Pilates

Consistency and Quality

We live in a society where more is less. No Pain, No Gain. Over-indulge. Over-correct. Quick fixes. What looks good over what feels good. Ego-driven motivation over true self-love and self-care. Of course this is the approach to our American lifestyle in every aspect, including food and exercise!

Where fad dieting has profited billions of dollars at the expense of true health and happiness. The DexaTrim, SnackWells, Jazzercize moms of the 80s raised Stacker-popping CrossFitters and yo-yo dieters. Who in turn, are raising, year-round travel sports kids starting at six-years-old!

Most of us grew up playing sports hard and fast and all day long. If you twisted an ankle, you wrapped it and kept playing. There was no mommy and daddy coddling you. And that never really stops for most! If you aren’t running hard miles, pushing through knee pain, or hip pain, or back pain. If you aren’t crippled on the couch after Cross-Fitting or any X trendy workout, then you aren’t working!

Pain is not Gain. I am still a bad-ass and not a slacker. Consistent daily Classic Pilates, cardio outdoors, and weight training.

Well, girl, you ain’t the poster child of fitness, you say. No, I am not. I have cycled through body composition over the last 14 years more than I ever have imagined. Super fit to pregnant to pretty super fit to pregnant. To fit, to pregnant. To my body is broken. To my lower back and SI joint so hyper flexed from pregnancy and birth. To pretty fit, and almost back.

We are in a society of also OVER-PRESCRIBED Medications. Head-meds. Body-meds.

Enter Ozempic and Waygovy billion-dollar profit market! Its no surprise corporate vampires want to profit off of over-indulgent, quick-fixers. This contradicts the other aspect of our NO PAIN, NO GAIN Mentality. Interesting, isn’t it.

It turns out that there is no quick solution.

Although the “Ozempic” is not true health. Neither really is running marathons everyday, or multiple a year or improperly throwing weights on a weekly basis.

Even the Elite Athlete benefits from the cross-training of consistent, stability, strength, and flexibility. Building those Core-4 do not have to blow a budget. They do not have to blow your joints out for life. They do not have to leave you running to orthopedics, and surgeons, and chiropractors. They should not be shamed or looked down upon!

We get one set of joints. Two if lucky … although the second will be titanium.

Mine will be a shoulder, at some point. Unfortunately. But I have learned.

Subtle yet Significant.

Consistency.

Pain is unnecessary for gain. *Bad Pain.

There are so many ways to train big and minuscule muscles in the body until they are trembling. Therefore gaining muscle mass as well as strength, flexibility can be achieved without overuse and injury to our joints.

Classic Pilates is the grand slam.

Through any injury or level, there is strength, flexibility and muscles to be gained in Pilates – Mat, Tower, and Reformer.

Pilates is my TOP 5 most important things you can do for overall mental and physical health, well-being and LONGEVITY.

All in all, getting outside every single day for fresh air. Resistance Bands. Eating Whole Foods and not processed foods or drinks as much as possible. 90% or more of overall consumption.

At the end of the day, Longevity is the name of the game. Of all the options vying for our money and attention, the choices that make sense for consistent LONGEVITY are logical choices that will bring grace through life and the aging process!