Yoga or Pilates?

Definitions

Yoga: An ancient practice from Northern India, focusing on the physical and mental wellbeing, incorporating posture, breathing, healthy diet relaxation and meditation.

Pilates: A physical fitness system in the early 20^th century focusing on core strength and development that keep the body balanced and give support to the spine.

The area of focus

Yoga: The bringing together of the physical and spiritual, yoga is a life style approach rather than just an exercise method, aiming at flexibility and to be therapeutic, has been around some 5000 years. 

Pilates: Focus on core strength and movement based exercise, aiming towards physical strength and toning and allowing the lengthening of the spine and building strength within supporting postural muscles, has been widely practised for over 80 years.

Which to choose?

Obviously you can try both, but for a little more information this may help.

Yoga: For those focusing on flexibility and wanting a method to relieve stress and enjoy an inner peace.

Pilates: For those wanting to exercise and improve flexibility as well as strength and muscular toning. Especially within the core muscles.

Stretch and Recover

If you suffer from chronic lower back pain it is proven that exercise can help. Training your core muscles will build up strength to help prevent lower back pain and support you in all movements. At Breadsall Priory Leisure club we offer many classes that can help you to improve your core stability such as: Yoga, Pilates, Body Sculpt and Yogalates. There's more to Pilates than developing "strong abs" or "core strength". Pilates is an exercise system that focuses on stretching and strengthening the whole body to improve balance, muscle-strength, flexibility and posture. It was created by German-born Joseph Pilates in the early 1900s and incorporates elements of yoga, martial arts and Western forms of exercise. Initially adopted by professional dancers in the US as an effective form of recovery after injury, Pilates has steadily grown in popularity around the world, and includes celebrity fans such as Madonna and Jennifer Aniston.

Why choose studio classes?

More and more people are turning to studio based fitness classes to achieve their goals. Whether it’s Yoga or Pilates to Circuits and Body Pump, at your local gym or village hall these classes are a hit!

They provide extra motivation, more variety and a sense of belonging compared to training on your own. Class attendees feel they belong to something and provide a great base to socialize and meet new people.

Instructors have the ability to be more creative and show off their talents and expertise to large groups whilst watching their class achieve fantastic results.

 All in all group fitness is a winner and here at Breadsall Priory Leisure Club we offer a fantastic variety of studio, outdoor and pool based classes to meet everyone’s needs and tastes. Our instructors are highly trained and experienced to deliver not only a great class but also a great service. There is a great buzz at the club between our members and instructors with fantastic results from our members who loyalty attend our classes.

 We deliver over 10 different types of class over 6 days a week culminating in over 40 classes a week so get yourself booked in now and find out what your missing out on.

Simon Tranter