Fitness: Hard Core

When talking about stabilizing muscles, it is not uncommon to think of abdominal work; however, there are a vast variety of exercises to be explored in order to keep your routines exciting and challenging. The TRX setup may seem intimidating if you’ve never used one,...
Game Changers

Game Changers

Building a strong core does not mean doing the same few exercises over and over for a long period of time, it has to include variety to keep your muscles guessing what’s next. These next two exercises work on the obliques to trim your waistline and also the rectus...
Back to Summer

Back to Summer

Summertime can often bring more carefree days in the sunshine.  Activity levels tend to increase in the warmer weather, especially gardening and yard work, which can lead to back pain. Here are a some poses to keep your spine healthy for a more enjoyable summer....
Staying well-rounded

Staying well-rounded

As a Pop Pilates instructor, I have had professional athletes come take classes to help with their stability, flexibility, and overall physical well being.  Often we think that as long as we can lift a certain amount of weight and burn it up on the dance floor then we...
Balancing Act

Balancing Act

With the busyness of life, our bodies can get out of balance in more ways than one.  Balancing postures not only bring our bodies back into balance physically, but they can also have an affect on balancing the left and right sides of the brain. Standing postures...
Fitness: Behind the Scenes

Fitness: Behind the Scenes

We often say that the work done back stage is what makes the show spectacular.  All of the “less important” things are essential for any one thing to work at its highest potential, and that is no exception for the human body.  When we think of nice legs, perhaps...