Pilates for Mature Adults

‘Me…time’ Pilates

 

An appropriate Pilates programme is one of the best ways to ward off the infirmities of advancing age and allow you to do the things you always dreamt of doing in your retirement.

If you no longer undertake regular exercise but want to keep fit, then Pilates is for you.

Pilates is the ideal choice for the busy, more mature person looking for a gentle and enjoyable way back to long-term fitness, in a more sophistaced way, avoiding running machines.

Most Pilates exercises are low-impact and partially weight-bearing, which is good for the prevention of osteoporosis, the brittle-bone disease.

The gentle routines build strength and improve posture, flexibility and agility as well as being good for balance.

Pilates is ideal if you do a lot of sitting down and due to the nature of the exercises it can even make everyday tasks, which may have become difficult, a little easier.

Older clients might need to seek medical advice before taking up Pilates and may need to start more slowly.

For most, however, Pilates is both a safe and effective workout, which many do into their eighties, nineties and beyond.

Quote 'If, at the age of 30, you are stiff and out of shape, you are old. If, at 60, you are supple and strong, then you are young.' Joseph Pilates.