Schedule Updates!
I hope you are all enjoying your long holiday weekend! I have some exciting news to share with you. Many of you have expressed that you...
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Nadia Rodriguez
- May 14, 2021
- 1 min
Mask & Physical Distancing Guidance Update
As many of you know, yesterday, the CDC released guidance stating that fully vaccinated individuals may resume activities they were doing...
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Nadia Rodriguez
- Feb 8, 2021
- 1 min
Arabesque/Bicycle Mashup
This post is sort of an extension of my previous post on Upstretch. Arabesque is a dynamic exercise and one of my favorites because you...
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Nadia Rodriguez
- Feb 1, 2021
- 1 min
Can Pilates Help Your Yoga Practice?
Can Pilates Help Your Yoga Practice! Why yes, it can! This video is of Dr.Oz performing a classic Sun Salutation flow. Dr.Oz does an...
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Nadia Rodriguez
- Jan 28, 2021
- 2 min
The Benefits of Live Stream Exercise Classes Over Prerecorded Classes
Since the start on the pandemic, virtual fitness classes have exploded. Many of you know there are two main avenues to participate in...
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Nadia Rodriguez
- Jan 25, 2021
- 1 min
Chicken Noodle Salad -Eating Well
My personal definition of healthy eating incorporates the following ideals: As often as possible organic, hormone-free, antibiotic-free,...
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Nadia Rodriguez
- Jan 18, 2021
- 1 min
Up Stretch Video
Planking is all the rage and with good reason! It strengthens arm, shoulder, abdominal, back, and hip muscles. Want the specifics? Or...
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Nadia Rodriguez
- Jan 11, 2021
- 1 min
Another Benefit of Mini-Workouts
Exercising can be really intimidating, especially for populations that have poor health habits, lack of exercise aside. However, more...
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Nadia Rodriguez
- Jan 4, 2021
- 1 min
Enhance your Running Performance with Pilates
According to Christine Carbo, of Women’s Running, Pilates crosstraining enhances runners performance for the following reasons: Increased...
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Nadia Rodriguez
- Dec 28, 2020
- 2 min
Advanced Teaser Variation Video
Over the past year or so I began video documenting myself performing various Pilates exercises. The purpose of this is 3-fold: 1) to...
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Nadia Rodriguez
- Dec 17, 2020
- 1 min
The Best Times to Sleep, Wake, Exercise and Eat Are Based on Age, Circadian Rhythms
“The optimal time to work out is around four hours before bedtime – that’s when we’re at our peak strength and lung function. In your...
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Nadia Rodriguez
- Dec 3, 2020
- 1 min
Emotional vs. Physical Hunger: 4 Ways to Tell the Difference
“It’s not easy to know the difference between physical and emotional hunger. When you have a craving for something sweet and gooey like a...
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Nadia Rodriguez
- Nov 26, 2020
- 2 min
The limitations of "No Gain, No Pain" ideology
A New York Times article published on April 23rd, 2014 references a study conducted at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City that...
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- Nov 12, 2020
- 1 min
Aging Well
Whether you have fallen behind on initiating your new years fitness goals or your life-long fitness goals, it’s never too late to get...
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Nadia Rodriguez
- Nov 4, 2020
- 1 min
Sleep Vs. Excercise
Gretchen Reynolds discusses the importance of understanding the correlation between sleep and exercise. This article is based off of Dr....
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Nadia Rodriguez
- Oct 28, 2020
- 1 min
Are you getting your weekly dose of physical fitness?
We all know of the USDA food guide pyramid, but who knew there was a Physical Activity Pyramid as well? The Physical Activity Pyramid...
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Amanda Weisberg
- Oct 22, 2020
- 4 min
How what you eat can help combat inflammation.
Inflammation is our bodies’ natural healing mechanism. It is inflammation that is responsible for the swelling, heat, redness and pain...
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Nadia Rodriguez
- Oct 16, 2020
- 1 min
The association between exercise and academic success
NPR produced an article on a longitudinal study conducted in Britain that reports on a possible association between higher levels of...
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Amanda Weisberg
- Oct 15, 2020
- 3 min
Does Pilates really build longer, leaner muscles than other forms of strength training? Yes it does,
Pilates for the most part uses three types of muscle contractions: eccentric (strengthening a muscle as it lengthens), concentric...
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