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For most people, mat work offers a sufficient workout because your body provides all the resistance you need. But for those who crave further exhaustion, there are Pilates machines designed to magnify resistance via springs and pulleys. Once people begin Pilates and truly get involved, it becomes a lifestyle. In a typical session with a private instructor, you are put through various routines which, at first, appear to have little format or reason. You continue through a progression of exercises, starting with the Reformer; a moving carriage with springs, pulleys and ropes with your feet in unusual positions in and out of straps. Next is the Cadillac, which mobilizes your spine and isolates movements from all your joints. The floor routine is a series of continuous exercises for every part of the body. One principle becomes strongly apparent during the exercises - no movement can be performed correctly without having a strong center and total concentration on the movement being performed.

The initial challenge is learning to focus on more than one thing at a time: keeping the abdominals firm, relaxing the shoulders, breathing correctly with the movement, isolating a particular muscle - it all seems a bit overwhelming at first. As you progress through the sessions, it all begins to make sense. You find that you are able to perform movements, which once seemed clumsy and awkward, with fluidity and ease. As your needs change and the exercises become easier, the routines change and become more challenging (there are over 500 exercises!).

Pilates is all about movement. It is not designed to be a cardiovascular exercise or to bulk up muscles. It is, however, intended to target specific muscles while relaxing overused muscles. Pilates is about enhancing your mental and physical beings in unison, intertwined to produce the ultimate balance and harmony for mind, body and spirit. The New York Times stated that people who do Pilates look thinner and still can eat that huge piece of cake without worrying. Pilates offers a trimmer waist, flatter belly, better posture, less fatigue, and lower incidence of back pain and injury.