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The Wall, the Weights and Pre-Pilates Exercises
The Wall, the Weights and Pre-Pilates Exercises
The Wall, the Weights and Pre-Pilates Exercises
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These exercises are a series of fundamental core system to complete a session of Contrology. Wall exercises strengthen the spine, improve body alignment and relieve tension in the neck and shoulders.

How to achieve maximum well-being and achieve a stronger and more flexible body.
In this collection, Esperanza Aparicio Romero and Javier Pérez Pont, directors of the only center that imparts the original teachings of the Pilates teacher in Spain, show us, step by step and in a simple way, the keys to obtain the greatest benefits from this method, which considers the body, mind and spirit as a unit, and its main objective is to coordinate them with a view to achieving a stronger and more flexible body, as well as a more stylized figure.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHakabooks
Release dateSep 17, 2013
ISBN9788415409953
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    The Wall, the Weights and Pre-Pilates Exercises - Javier Pérez Pont

    Colection Contrology Pilates Physical Culture (7 Volumes)

    Volume 7: The Wall, the Weights and Pre-Pilates Exercises

    ©Text and images: Esperanza Aparicio Rmero and Javier Pérez Pont

    ©HakaBooks.com, 2013

    Aragón 368, 4º 2ª 08009 Barcelona

    books@hakabooks.com

    Cover design: Daniel Sierra i Cortijos

    Design: Hakabooks.com

    Cover photo: José Manuel Ferrater

    Exercises photos: José Coronilla Humbert

    Colection Contrology Pilates Physical culture ISBN-13: 978-84-15409-89-2

    The Wall, the Weights and Pre-Pilates Exercises ISBN-13:978-84-15409-95-3

    It is prohibited within the limits of the law and under its sanction, total or partial reproduction of this work through whatever means, be it electronic or mechanic, and including computer processing, rental, or any form of right of use or the work, unless written authorization of the owner of the copyright is given.

    Thank you for buy an original e-book.

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    Contrology Pilates Physical Culture

    Volume 7

    THE WALL, THE WEIGHTS

    AND PRE-PILATES EXERCISES

    Esperanza Aparicio Romero - Javier Pérez Pont

    CONTENTS

    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

    A foreword

    NOSE BREATHING

    Training in special conditions

    Weak or sensitive neck

    Shoulders, elbows, wrists

    Back

    Hips

    Knees

    Ankles

    Pregnancy

    To Bear in Mind

    HYPER-EXTENSION OF THE JOINTS

    POSITIONS OF THE FEET

    QUALITY/QUANTITY

    POSITIVE ATTITUDE / PERSEVERANCE

    The Six Basic Principles

    CENTRE

    CONCENTRATION

    CONTROL

    PRECISION

    BREATHING

    FLOW OF MOVEMENT

    Key Concepts

    V FEET POSITION

    CENTRAL LINE AND BOX

    NAVEL TO SPINE: INWARDS AND UPWARDS

    CHIN TO CHEST

    SPINE ARTICULATION VERTEBRA BY VERTEBRA

    C-CURVE

    PRE-PILATESEXERCISES

    I- EXPLORING YOUR POWERHOUSE

    II – NAVEL TO THE SPINE

    III – SPINE TO THE MAT

    IV – BACK OF THE NECK STRETCH / CHIN TO THE CHEST

    V – ACTIVATE / PULL IN / PRESS BUTTOCKS

    VI - 5-10-15

    VII – ROLL DOWN

    SITTINGPRE-PILATES EXERCISES

    I – RISING OVER THE HIPS

    II – LIFT A KNEE

    III – SHOULDER EXERCISES

    SHOULDERS UP/DOWN

    SHOULDER CIRCLES

    IV – EXERCISES FOR THE NECK AND THE BACK OF THE NECK

    SIDE TO SIDE. LOOK AROUND OVER THE SHOULDERS

    LOOK TO THE NAVEL

    EAR TO THE SHOULDER

    SEMICIRCLE

    EXERCISESON THE WALL

    THE WALL

    I – ARM CIRCLES

    II – ROLL DOWN

    III – SITTING

    IV – 2 x 4 FACING THE WALL

    EXERCISES WITHTHE WEIGHTS

    THE WEIGHTS SERIES

    EXERCISE LEVELS FOR THE WEIGHTS

    TABLE OF SYSTEMS, REPS AND ORDER OF THE EXERCISES

    BASIC SYSTEM

    INTERMEDIATE SYSTEM

    ADVANCED SYSTEM

    THE WEIGHTS SERIESBASIC SYSTEM

    I – 90 DEGREES ARMS FORWARD

    II – 90 DEGREES ARMS AT SIDES

    III – STANDING CURLS

    THE WEIGHTSINTERMEDIATE SYSTEM

    I - BOXING

    II - SIDES

    III – THE BUG

    IV – ZIP UP

    V – SHAVING

    THE WEIGHTSADVANCED SYSTEM

    I – LOW CURLS

    II – CHEST EXPANSION

    III – ARM CIRCLES

    IV - LUNGES

    About the Authors

    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

    To all those who have supported us and believed in our task of disseminating Contrology such as we have been taught it.

    And also to ourselves, mutually, because we have complemented and improved each other in perfect tune all the time we have spent writing this series of books about the work of Hubertus Joseph Pilates. Thank you Joe, and Clara, and Romana, and Sari…

    Esperanza Aparicio Romero and Javier Pérez Pont

    August 2012

    A foreword

    Our purpose for this book is to provide you with a directory of exercises, a specific order, and detailed recommendations and tips that allow you to enjoy Contrology as a tool of body development at home, in case you cannot attend a studio or wish to complement your private sessions. It is always highly advisable to have a teacher following your individual program. 

    The key to Contrology lies in developing and strengthening the powerhouse. You should start on this adventure with a predisposition for improvement, a positive attitude and an unwavering will. 

    The importance of the instructions and details given for each exercise could be summarized in this sentence by Pilates himself: the development of the small muscles has an effect on the development of the bigger ones. As small bricks are used to build great buildings, thus each muscle has a role in the development of the muscle system as a whole.

    Find time to be alone, exercise is more pleasant and beneficial when mind and body are connected. Concentrating

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