Pilates is becoming more and more popular with professional athletes. It is used extensively throughout the American NBA, NFL and MBL leagues as well as by many professional golfers including Tiger Woods. Slowly but surely even Professional Football Clubs in England are starting to realize the huge benefits of Pilates.
Pilates provides the body with deep overall conditioning as it elongates, strengthens and aligns the body and balances the inconsistencies resulting from sport-specific training.
Pilates works the entire body uniformly, something that very few traditional sports or exercise programs are designed to do.
Pilates will balance the body’s muscular development which is beneficial for many reasons including increased overall body strength, endurance, balance & coordination as well as creating uniformly developed muscle groups that promote efficient and productive muscle movement.
Pilates will also correct muscular imbalances such as tight hamstrings, overloaded quads or overstretched lower backs.
In addition to improving coordination, control, balance, precision, endurance, breathing capacity and efficient movement patterns, Pilates will also prevent and help rehabilitate sports injuries.
Now tell me a sport that Pilates wouldn’t be of benefit to!