Description
Balance, posture, and flexibility are the keys to your strength and vitality in later life… and there’s one kind of exercise that targets all of these things and unlocks total transformation – no matter what your starting point is.
Pilates was developed by Joseph Pilates, a physical trainer who worked as a nurse during World War I and helped bed-bound patients tone their muscles with his exercises: this is an exercise regime that any limitation can handle.
Add in a wall, and you’ve got a powerful way to engage your muscles and control your movements on a deeper level – with the clever disguise of an extra crutch for support!
Forget hours in the gym or complex workout routines you’re not sure you have the energy for… Wall Pilates is your answer – and you’ve just stumbled on a complete guide that will be by your side every step of the way.
Inside, you’ll discover:
- Complete and easy-to-follow exercises for strength, balance, posture, flexibility, and functional fitness
- How to set up a safe and comfortable spot for working out at home
- Quick and easy tests you can do yourself to figure out your current strength and fitness (and then set achievable goals)
- Why working on your balance should be a priority – and how to use Wall Pilates to get you there
- The transformative powers of Wall Pilates – with additional benefits you weren’t even expecting!
- How to assess your current posture and turn it into one that will support your balance and stability for the rest of your life
- The art of using Wall Pilates to protect and improve your flexibility and range of motion (and exactly why this is so important)
- The secret to decreasing stress and improving your relaxation at the same time as you’re building your strength
- Why your breathing is so important – with essential exercises and nutrition tips for making sure it’s supporting you the whole time
- Your guide to the ‘mind-body connection’ – why there’s a good reason you hear about it so much, and how Wall Pilates is your solution to getting it right
- How to customize your workouts so that they’re exactly what you need for optimum health and fitness
- Carefully created nutritional advice to feed your muscles and get the most benefit from your workouts
- A comprehensive 29-day plan you can follow easily to become a stronger, healthier you
And much more.
If you’ve been becoming increasingly disheartened by creaking joints, new aches and pains, and the slow realization that you can’t do everything you used to be able to, you might have been thinking it’s too late to make a change.
But with Wall Pilates, it’s never too late, and no matter