Take your breath away
Monday, January 30th, 2012As amazing as Pilates is, its not I’m afraid a complete solution to your health and fitness regime. Even though Joseph Pilates was famous for saying “your blood will flow with renewed vigor as the direct result of your faithfully performing the Contrology exercises” (what we now call Pilates exercises), it unfortunately has limited effect on improving our cardiovascular fitness.
Cardiovascular fitness refers to our ability to be able to circulate blood and its very important load of oxygen to every cell in our body. Oxygen is critical for all functions of the body and the healthier our cardiovascular system is, the healthier the rest of our body is as well. This is something that I feel is extremely important for our ongoing health and well being, but I’m constantly amazed at how many people ignore not only the benefits of getting cardiovascular exercise but the potential very real, and very well documented health hazards of a sedentary lifestyle such as heart disease, diabetes, stroke, obesity and the list goes on….
