{"id":761,"date":"2008-08-02T12:00:24","date_gmt":"2008-08-02T17:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/11-benefits-of-pilates\/"},"modified":"2008-08-02T12:00:35","modified_gmt":"2008-08-02T17:00:35","slug":"11-benefits-of-pilates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/11-benefits-of-pilates\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Benefits of Pilates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pilates was founded\u00a0by Joseph Pilates\u00a0in the early 20th century. Pilates focuses on the core muscles\u00a0as well as the\u00a0postural muscles all over the body, which helps keep the\u00a0body balanced and spine supported.\u00a0This type of exercise teaches breath awareness, muscle control, and mental strength.\"pilates\"<\/p>\n

Yoga Vs. Pilates<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pilates is somewhat similiar to Yoga<\/a>, but it has its diffences as well. Yoga consists of maintaining body positions for excess amounts of time to build strength and endurance.\u00a0It also focuses on inhaling and exhaling through the nose.\u00a0Pilates uses total body movements to increase strength and endurance. Pilates also incorporates mat work and the Pilates machines while focusing on\u00a0inhaling through the nose and exhaling through the mouth.<\/p>\n

Benefits of Pilates<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Refreshing Mind-Body Work-out<\/li>\n
  2. Increase Flexibility\/Balance<\/li>\n
  3. Increase Strength\/Endurance Without Bulking Up<\/li>\n
  4. Prevent Injury<\/li>\n
  5. New Challenge<\/li>\n
  6. Increase Core Strength<\/li>\n
  7. Improve Overall Mental Well-Being<\/li>\n
  8. Improve Sleep<\/li>\n
  9. Improve Circulation<\/li>\n
  10. Improve Posture<\/li>\n
  11. Improve Confidence About Self And Body<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Pilates was founded\u00a0by Joseph Pilates\u00a0in the early 20th century. Pilates focuses on the core muscles\u00a0as well as the\u00a0postural muscles all over the body, which helps keep the\u00a0body balanced and spine supported.\u00a0This type of exercise teaches breath awareness, muscle control, and … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[705],"class_list":["post-761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness","tag-pilates"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}