Hello everyone, as you know Julia Jackson & Tracey Corcoran were lucky enough to win a Business Award from Theo Paphitis recently, for our online Pilates business, iPilates. At the presentation ceremony on Friday, we met other winners and came across a lady who really knows her stuff when it comes to nutrition and diet. [...]
iPilates Business meets FoldiSheet both Theo Paphitis #SBS Winners
It was great to meet Neil Davies of FoldiSheet earlier today, fellow winner of the Sunday Small Business Competition run by Dragons Den Star, Theo Paphitis last week. We are both looking forward to the Winners Event on 30th March at Edgbaston and hope that fellow Winners want to take up Pilates and do [...]
iPilates Thank You after Winning Dragon Theo Paphitis Sunday Business Twitter Competition
BBC Dragon Theo Paphitis showed his support for iPilates unique Pilates downloads on Twitter by re-tweeting a message sent to him by this small Wilmslow business. iPilates was started by Tracey Corcoran and Julia Jackson, following Tracey’s diagnosis with Breast Cancer in 2007. Chemotherapy meant that Tracey had to give up her role as a [...]
Unlocking the Mystery of Core Stability
We have all heard the phrase, “I want to improve my core stability”, but how many of us really know what this means, or indeed how to achieve it ? Core stability is the bodies ability to move functionally around a stable centre. In other words, we can move our arms and legs freely and [...]
The Benefits of a Pilates Workout
The Pilates method was invented in the early 1900s by a man named Joseph Pilates, who actually himself called his method “Contrology.” Pilates is a form of exercise involving resistance, alignment core strength and stabilization to help the body learn to perform at its greatest potential. Pilates is done on a mat or with different [...]
Yoga taught me we rely on doctors too much By SANDRA PARSONS
This article appeared in Wednesdays Daily Mail, all I can say is she’s right Ms Parsons so go exercise, and if you ate stuck at home try our iPilates workouts for your iPod ! Six years ago, almost to the day, I suffered a prolapsed disc so severe my entire back went into spasm and [...]
How To Create Good Sitting Posture
The best way to improve your sitting posture long term is to take it slowly. Start by recognising how you normally sit and try to come out of the position you habitually adopt, this postural self awareness is the first step to improvement. I would recommend sitting on a Swiss Ball for 10 minutes a [...]
Pilates For Weight Loss
Most people don’t practicing Pilates to lose weight. Let’s face it: most of us don’t think exercise helps burn fat unless sweat is pouring off us and we are struggling to catch our breath. After all, the mantra of the fitness world seems to be no pain, no gain. Pilates reverses that. Pilates takes a [...]
Arthritis and the Exercise
This article in The New York Times is an excellent reason to take up Pilates. Arthritis and the Exercise Gap By ANAHAD O’CONNOR Exercise can help ease joint pain and stiffness for arthritis sufferers. But despite urgings from health officials and plenty of science documenting its benefits, many men and women with osteoarthritis do not [...]
Your Neck and Computer NOT a Happy Couple
This article is an excellent reason to practice Pilates & why hot desking can be such a problem. iPilates workouts can help to overcome these problems. Dr. Marc Nimchuk Ironically, as you are reading this column, I am contributing to the condition that is the topic of this column. In fairness however, the amount of [...]