Pilates For Beginners – Pilates Instructor Bob’s Tale

April 1, 2010

As part of the Pilates For Beginners team I thought I’d take the time and introduce myself. I’m Bob the ugly bald half as you’ll see from the video
I got into Pilates late in life at aged 47 and if I could go back in time that’s one of the few things I’d [...]

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The “Ates” Dictionary

March 30, 2010

As you know I’m on a quest to discover all the Pilates “Ates” variations. I’ve found more than I believed possible and I’m going to list them here. If you find one I’ve not listed leave a comment and add it.
Mamalates
Pilates for mothers who have just had a baby and want to regain their pre [...]

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Pilates For Beginners – Can Pilates Help With Weight Loss?

March 29, 2010

I often get asked the question: Will Pilates Help Me Lose Weight?
Yes, it will, BUT only if you do other exercise as well and reduce your calorie intake – I don’t mean that you should diet, as diets don’t work other than very short-term.
If you cut down on your food intake drastically, as people do [...]

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Mamalates – I’m Intrigued!

March 28, 2010

In my quest to bag all the “Ates” I’ve uncovered another one. Mamalates. This “Ates” is all about getting mothers into shape after having a baby. Pilates and crèche combined
The idea is to get post-partum mothers get back into shape as quickly as possible after having their baby. I have to say it’s [...]

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Outtake – Is Your Posture Giving You Pain?

March 26, 2010

In my quest to deliver even better quality Pilates videos I have been working on Chroma-Key technology. This involves filming Carol with a solid colour in the background. With some technical magic it’s then possible to remove the background and place her inside another video clip.
That’s how in our Beginners Pilates Workouts videos I’m able [...]

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Pilates For Beginners – Is Your Posture Giving You Pain?

March 25, 2010

I’d like to talk to you about Pilates; what it’s done for me and how it could benefit you too if you take it up and practise the exercises regularly.
Put simply, Pilates has banished my pain; the muscle pain I have held in my neck and back for years. The pain that was the result [...]

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Palates – A New “Ates”?

March 22, 2010

It never ceases to amuse me the number of ways clients ask me about Pilates. From “Do you do Pilots classes” to “I’ve heard about Palates do you teach it”.
I get quite a number of visitors to this site who type in “Palates” so I’m not complaining I just hope they weren’t looking for information [...]

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Equilates – An “Ates” Too Far?

March 13, 2010

I’m going publish a page with all the “Ates” listed soon. My guess is it will be a big one
One of the latest I’ve found is Equilates – can you guess what it is? Yup it’s the horsey equivalent of Pilates. According to people running this type of class to get the very [...]

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My Pilates Has Moved

March 8, 2010

We’ve moved the MyPilatesForBeginners Web site to a new home. The old one was getting slow and very unreliable. You should notice that pages now load quicker and your experience much improved.
The videos on the subscription site have been moved to Amazon S3 so they should load much quicker and play back more smoothly.
The new [...]

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Pilates For Beginners Meets Victor Meldrew!

March 7, 2010

I’m sure Bob is becoming more and more like Victor Meldrew every day. The only thing needed now is for him to say “I don’t believe it” and he’s there. Pilates Instructors are supposed to be relaxed and chilled out – don’t you believe it. He would of course blame me but I’m innocent I [...]

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