Recess with Janet

Another way to refresh the Pilates experience is to take it out of the studio and into the world.     This is in line with Uncle Joe’s gener...

Pilates, like all practices, can fall into ruts.     We show up, we plop down on the   reformer   and we go through the motions.     Uncle J...

Quick reasons to do Pilates:   1.       Increased mobility 2.       Increased flexibility 3.       Better balance 4.       Better posture 5....

Yesterday I wrote about strong muscles.  Today, I need to add a bit about long muscles.   OK, not necessarily long.  Muscles at optimum leng...

Yesterday I mentioned the connections between all our body parts and talked a little about how they interact.     Today I’ll give another re...

In the old song, the ankle   bone’s   connected to the knee bone and the knee   bone’s   connected to the thigh bone and so on.     The anat...

Pilates can be a subtle practice.     Most of the time when we do it, we don’t end up sore.     We might feel tired, but we’re also energize...

November is a month of gratitude. Today I am thankful for my two favorite fitness uncles, Uncle Joe and Uncle Patanjali.   Uncle Joe is Jose...

Since we’re into fall now, let’s talk about falling.     As we age, falling can become more and more of a risk.     Unless we work   really ...

Because I do both personal training and Pilates, folks sometimes ask me which they should do.     I have two answers:     it depends and bot...

In Pilates, we learn that we can only do so many things at once.     This applies in lots of ways, but the way I’m thinking about right now ...

The Amazing Stickie knows that many of us don’t do enough work on rotation.  Uncle Joe Pilates to the rescue!  Today she is doing his Twist ...

The Amazing Stickie knows that when Uncle Joe Pilates does a version of an exercise, it’s going to be interesting.     The Pilates pushup is...

This week, the Amazing Stickie is working on spinal flexion and abdominal strength by doing Double Leg Stretch. She begins curled into a bal...

The Amazing Stickie is working on extension in her entire body today:     spine, shoulders, and hip flexors!     To do this, she is doing Do...

The Amazing Stickie knows that synovial joints, like the ones in our hips, get their nutrition via motion.     She also knows that a stable ...

The Amazing Stickie has, of course, amazing articulation of her spine and amazing abdominal strength.     Those of us who do not may opt for...

This week, the Amazing Stickie is doing a similar exercise to last week.     This one is called Criss Cross.     It also works her oblique a...

Today the Amazing Stickie is doing the Pilates exercise Single Leg Stretch.    She begins lying on her back with her knees curled into her c...

Yesterday we talked about what Pilates is and why we might want to do it.     Today we’ll talk about how. In general, I believe in DIY, whic...