Hi, I'm Anny ♥
Did you know that during any one month, 65% of British adults will be experiencing back pain?
With so many people working from home right now, in an environment not suited to good posture etc., as well as being less active in general, that figure is 20% higher than it was 12 months ago!
Both the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and the NHS recommend Pilates as an effective way to strengthen your core muscles and increase flexibility to help ease the pressure on your spine and... generally improve your state of mind and well-being!
Joseph Pilates (the founder of Pilates) sums it up perfectly :
"At the age of 30, if you are stiff and out of shape - then you are old! If at sixty you are supple and strong, then you are young!!"
Sometimes people try Pilates and find that it doesn't challenge them enough - or, maybe you've been doing Pilates, or other fitness classes, for a while now but not getting the benefits you want.
Pilates is about all about technique - if it doesn't challenge you or you aren't getting the benefits,
you simply aren't getting the right instruction.
As a professional dancer and fitness instructor, I have always taken my fitness seriously and I remember the first time I went to a Pilates class - I was so disappointed as I had always wanted to try it. A few years later I went with a friend to a Stott Pilates class - OMG it was amazing - it was what I'd hoped it would be the first time! I was hooked!!
I invested in a training programme with Stott Pilates to be a qualified Stott Pilates instructor - it was here that my passion for technique developed as I began to understand why so many people don't get the benefits they want from exercise - you could do 2 or 3 classes a day, but with poor technique, you won't get as much benefit as someone who is only doing 2 or 3 classes a week does.
That's why I've created my Beginners and Intermediate Pilates online courses.
* Technique Check
Technique is everything - and although I love teaching online as so many more people can access my classes, especially for those of you don't have the time, or don't enjoy going to classes or the gym, I find it frustrating that I can't correct your technique in the way I can in a live class.
So - I have created 'Technique Check'. Simply send me a video of yourself doing an exercise or a part of your workout and I will get back to you with any comments that may help you to get more benefit from your workout.
