Pilates for sports

Many elite sportsmen and women around the world do Pilates to improve their sports and athletic performance. For an athlete, either professional or recreational, it’s always important to improve his/her personal best. A strong core, good posture, efficient breathing and body control is very important if you are a runners, golfers, swimmers, footballer, athlete or a dancer and Pilates gives you all.

How can Pilates exercise improve sports or athletic performance?

• It develops an athlete’s core which provides more agility, increases strength and flexibility.

• Maintaining good postural alignment in standing is challenging but to maintain good posture while walking, running or sporting is very difficult. Pilates provides body awareness and teaches about correct alignment of pelvis in relation to spine and shoulder complex so that sports activity can take place in optimal postural alignment.