Regardless of your gender, age, race, ability, or fitness level, the regular practise of Pilates will positively impact your life in many ways.

At Club Synergy, Pilates classes are carefully built into our weekly schedule because of the physical and mental benefits our members see from the sessions. Not to mention the networking opportunities that come with each class!

If you’ve been on the fence about picking up Pilates, here are just some of the ways this peaceful practice can create positive ripples across your life.  

Pilates Assists Performance in Other Sports

If you’re actively involved in another sport, regularly practising Pilates will improve your performance.

With sports like football and running, your muscles will tighten up and ‘shorten’ over time. This has a long-term impact on your agility and speed, which can lead to pain and poor performance down the line. 

By adding Pilates into your active lifestyle, you will:

• Improve your range of movement

• Increase your flexibility

• Reduce risk of injury 

• Aid your recovery time

• Stabilise your muscle groups

Pilates can sometimes be dismissed as being “for girls”. Men, if you’re thinking this – you couldn’t be more wrong! 

Some of the greatest male athletes in the world, including Lebron James, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Andy Murray all do Pilates to help them support their performance. 

As a low-impact activity, Pilates won’t leave you feeling too exhausted to perform at your best in your chosen sport. It will give you an extra boost of energy!

If they’re doing it, you should too!

Pilates Develops Muscles You Might Forget

If you focus on one sport, you will be working the same muscles regularly and might forget about others, which creates muscle imbalance. 

Pilates is the ideal antidote to this issue as the movements work the body in all orientations and work each side of the body individually. 

This helps strengthen under-developed muscle groups and create equilibrium in the body, alongside increasing your core stability and strength.

Pilates Breaks the Sedentary Cycle

We’re spending increasingly more time staring at screens – especially if we work from home and don’t have a commute. This lack of movement results in poor posture and causes our muscles to stiffen and weaken over time. 

Taking a break is essential for balance. The more time we spend at our desks, the more the risk of injury increases - especially if we’re involved in weekend sports.

Pilates involves a series of fluid sequences, designed to loosen our muscles and improve our strength. Making Pilates a regular habit can help unpick the damage caused by our desk-bound lives and keep us mobile for years to come.

Pilates Develops Your Mind-Body Connection

Pilates helps to strengthen the connection between our mind and our body, which can have huge health benefits. 

Pilates requires an inward focus and a deep focus on breath. Not only does this improve our oxygen flow and blood circulation, but it reduces our risk of:

• High blood pressure

• Headaches 

• Stomach-aches 

Simultaneously, Pilates has a huge impact on our mental health. We all know that exercise releases endorphins into our system, which reduces stress and gives us more control over our nervous system in the long term.

The more in tune our mind is with our body, the more aware we are of our behaviour. Gaining this control of our nervous system helps us to thrive in our working environment and equips us to handle any challenges thrown our way.

Pilates Gives Us Clarity

Pilates requires focus and concentration that occupies a busy mind. This helps to provide clarity and lessen the risk of depression and anxiety. Mindfulness helps us to remain in the present, focusing on the here and now. 

The clearer your mind, the more effectively you can problem-solve, strategize, and creatively think. These are essential attributes for any successful employee or business owner to have!

Ultimately, Pilates creates complete coordination of the mind, body, and spirit. As well as getting you moving and aiding posture after hours spent at your screen, regular participation helps you take leaps and bounds mentally, and in your professional life. 

The energy, clarity, and calm you receive make a Pilates class the perfect place for building business connections as well as your connection to yourself. That’s why we’ve designed our Club Synergy classes to include both mindful practise and networking time. 

You don’t need to choose between work and wellbeing anymore – with us, you can do both!

Get in touch today to kick-start your free 14 day trial to enjoy all the goodness Club Synergy has to offer.