Showing posts with label Non slip socks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Non slip socks. Show all posts

Monday, 25 August 2014

Practice Yoga With Ease, With No Fear Of Losing Your Balance!


If you are a big fan of yoga, then you surely must know that the keys to mastering the art lies in perfect balance, aligned movement and mastering your body. There are many yoga workouts designed for different purposes. While some will be able to get you abs within weeks, others will contain exercises which will make it easier for you to sleep. And most of them require learning specific poses, like the half moon or the downward facing dog. While learning these poses, you are going to discover that some of them require you to be able to maintain perfect balance, else you could fall and hurt yourself. While there isn’t much you can do but practice your position, having perfect balance also depends on the surface you are standing on during your workout. To help you avoid any slips on the surface, you could buy the Non Slip Socks, Yoga Socks.

What do they look like?

These socks are much like your average, store bought one. They look practically the same. The key difference is that they have the toe compartments, meaning that each of your toes will still have enough space to move freely. The material these socks are made of is mostly purely organic, to help your feet not get sweaty during your workout. They can be found at a lot of places, ranging from sport equipment store, stores which specifically sell Pilates Exercise Equipment or even larger general stores sometimes. The important thing to keep in mind is the brand. If you are not sure about which brand you should be getting, consult the salesperson. Ask them to recommend you the most popular brand. That way, you will be sure to get a pair of good quality socks, which are certainly going to prove their worth as you go on with your yoga sessions. 

Friday, 23 May 2014

PILATES EQUIPMENT : TYPES AND BENEFITS


PILATES EQUIPMENT : TYPES AND BENEFITS


Pilates equipment can be grouped in two broad categories. The first category comprise of small, portable equipment like the magic circles, fitness bands, and the exercise balls. These smaller equipments can be used in a studio and at home. Then, there are the larger pieces of equipment (apparatus) that comprise equipment such as the Pilates reformer, Pilates chair, barrel, tower, and Cadillac. These are commonly found in a Pilates studio.

Balls are common pieces of Pilates equipment. The Pilates stability ball can be used for various purposes such as yoga, physical therapy, and toning and defining the abdominal muscles. Conditioning is achieved when anyone uses the ball to engage in a diversity of exercises that necessitate balance, posture, and coordination.

Resistance bands are pieces of Pilates equipment that are primarily made from latex but might have foam or plastic handles. Using these can offer a lot of the similar benefits as weight training, such as strength building and sculpting of the upper and lower body. Resistance bands also help to improve flexibility. These may be used with both standing and seated exercise.

Various exercises of the Pilates system are considered mat exercises. Although several people perform such exercises with a generic mat or with no mat at all, there are Pilates mats available. Mat exercises focus on strengthening the trunk muscles and hip muscles while increasing the flexibleness of the backbone and hips. In addition, there is additional Pilates equipment intended to be used in mat exercises, such as the arc barrel. The arc barrel is a piece of equipment that helps sustainthe back and shoulders. It has been noted as a skilledtool to use instretching activities.

The Cadillac is one of the larger pieces of Pilates equipment. It is occasionallycalled a trapeze. It is basicallya table with crossbars to which other bars and straps can be attached. This piece of equipment allows a person to dovarious types of exercises which can be mild to intense. With this machine, you can mentally isolate just aboutevery muscle in your body into littleindividual parts. In this method, you can accomplishthe correct motion patterns for different exercises benefitting variousbody parts. The Cadillac helps to strengthen the “powerhouse muscles” by targeting the deep transversospinalis muscles (the group of muscles that make up the human back). It also ‘articulate’ the spine; and your lumbar paraspinals (the group of large muscles that sustainthe spine) will be massaged and lengthened.

The Pilates Reformers is a bed-like structurewith a flat platform on it, called the carriage, which rolls back and forth on wheels inthe frame. One of the best things about the reformer is its resourcefulness. Exercises can be completedlying down, sitting, standing, pulling the straps, pushing the foot bar, perched on the foot bar, perched on the shoulder blocks, with additional equipment, upside down, sideways and all kinds of variations thereof. In other words, the reformer can train many parts and dynamics of the body in so many different ways with just piece of equipment. The reformer promotes offers all the following benefits including completestrength, flexibility, coordination, and balance. These things in turn lead to better posture, graceful, efficient movement, and for many, relief from pain relatedwith physical imbalances such as back pain. 

Monday, 14 April 2014

Use these Pilates Stretch / Resistance Band



Stretch / Resistance Band - Special Price: $11.08

These resistance bands are ideal for Mat Pilates, strength and flexibility training, Toning & Sculpts Muscles and rehabilitation therapy.

Features

             Durable Long Lasting
             Flat and smooth latex construction
             Great to take travelling
             Also known as Pilates Therobands

Specifications

             Material: Latex
             Thickness: 3mm & 5mm
 
Buy 3 for $9.71 each and save 13% | Buy 10 for $6.55 each and save 41%

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A large collection of Grip Socks

 Grip Socks - $12.00

Grip socks are not only hygienic option to bare feet; they also allow you to keep your socks on when doing exercises which require grip between your feet and the mat or equipment. 

 Specifications
  • Material: Socks are 90% cotton and 10% spandex.
  • Size: S (W5-8 ) or M (W8-11 M6-10)
Care instructions:

Warm delicate wash with like colors.  Do not bleach. Do not tumble dry. 

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Saturday, 12 April 2014

Accupoint Foam Roller exercises and workouts

Accupoint Roller - 30.5cm - Special Price: $38.95

Accupoint Foam Roller is a key prop in Pilates and often recommended by Physiotherapists for rehabilitation.

  • Size: Small
  • Length: 30.5cm
  • Diameter: 14.5cm
  • Colour: Orange
  • Density: Hard
Other uses: Yoga, Massage Therapy and Balance training

Buy 3 for $34.45 each and save 12% | Buy 10 for $27.42 each and save 30%

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