http://pimpyourmat.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:22:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm working on an app with Demand Media! It's a fitness app.....so far, that's all I can say. Except it's super fun AND useful! We love that combo. Stay tuned for updates. It'll have a pilates, yoga and personal training component. The best of all worlds. http://pimpyourmat.com/?p=697 I'm posting the link to an article on Pilates-Pro today. Full disclosure, I have not read all of the internal articles yet, I'm in the middle of reading Professor Lederman's paper that suggests core stability and conditioning IS a myth in regards to low back health and preventing injury. I ... http://pimpyourmat.com/?p=695 Every time I get home from a teaching trip, it takes me a few days to recover and reconnect. There are is a toddler to reconnect to, a teenager to satellite around, mountains of laundry, a bare fridge to re-fill and a spouse to love on. I may not be ... http://pimpyourmat.com/?p=693 Last week was a great trip to LA. Strong, fun clients, challenging sessions and breakthrough moments for clients! All in a days work. And as always, fun sightings on Robertson. Both Ali Larter and Liza Weil trained in the studio. I'm adding dates, they are listed on the 'Train with Tandy' ... http://pimpyourmat.com/?p=691 Flexibility. The beauty of science is that the truth comes out in the end. Facts are facts and it's reserach that is catching up to what dancers, yogis and pilates aficionados have known for years. Flexibilty is the third pillar of fitness alongside; Strength and Cardio Conditioning. Check out the ... http://pimpyourmat.com/?p=687 At least I think so right now. Reebok is sending me gear to test and review! Fun. I'll let you know the details of shoes, bottoms and tops. Can't wait. In the meantime, peruse their site. I'm hoping for a pair of the Zig Pulse Shoes http://pimpyourmat.com/?p=685 It is such a strange misconception that PIlates is for women, in this day and age, it's still a paradigm that exits and needs shifting. It was created by a man, for men....military men. Doesn't get more masculine then that. It has taken me four years to truly convince my ... http://pimpyourmat.com/?p=683 I may rail against a perfectly classical pilates practice at times, but I know where I come from. I trained classically and am technically 4th generation from Joseph through my instructors (3rd, depending on which instructor you go through. lol). I love and respect where the work came from but ... http://pimpyourmat.com/?p=680 I officially started swimming yesterday. I know how to buy gear, so I did. I have a suit and goggles. So far thats about it. Apparently I swim like a dancer (duh). Very pretty like an Esther Williams movie but wasted energy and unschooled strokes. For now, I have hung ... http://pimpyourmat.com/?p=677 Your body. We all have a vision of what we want our body to look like. Or they way we think we want it to look. We have to be careful and clear. In all things, your body will follow your thoughts. What you think about your body becomes it's ... http://pimpyourmat.com/?p=675