Now there are many people in the society because of their busy work and almost no entertainment activities. Sometimes even if they go home early from work and lie on the sofa to watch their mobile phones, it is actually a very unhealthy lifestyle. For women, can you tell Pilates from Yoga? What's the difference between Pilates and yoga?
In short, Pilates is a set of exercises to exercise core abdominal and back muscles and other important muscles, and with breathing to strengthen strength and protect muscle.
Pilates was founded in 1920s by German Joseph Pilates for his name. He has been influenced by various schools of gymnastics, martial arts and natural therapy for many years, and has great experience in sports science. Later, he helped the wounded soldiers in the first World War to recover, and finally developed a set of sports to achieve the therapeutic effect by strengthening the core muscles. So it can be said that the initial significance of practicing Pilates lies in the treatment.
Strictly speaking, Pilates is only a general term of sports or training mode. In the past century, different schools and colleges have developed to create their own actions under Pilates' training principles. Just like ballet, Russian, British and American styles have their own advantages and disadvantages, but they can never be separated from their families.
Taking the famous basi (body arts and Science International) College as an example, Rael isakowitz, the founder and Dean of the college, is a ballet dancer with the background of both strength and beauty of the college's actions. His blocksystem? Enables the coach to arrange the classroom logically and systematically under a flexible framework and step by step strengthen the training.
The difference between yoga and Pilates
Many people haven't even heard of Pilates, let alone know what it is. I feel that all the mats are called yoga, which sometimes embarrasses pilates. Some people believe that yoga has a wide range of training and a variety of purposes, including stretching, endurance training, breathing control, etc., and it will calm the mood and purify the mind through meditation.
Pilates, as a kind of sports, certainly has the effect of reducing pressure, but its main purpose is still focused on the core muscle group training and the improvement of muscle strength or flexibility of other parts. At the same time, breathing is very important in Pilates, even basic training, but the purpose is to help the application and protection of muscles.
By the way, the special mat of Pilates is thicker than the yoga mat. It can be said that it compresses more than ten ordinary mats into one, which has a great protective effect on the spine, but it's more expensive, so you don't have to pay special money to buy it (I suggest that two ordinary yoga mats should be folded under the permission of materials, which is more cost-effective).
What are the benefits of doing yoga
1. Beautify the body
Can quickly have a beautiful curve of the upper body, abdomen is also more compact. In addition to increasing strength, your softness, endurance and balance are also better, and your posture is more structured.
2. Good for health
Research has found that yoga can help reduce heart rate, promote sleep, relieve asthma and relieve back pain and arthritis pain.
3. Boost your mood
According to the report, people who practice yoga are more concerned about life, more satisfied, more relaxed and more comfortable than those who do not.
What are the benefits of Pilates
1. Beautify the body
It's the ultimate savior of your flat stomach. Pilates can strengthen and sculpt your lower abdomen, giving you good lines, softness and balance. A recent study shows that Pilates help athletes jump higher and react faster.
2. Good for health
There are not as many studies of Pilates' health as yoga. Early studies have shown that it helps to recover quickly and stabilize scoliosis.
3. Boost your mood
Any exercise can reduce stress, but because you must be more body conscious, Pilates allows you to stay focused. It also increases your energy.
What are simple Pilates
1. Swimming, as the name suggests, it's like swimming, but the venue is changed to land.
2. Pendulum type, pay attention not to touch the ground, parallel to the ground is the best, and the swing range is not too large.
3. Scissor style. When you do it, tighten your abs.
4. Simple bridge, four limbs supporting the ground, tightening the abdomen
5. In dog up style, don't shrug, gently extend upward and backward, and don't put too much pressure on the waist and wrist.
Pilates Yoga in common
1. Yoga and Pilates are both static exercises, which are achieved through asana exercises.
2. Yoga and Pilates have strict requirements on breathing and need the cooperation of breath.
3. Yoga and Pilates both need meditation to practice, quiet environment and peaceful mind.
4. Yoga and Pilates both require that you should not be full for a period of time before practice. Because of the compression and torsion of your abdomen, if you practice full, it will easily lead to dizziness and nausea, which will also affect your digestive function. Therefore, you should not be full before practice, and you can eat a small amount of food to supplement energy if you are hungry.
5. Yoga and Pilates are of great help to physical health. If you keep practicing, you can improve a lot of discomfort, enhance your resilience, make your body lighter, more flexible and less prone to injury. At the same time, exercise will bring sunshine and energy to your mind.
When it comes to yoga, almost all female friends know that it's an important way to lose weight and shape. Many women like it. When it comes to yoga, what's Pilates? Do you know? In fact, Pilates is a kind of exercise to exercise the important muscles in the abdomen, back and other parts of the body. It has a lot in common with yoga.