February 20, 2009
Can we do Pilates everyday?
Pilates is definitely a strength building exercise and because those who have weight trained before know that they should take a day off between weight workouts, I often get the question; Can we do Pilates everyday?
The answer is a resounding yes. You most definitely can. Because Pilates focuses on the mind/body integration and lengthening as well as strengthening the muscles, it is a different mind set than weight training. We are not working the muscles to exhaustion (however a challenging Pilates workout can break down muscle and promote stronger muscles ). We are also adding in things like breath, coordination and functional awareness which gives us the ability to vary the workout a bit everyday.
Now you don’t have to do a long Pilates workout everyday either. Joe Pilates actually believed 4 workouts 30 minutes each were just as good as 10 minutes of Pilates a day. Most of us can manage 10 minutes. I personally do about 20 minutes of matwork a day and I think that 20 minutes is pretty easy to get in. I do it in the mornings and if I miss one morning, I feel it right away.
So go ahead do Pilates everyday as long as it is done safely and as long as you are enjoying it. If it becomes a chore then you are definitely overtraining. Have fun!
Filed by Jeanette at 4:29 pm under Pilates
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