• FreeTrainers.com Forums
• Beginners to Exercise
• Should Pilates be done Every Day?

Group: Beginners to Exercise

Should Pilates be done Every Day?

hamadryad Posts: 31 Joined: 2001/12/27	2002/02/02, 09:52 PM Is it a good idea to do pilates every day, or should I take one day of the week off to relax with that as well?
Philia2 Posts: 4,078 Joined: 2001/10/19	2002/02/03, 03:32 AM Relax your muscles a little. Even thou that Pilates is working "soft" with your muscles, you still need to take time to recover.
rpacheco Posts: 3,770 Joined: 2001/12/13	2002/02/03, 10:46 AM Pardon my ignorance, but isn't pilates that machine that resembles the total gym?
hamadryad Posts: 31 Joined: 2001/12/27	2002/02/03, 09:53 PM No, Pilates is an Excercise system developed by Joseph Pilates, it uses a machine that resembles the total Gym yes. There was an issue of a certain individual playing on the ignorance of the US patent office to get a Trademark on pilates so he could control the use of the word, therefore there is stilll confusion on the term because the Trademark was only cancelled recently.
throwtoy Posts: 1 Joined: 2010/08/10	2010/08/10, 02:36 PM pilates can definitely be done everyday.