Hanover Pilates

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The client's safety should always be the instructor's first priority!

Pilates is meant to be gentle. How did it become such a hazard? The reformer trend and its spring-loaded machines can be dangerous without proper training — but classes seem to be getting bigger and bigger

I have some upcoming openings as a client recovers from surgery. If you have been wanting to give Pilates a try, here's a great opportunity!

Monday 9/11, 9/18, 9/25, 10/2 at 6:30 pm (preferably 55 minute lesson, but will consider 30 minute lessons)

Thursday 9/7, 9/14, 9/21, 9/28 (possibly 10/5) at 4:20 pm or 6:30 pm (55 minute lesson)

Email [email protected] to schedule! For more information about rates, please go to www.hanoverpilates.com

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I'm nicer after I teach Pilates 😂

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Strength, balance, and mobility!!

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Strength, balance and mobility are the best predictors of a long life A US study of older women finds that those who perform well on physical tests have the best chances of living longer, while weight loss may not be beneficial

Read up on the latest studio updates in the January 2022 newsletter 🤓

https://mailchi.mp/8d6d49798dcf/january-2022-studio-updates

January 2022 Studio Updates Welcome, Pilates friends, to a new (and hopefully improved) year!! After taking some much needed time off over the holidays, I am eager to get back into the studio with you. Before you return to the studio in 2022, please have a look at the following announcements. New Rates for 2022 The following ...

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I find the history of Pilates -- the method and the man pretty interesting. If you want to learn a little about both, here's an article that you might find interesting.

The exercise phenomenon born in a prisoner-of-war camp Knockaloe, an internment camp on the Isle of Man, was the unlikely setting for the development of Pilates – a regimen that continues to acquire devotees to...

This is quite a good summary of the benefits of Pilates. Have a look! If you'd like to give Pilates a try, I am always looking for people to fill in when regular clients need to cancel. Message me here or a [email protected] for more information.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/pilates-benefits?fbclid=IwAR11lep6ZfEJ-jS-dLux84c6FfsnevKF_h38MEBi7SlHEfh8krZwODauMSs -it-is

19 Pilates Benefits Backed By Science Recent research has touted the benefits of Pilates for many populations. If you’re looking to see how Pilates benefits sleep, s*x, mood, strength, and athletic performance, look no further.

Love these old articles about Joe and his studio!

This article is from the Longview Daily News (Washington) 20 December 1954.

NEW YORK (UP) - The chances are, if you're the average American citizen, you can play Santa Claus this year without any padding.
At least, that's the way body builder Joe Pilates sees it.
Joe says: "Most people are 90 per cent dead and don't know it. They have round shoulders, hollow chests, bow legs, spinal curvature and stomachs that hang over their belts. They don't even know how to breathe correctly."
Pilates, who is 74 and breathes with elegant correctness, likes to single out himself as a happy example of how body building can contribute to life, liberty and the pursuit of dapperness.
He has been in the body building business almost 60 years, the last 30 of it in the United States. Right now Pilates runs a studio-gymnasium in West Manhattan where his clients are twisted on a series of infernal machines—a process he Iabels "contrology."

Borrowed From Animals
Joe, who claims among other things to be a direct descendant of the inventor of Judo*, explains that contrology is borrowed from the animals. He says, "Watch animals. Look at cats. They stretch, they twist, they turn. Animals are in good shape. Human beings do nothing. Most of them are slobs."
His roster of clients over the years has been impressive. Among those who have emulated the animals with a fair degree of facility, he says, are Laurence Olivier and his wife, Vivien Leigh, Katherine Hepburn, Clifton Webb and Madame Schiaparelli and a group of distinguished musicians that have included Yehudi Menuhin, Roberta Peters and Carmen Lombardo.
Pilates takes on all comers. He claims he can cure everything from arthritis to television squat with the aid of his exercises. And as proof he likes to point to some of his more conspicuous successes.
Joe says, “Jose Ferrer was a customer and was he sloppy! I took 20 pounds off him and sent him out like a new man. I also treated Zachary Scott's mother-in-law who had backache. She went out feeling wonderful.” Pilates takes pains to emphasize that he does not aim to put muscles on his clients, as a matter of fact, he thinks over-development is tragic. He says, “There is nothing uglier than big muscles. They make a man look like he is suffering from a bad case of bumps."

Suppleness Stressed
But Pilates does stress suppleness and coordination. He says, "Your body should be your church — contribute to it regularly and it will pay off in the end."
As an example of how body care can pay off, Pilates lists a young girl who came into his studio. She was so unattractive that her friends called her 'Tom Tom’ - she looked all beat. But after a few sessions with Pilates, she began to glow. Now, he says she's happily pursued by males up and down New York.
But the most rewarding client in Pilates' history was a fellow who came in a wheelchair. Says Joe: “When he completed the course, he went out of here carrying the chair over his shoulder."

*Note:
Judo was created in 1882 by Kano Jigoro born 10 December 1860, almost 23 years to the day before Joseph Pilates was born.
We don’t know if this was a tongue in cheek comment or the reporter misunderstood Joe with his German accent, but Joe was clearly not descended from the founder of Judo.

Some studio updates for your reading pleasure: https://mailchi.mp/d5628715cf1d/may-2021-studio-updates

May 2021 Studio Updates All session times will be a strict 55 minutes (or 30 minutes) and will start on time. This session time will include any financial housekeeping or scheduling questions, although this can be done via email or text to save time. If you arrive extra early for your session, please wait in your car or ou...

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Just keep moving.

Just Move: Scientist Author Debunks Myths About Exercise And Sleep Paleoanthropologist Daniel Lieberman says the concept of "getting exercise" is relatively new. His new book, Exercised, examines why we run, lift and walk for a workout when our ancestors didn't.