Happy new year to all.  In the new year NUTRIFORT is proud and very excited to announce that we will offer Pilates private sessions on equipment: the reformer, the spine corrector and stability chair.  We are the first fitness company to bring Pilates exercises on equipment to Vietnam!  As valued clients, you will reap the benefits of these exercises which help you with proper posture, toning and elongating of muscles while keeping your abdominals strong.

What Is Pilates?
Do you know what's hot with celebrities, yuppies and women today? Yes, move over Yoga, boxercise and aerobics...the latest in-thing making the Hollywood and posh clubs round is Pilates. Huh....what exactly is Pilates?

Pilates (it's pronounced pa-lah-teez) refers to a type of body conditioning exercise that used a series of controlled movements to strengthen the body and tone muscles. Pilates can help increase your range of movement, muscle strength, improve your mood and sense of well being, and provide you with greater flexibility and a better posture. Pilates has been popular with gymnasts and professional dancers for many years. One major reason for its popularity has to do with the fact that pilates can help increase strength, coordination, flexibility and endurance without adding bulky muscles. Like yoga, pilates is often practiced on a mat. Mat exercises and routine are the most common way to practice pilates. Another popular pilates format is the training method which involves the use of various machines to strengthen and tone muscles. Both approaches to pilates involve the use of resistance and controlled movements to achieve the desired results. Most people who do pilates report that it can be difficult at first, but that the body slowly conforms to the practice.

Pilates and Back Pain
Back pain is one of the most complaints that doctors report hearing from their patients. It now appears that the popular fitness trend pilates can help ease this common ailment. Recent research shows that the tension and soreness associated with back pain can be eased significantly through the practice of pilates. Pilates, research shows, can help with the neutral alignment of the spin and can help strengthen the muscles that support proper posture. This in turn can help ameliorate much of the pain associated with back problems. Fundamentally, the underlying principles of pilates have been found to be beneficial for a number of common back problems.
When your posture is improved, your back muscles receive less tension, resulting in less wear and tear on the intervertebral joints and discs. Your muscles become stronger and suppler, your movements become more fluid, and your body becomes more efficient in dealing with stress and tension. Pilates can teach you greater awareness of how your body moves and can help you change any bad habits that may be hurting your back.

Pilates and Weight Loss
Many people who are attracted to the Pilates Method are interested in this form of body conditioning exercise in order to achieve a slim and toned body. Part of the attraction of pilates has to do with the fact that one of its primary aims is to strengthen and condition the whole body. While other forms of exercise and strength condition tend to work only certain sets of muscles, pilates aims to strengthen the whole body. With pilates, even the muscles in your feet become stronger and tighter!
Strength training is very important in weight loss? While it's true that it's important to have a caloric deficient in order to lose weight, the importance of your lean body mass is often overlooked. Your lean body mass is the thin layer of muscle mass that is continually burning calories. Your lean body mass lies just under your body fat, and 24 hours a day, seven days a week, it is constantly working, burning away calories. While most people who strive to lose weight focus on losing their body fat, it's actually far more efficient to build up your lean body mass. You may have heard before that simply starving yourself does not help you achieve permanent weight loss because you tend to lose muscle and water. This is true: when you starve yourself, you lose that important lean body mass, when it should be acting as your ally in the battle against the bulge. Because pilates is essentially a strength-training program, it can help you lose weight by helping you keep your lean body mass, and even increase it. When your lean body mass is healthy, your metabolism increases, allowing you to burn more fat on a continual basis. Then in addition to pilates, you should choose a cardiovascular program in order to maximize your efforts. This will ensure that you retain your lean body mass and increase your metabolism. Your weight loss goal will be healthy and safe!

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