women. Rather then putting men through a Mermaid stretch, I will state the exercise as a side bend. But then agian I have put men through Hug-A-Tree, and even better my own little personal touch to a Pilates exercise that I have added that I believe Joseph would love, Kiss-A-Tree!!

Whether you are a male or female, your workout needs to be customized for you, not the same routine being done each time you come in. Did you know there are over 500 original exercises to choose from and Joe Pilates already invented them for you. A great trainer will choose the appropriate exercise for you, this can be done even in a group setting with the right trainer.

My motto is create a work out each day that a client will be happy about and feel that have done great things for their body. Then all will be happy.

Joseph believed the whole country, the whole world, should be doing his exercises. He never had an aspirin, never injured a day in his life at the age of 86!! Would not the whole world be happier. I know I am....

Keeping Fitness Pure & Simple,
Sandee Lea