BE YOUR BEST
PILATES FOR SPORTS
BE YOUR BEST
PILATES FOR SPORTS
SWIM
FORM AND TECHNIQUE
It takes a high degree of body awareness, muscular strength and core stability to swim with power and efficiency. The more efficient a swimmer is, the faster you can go, the faster you can accelerate and the faster you can recover from hard efforts. If your core is weak, your muscles are unbalanced and your form is poor, then pain and injury in the back, shoulder, hip, leg, knee and ankle can occur - it's so frustrating not being able to train because of injury.
Pilates For Sports is the ultimate whole body exercise system - it can help to improve core strength and muscle balance and is always done in the context of how to improve your swim. In this way it becomes very clear how Pilates For Sports can play a big role in not only preventing injury but also in improving performance. If you're looking to overcome some of these issues or simply keen to take the next step in your swimming, Pilates For Sports might just be the solution you have been looking for. Our programs are customised to your individual needs. We develop a program that will best enable you to achieve the core strength and muscle balance required to help you realise your swimming goals. So why not take the Pilates For Sports challenge to "Be Your Best".
SWIM
FORM AND TECHNIQUE
It takes a high degree of body awareness, muscular strength and core stability to swim with power and efficiency. The more efficient a swimmer is, the faster you can go, the faster you can accelerate and the faster you can recover from hard efforts. If your core is weak, your muscles are unbalanced and your form is poor, then pain and injury in the back, shoulder, hip, leg, knee and ankle can occur - it's so frustrating not being able to train because of injury.
Pilates For Sports is the ultimate whole body exercise system - it can help to improve core strength and muscle balance and is always done in the context of how to improve your swim. In this way it becomes very clear how Pilates For Sports can play a big role in not only preventing injury but also in improving performance. If you're looking to overcome some of these issues or simply keen to take the next step in your swimming, Pilates For Sports might just be the solution you have been looking for. Our programs are customised to your individual needs. We develop a program that will best enable you to achieve the core strength and muscle balance required to help you realise your swimming goals. So why not take the Pilates For Sports challenge to "Be Your Best".
AVAILABLE CONFIGURATION
HOW DOES IT WORK?
The Pilates For Sports program is a series of scientifically designed Pilates workouts, each one created to help you develop strong and balanced muscles. Provided purely online, with no equipment needed, the sessions range from 10 to 30 minutes, so you can easily fit them into a busy schedule.
CUSTOMIZED
Uniquely designed for you by one of our certified Pilates instructors
ONLINE
Available via the mobile app and web, anywhere, anytime
SPORT SPECIFIC
Each exercise links to the movement patterns for a chosen sport
ALL LEVELS
From beginner to professional, Pilates For Sports caters for all
NO EQUIPMENT
Each workout requires no additional equipment, just an adventurous sprit
Wayne Miller
"Wow!
I didn’t have a timer, but it did shave 3 to 3-1/2 strokes off each length of the pool."
Shannon Hammond
Finally got to the pool again after 2 months of absence- concentrated on everything I have learned and can’t believe it - but I have shaved 5 seconds off my best 100m freestyle- unbelievable!
HOW DOES IT WORK?
The Pilates For Sports program is a series of scientifically designed Pilates workouts, each created to help you develop strong and balanced muscles. Provided purely online, you can easily fit this in to a busy schedule at home, at work or whilst out and about.
CUSTOMIZED
Uniquely designed for you by one of our certified Pilates instructors
ONLINE
Available via the mobile app and web, anywhere, anytime.
SPORT SPECIFIC
Each exercise links to the movement patterns for a chosen sport.
ALL LEVELS
From beginner to professional, Pilates For Sports caters for all.
NO EQUIPMENT
Each workout requires no additional equipment, just an adventurous sprit.
POWER
Pilates For Sports will strengthen your core, develop strong balanced muscles around the joints and enable you to develop a strong stable base. This will enable you to generate more power so you ca swim faster.
POWER
Pilates For Sports will strengthen your core, develop strong balanced muscles around the joints and enable you to develop a strong stable base. This will enable you to generate more power so you ca swim faster.
EFFICIENCY
Efficient movement is vital when you swim in the pool or open water. Inefficient movement means that you are using more energy than you need to go at that pace. Pilates for Sports teaches swimmers to be aware of how they are currently moving and then helps them build a strong core to ensure that every bit of power they generate goes into their swimming stroke. This comes about through the strengthening of the powerhouse, knowledge of how to engage it and the correct tracking of the arms and legs. This controlled efficient movement will also reduce the chance of injury.
EFFICIENCY
Efficient movement is vital when you swim in the pool or open water. Inefficient movement means that you are using more energy than you need to go at that pace. Pilates for Sports teaches swimmers to be aware of how they are currently moving and then helps them build a strong core to ensure that every bit of power they generate goes into their swimming stroke. This comes about through the strengthening of the powerhouse, knowledge of how to engage it and the correct tracking of the arms and legs. This controlled efficient movement will also reduce the chance of injury.
STABILITY
To help you understand the benefits that a strong and stable core can provide to triathletess, picture a cannon on a canoe out in the middle of a lake. Now, if that cannon fires, it won’t be able to shoot very far because the canoe will wobble and capsize, as it can’t handle the force of the cannon. In this scenario the swimmers arms and legs are the cannon and their wobbly core is the canoe on a lake, which can't handle the power being produced because of its instability. However, put that cannon on a concrete platform and the result is very different. From that stable base, maximum power can be directed to the cannonball, resulting in the cannon being able to fire to it’s full potential. Just as a swimmer with a strong and stable core can transfer the maximum force generated to swim fast.
STABILITY
To help you understand the benefits that a strong and stable core can provide to triathletess, picture a cannon on a canoe out in the middle of a lake. Now, if that cannon fires, it won’t be able to shoot very far because the canoe will wobble and capsize, as it can’t handle the force of the cannon. In this scenario the swimmers arms and legs are the cannon and their wobbly core is the canoe on a lake, which can't handle the power being produced because of its instability. However, put that cannon on a concrete platform and the result is very different. From that stable base, maximum power can be directed to the cannonball, resulting in the cannon being able to fire to it’s full potential. Just as a swimmer with a strong and stable core can transfer the maximum force generated to swim fast.
BALANCE
Many of the performance and injury issues a swimmer experiences, arise from muscle imbalance. When we talk about an athlete having a muscle imbalance, we mean that some muscles are overworking and other muscles are not doing their fair share of the work. The impact on swimers is inefficient movement, reduced power output and an increased chance of injury. This is where Pilates can help. Pilates is a perfect way to cross train, as it moves the body in all of the directions it is designed to move, therefore restoring balance. As a someone once said: “You don’t need Pilates For Sports to swim, but you may swim better and with less pain if you do Pilates For Sports”
BALANCE
Many of the performance and injury issues a swimmer experiences, arise from muscle imbalance. When we talk about an athlete having a muscle imbalance, we mean that some muscles are overworking and other muscles are not doing their fair share of the work. The impact on swimers is inefficient movement, reduced power output and an increased chance of injury. This is where Pilates can help. Pilates is a perfect way to cross train, as it moves the body in all of the directions it is designed to move, therefore restoring balance. As a someone once said: “You don’t need Pilates For Sports to swim, but you may swim better and with less pain if you do Pilates For Sports”
RANGE OF MOTION
If the range of motion in the shoulders, hips, knees or ankles are limited then it will increase the likelihood of pain and injury and will also impact the power you can produce. The Pilates For Sports program works to develop an effective range of motion in the whole body thereby reducing your chance of pain and injury and improving your ability to train and compete with maximum efficiency.
RANGE OF MOTION
If the range of motion in the shoulders, hips, knees or ankles are limited then it will increase the likelihood of pain and injury and will also impact the power you can produce. The Pilates For Sports program works to develop an effective range of motion in the whole body thereby reducing your chance of pain and injury and improving your ability to train and compete with maximum efficiency.
GOOD POSTURE
Poor posture will impact a swimmers ability to generate power, maintain good form and breathe efficiently throughout their training or their race. Pilates for Sports is designed to improve a swimmers posture, which will improve their performance, help to reduce pain and injury and help you to breathe more efficiently.
GOOD POSTURE
Poor posture will impact a swimmers ability to generate power, maintain good form and breathe efficiently throughout their training or their race. Pilates for Sports is designed to improve a swimmers posture, which will improve their performance, help to reduce pain and injury and help you to breathe more efficiently.
REDUCED PAIN & INJURY
If your muscles around a joint are unbalanced and your core is weak, it means that some muscles will have to overwork to produce a movement. Constant repitition of a movement done with poor form can lead to pain and even injury. Pilates For Sports will strengthen your core and help you to develop strong balanced muscles so that you can run efficiently with good form and with decreased chance of pain and injury.
GOOD FORM
Swimming is all about technique yet many of us don't really think about form - we just swim. Pilates for Sport makes you aware of how you are currently swimming, teaches you how you should be swimming and then gives you the tools to improve your performance.
GOOD FORM
Swimming is all about technique yet many of us don't really think about form - we just swim. Pilates for Sport makes you aware of how you are currently swimming, teaches you how you should be swimming and then gives you the tools to improve your performance.
INSTRUCTORS’ COMMENTS
“I have worked with swimmers from all levels - beginners to professional and have seen first hand the benefits Pilates For Sports can provide to athletes. Whether you want to improve your swimming stroke, develop more power go faster with less pain, we customise the program to meet your goals.
This program will deliver the core strength and balanced muscles you need, to "Be Your Best"
Noeleen O'Shea
Senior Instructor, Co-Founder
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