Tennis is a high speed, high impact game requiring mobility, flexibility and power. Pilates is a great way to boost your performance by improving spinal rotation and extension, abdominal control and muscle strength. Here are Flex’s 4 favourite exercise to help you with your tennis game. Perform them regularly for a better range of motion, a more powerful swing and an improved performance on the court.
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Lifelong tennis player Rhonda noticed that she approached her movement and shots differently when using her Pilates knowledge
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Can you change your body in two weeks? You can – yet it has more to do with your mindset than your physical self. Why? To shape up in two weeks, you need to exercise intensively every day for at least two hours. The problem for many of us is THAT daily workout. Life gets
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Just back from holidays and looking to get back into a workout routine? Then get your dancing shoes on! The newest member of the Flex Family, Elle Kealy, is here to inspire you. Elle, a super experienced performer and trainer, is now offering Corio classes – a mix of Core, Dance and Cardio combined. Elle
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Swimming is a very technique driven sport requiring
power, control and correct body alignment to glide
through the water. Pilates can help improve performance
in the pool by enhancing core control, flexibility, breathing
and body strength. Here are our 4 recommended exercises
to help you explode off the blocks and through the water
this summer.
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It was only after keen runner, hiker and yoga enthusiast Ee Chang’s chiropractor diagnosed her with mild scoliosis that she took up Pilates as a preventative measure. The idea? She would strengthen her core to improve posture and to prevent the issue getting worse. Many months later, she is still practicing Pilates at least twice
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Evelyn Hue took up Pilates over ten years ago in 2005 our of curiosity, and it wasn’t long before she had trained to be an instructor (check out her classes at Flex), adding to her qualifications as a fitness consultant, personal trainer and group fitness instructor at her company EvieFit. While it helps her with all her sports – think running, surfing and golf – she has found it has been particularly beneficial when it comes to her swimming and here she explains why.
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What’s the best way to look radiant at your wedding? Be super healthy, feel great physically, mentally, emotionally, and let that inner self-confidence shine through. Xtend Barre™ has become a go-to for brides and grooms who want to feel jump-out-of-their-skin amazing on their big day, says Cheng-Fang Wu, Flex’s amazing Xtend Barre™ instructor.
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Bust desk-related aches and pains for good with these exercises recommended by Flex co-founder Heather. Ideal when the majority of your working day is spent hunched over a computer screen while sitting at a desk, and neck, shoulder and back aches and pains start cropping up. Balance your sedentary hours with the kind of intelligent fitness Pilates offers and you’ll find yourself understanding your body better, self correcting your sitting posture and banishing those aches and pains for good. These exercises can be done throughout the day depending on where and when you’re feeling the need.
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Christina Ko is an editorial director and Pilates convert. She swears by the posture, fitness and body awareness it brings to her desk-oriented work days. She’s been a member of Flex since her first Xtend Barre Cardio Blast class, which she describes as, “Baptism by fire – a regular barre session on crack… I didn’t die.” In fact, far from it, she has tried a number of classes at Flex and is an enthusiastic regular.
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