Do you want to improve your core? Have your tried pilates?
Basic pilates exercises enhanced using sliders
These pilates exercises in the plank position are enhanced by using the sliders. They create further instability, forcing you to use more muscles to stabilise. There is many exercises you can do with this fabulous tool. Would you like to learn more? Come along to a class and Janette Bendle Pilates in Mornington. We run 3 group classes a week, but our speciality is designer groups. You tell me what you want or need and what your short and long term goals are and we will work together to achieve that. Call Janette on 0418923029
Do you want to have fun doing Pilates and Yoga or Acrobalance?
You can do it with a friend, partner or meet someone new?
Today, Janette Bendle Pilates and yoga, together with our partners at The Business of Yoga, ran a Partners Pilates and Yoga Workshop.
It was a combination of pilates, yoga and acrobalance all done with a partner. Double the fitness, double the challenge, double the fun and double the laughs.
We had a lovely mix of people, it was lovely to see some of the mums bought their kids along.
What a great influence you are on your kids ladies, educating them in exercise and the fun you can have with it.
NO PARTNER? NO WORRIES.
At our Pilates and Yoga classes you do not need to bring along your own partner, why not come alone and meet a new friend.
I met 5 new, absolutely lovely people today, together strangers laughed together, learnt new skills, exercised and got to know each other. These workshops are run regularly through the year.
Next workshop will be run in November 2016. Stay posted for details
This amazing Ugi exercise ball. This squishy weighted ball is a cross between the fit ball and the medicine ball, it will improve your core stability, your strength, cardio and balance. 30 exercises and 30 minutes a day is all you need. It comes in 3 different sizes and colors. Purple is 6lb, pink is 8lb and the turquoise is 10lb. Do not be fooled by the weights or compare to the weights of your dumbells. This workout tool will incorporate muscles you didn’t know you had. It is an all over body workout.
Do this workout. All you need is your Ball and a timer. Download the UGI Fitness timer or your own
This workout will target your core. It is cardio & strengthening. Do one set or if you want a challenge I dare you to try 5 sets.
Beginners 20 secs each exercise, Intermediate 45 secs and Advanced 50- 60 seconds
You’ve seen the ads all over the internet: lose belly fat ! get a six pack if you do this exercise! Well, guess what? Those ads are only helping spread a myth. There is NO way to get rid of fat in one area of your body. The only way to get rid of fat, and get great abs, is to lose weight all over, and tone the muscles in that entire core area. Okay now we have that sorted, lets move on.
Before you think about hitting the floor and doing an ab crunch, WHAT ARE YOU PUTTING IN YOUR MOUTH? Forget about your fast food, lose the soft drinks, chocolate, ice cream, biscuits, cakes, this list does go on. Empty calories.
Eat smarter.
Fill up on healthy nutritious food. Prepare your meals at home. How many pieces of fruit do you eat a day, even more important, how many serves of vegetables do you eat a day?
Don’t think that by cutting calories to the extreme you’ll lose belly and sculpt your abs
To build lean muscle, you’ll need protein, and carbs.
Don’t starve yourself, or you’ll end up the flabbiest skinny chick on the block, or worse.
Don’t’ even skip breakfast!
Don’t skip any meal
Do the switch. Trade white (not so nutritious) bread for nutrient dense fibre filled yummy wholemeal, multigrain, spelt, oat, quinoa, chia seed bread. There are so many yummy varieties
Drink apple cider vinegar to help with digestion
Herbal teas
and last but not least…. Portion control
Now the exercises
For the record, doing 100 crunches a day will not give you a flat stomach.
Exercise smarter
A flat toned stomach comes from doing a range of different exercises that target the core in different ways to help the body melt fat. I do a combination of strength sessions and HIIT (high intensity interval training, this is my favorite) sessions. This works my whole body, core, cardiovascular and meets my resistance/strength requirements.
Strength training
Incorporating strength training into your exercise routine is definitely a key ingredient for achieving a toned tummy. Lifting weights helps the body build muscle; the more muscle you have, the faster your metabolism will be and the more fat you burn.
HIIT
Having a flat tummy also comes down to reducing your body fat percentage. HIIT has been shown to be one of the most effective methods for shredding fat. A HIIT circuit is very simple. You take a handful of exercises and then perform each at high intensity, while keeping the rest between exercises to a minimum. The best thing about HIIT is that you can include exercises that target any body part you want. In my small group trainings and more advanced classes i like to incorporate HIIT circuits that involve core, cardiovascular and resistance training in the one workout. By getting your heart rate up, you speed up your metabolism and help the body burn fat more effectively.
I can help you with a program today. A combination of pilates, strength, HIIT training can help you meet you core stability needs and goals, in addition you will be toning up the rest of your body too. In this video I am showing just one of the many fitness tools at JBP ( Janette Bendle Pilates) . You can call Janette on 0418923029
In 10 sessions of ugi ball pilates you will feel better.
20 sessions you look better, 30 sessions you have a completely new body.
Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness.
Functional fitness and functional exercises focus on building a body capable of doing real-life activities in real-life positions, not just lifting a certain amount of weight in an idealized posture created by a gym machine.
Making Muscles Work Together
“Conventional weight training isolates muscle groups, but it doesn’t teach the muscle groups you’re isolating to work with others.
“The key to functional exercise is integration. It’s about teaching all the muscles to work together rather than isolating them to work independently.”
These classes that I run, are pilates based functional fitness classes. You will meet a great crew of people, have fun and get fit all in a one hour session.
You will improve your core stability, your strength, your balance, your flexibility and your cardio fitness. You can join a 1 hour group class, or perhaps you would like to have me all to yourself and work with your individual needs and goals, or build your own group with your friends.
Feel muscles you never knew existed, perform exercises that challenge you mentally and physically. You will never be bored, no 2 classes are ever the same. Good prices and deals.
But the best deal is this one… Mention this ad a get your first class free.
Call Janette on 0418923029 to express your interest and get more info.
