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Old 11-30-2004, 04:32 PM   #7 (permalink)
Nazggul
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Mephisto
Aparently not.

Mrs Mephisto is a physiotherapist (I believe you call them Physical Therapists in the US?) and went on to do two Masters degrees; one in Sports Physio and one in Musculo-skeletal (or "manipulative") physio.

She says that Pilates (developed by some German to help veterans after WWI, if memory serves me right) works on improving "core stability". I think that's what she said anyway. It's meant to be very good for you.
Core stability, right on the mark. I agree it's worth it. You could do 100 sit ups every morning for a year and then go into a Pilates class and it will still kick your butt.
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