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What is HiiT - Pilates and Why do it...

Posted by Kim Saha on Monday, April 25, 2016, In : Fitness 

What Is HiiT Pilates?
HiiT stands for High Intensity Interval Training. When I first heard of HiiT Pilates it made me think of some form of manic high speed pilates class with flailing arms and legs. As tempting as that sounds - that is not the case at all. 

HiT-Pilates combines the High Intensity Exercises for 30 seconds with a Lower Intensity Pilates Exercise in the 'rest' period . The Pilates Exercise helps to align the body and engage the core for the next High Intensity Ex...


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Flexibility and Strength after Abdominal Surgery (including C-section)

Posted by Kim Saha on Sunday, April 24, 2016, In : Post-op advice 
After being cut open through the lower abdomen - whether it is to insert a new kidney (yes! a kidney transplant is housed in the pelvis!) or a more common c-section... the lower abdominals will be cut through. This will mean that no matter how long you wait those muscles will not 'come back to life' naturally. You will need to work on them. 

Initially you will need to convince the muscles to switch back on. The body has a frustrating habit / mechanism of switching off stability muscles specifi...
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How to stay young

Posted by Kim Saha on Monday, April 11, 2016, In : Fitness 
The recent BBC documentary 'How To Stay Young' has prompted me to write about the age predictor
 test that is described nicely in they article.

http://discovermagazine.com/2013/nov/05-sit-down

The wonderful thing is that if you score low on this age predictor test you can improve it and improvements in the test do correlate with a longer healthier life. 

As a physiotherapist and pilates instructor i see people of all ages and fitness levels improve their posture, mobility, strength and stability...
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Indoor / Outdoor Exercise?

Posted by Kim Saha on Thursday, April 7, 2016, In : Fitness 
I was asked recently to answer some questions on what I think about exercise sessions taking place inside to loud music with encouragement from those teaching the sessions. These sessions are significantly different to my garden based Pilates and HiiT Pilates workouts. 

The articles for VICE can be found at this link https://t.co/pouFqov3sz?ssr=true

After trying an intensive cycle session the journalist asked me why she was in such pain after the session.

I answered... I think your thighs were ...

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Exercising whilst breastfeeding

Posted by Kim Saha on Saturday, April 2, 2016, In : Pre and post-natal 
Exercising whilst breastfeeding can be a thankless process. You may be doing it to loose weight, feel better, gain energy, have some time to yourself or just because you feel like you should. 

Everyone reacts very different to breastfeeding just as they do to pregnancy. Some put on weight whilst breastfeeding and can't loose it until they stop, others have painful joints because of the continued relaxin release in the body and some just have very hungry babies who 'take everything' on each fee...
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