Michael King Of Pilates Institute, Uk in India

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Monday, September 18, 2006 -- (Business Wire India) BFY Sports & Fitness is pleased to announce the visit to Mumbai of International Master Trainer Mr. Michael King from the Pilates Institute "� UK.

He will be here from November 1 "� 7, 2006 and will be conducting the following:

-- 5 Day Intensive Pilates Fundamental Matwork Certification

-- 1 Day Workshop on Pilates & Isotoner

-- 1 Day Workshop on Pilates & Gymstick.

ABOUT MICHAEL KING

Michael has been working with the Pilates technique for over 27 years. He originally worked with the technique as a dancer at the London School of Contemporary Dance. From there he went onto to train with Alan Herdman, the first teacher to bring Pilates from America to the UK. In 1982 he opened his own studio, Body Control, in connection with the newly formed Pineapple Dance Studios in Convent Garden London.

Two years later he was offered a position in Texas managing the Pilates studio at the Houston Ballet Company where he stayed until 1990. Michael has also worked in the Voight Centre in LA, and many other Pilates Studios including Winsor Pilates in Los Angeles. He moved back to Europe in 1995 where following a two year contract in Switzerland he returned to London. Michael 's reputation as a renowned presenter both in Fitness and Pilates has been established since 1980. His is currently the founding director of the Pilates Institute in London and his programs are taught in over 20 countries.

Website: http://www.pilates-institute.co.uk

ABOUT PILATES

The Pilates Method (sometimes simply Pilates) is a physical fitness system that was developed in the early 20th century by Joseph Pilates. Pilates wrote at least two books about the Pilates method: Return to Life through Contrology and Your Health: A Corrective System of Exercising That Revolutionizes the Entire Field of Physical Education.

Pilates called his method Contrology, which refers to the way the method encourages the use of the mind to control the muscles. It is an exercise program that focuses on the core postural muscles that help keep the body balanced and are essential to providing support for the spine. In particular, Pilates exercises teach awareness of breath and alignment of the spine, and strengthen the deep torso muscles, which are important to help alleviate and prevent back pain.

Pilates trains, strengthens, tones and realigns the entire body.

Pilates largely avoids high impact, high power output, and heavy muscular and skeletal loading. The emphasis is not simply building muscle mass. Its focus is unique in its emphasis on lengthening and alignment, and it can successfully train muscles which bodybuilding and conventional gym aerobics can just as easily avoid. That's how it prevents injury.

No matter what you do during the day, washing, ironing, picking up the kids, working at a computer, running, feeding the pets etc etc. All of these activities can be enhanced by bringing Pilates into your daily life, and we don't just mean working out. The basic principles of Pilates, like neutral spine, shoulder stability, using your abs to support your spine and upperbody will help you to strengthen while at the same time ease some of those aches and pains caused by under or over-use of muscles.

Pilates is one of the most popular exercise systems in the country.

It seems like everyone is either doing Pilates, or interested in starting a Pilates exercise program. Indeed, one of the best things about the Pilates method is that it works so well for a wide range of people. Athletes and dancers love it, as do seniors, women rebounding from pregnancy, and people who at various stages of physical rehabilitation. The top benefits doing of Pilates exercise that people report are that they become stronger, longer, leaner, and more able to do anything with grace and ease.

Pilates exercises do not include a lot of repetitions for each move. Instead, doing each exercise fully, with precision, yields significant results in a shorter time than one would ever imagine.

Core strength and torso stability sets the Pilates method apart from many other types of exercise. Weight lifting, for example, can put a lot of attention on arm or leg strength without attending much to the fact that those parts are connected to the rest of the body! Even running or swimming can seem like all arms and legs, with either a floppy or overly tense core. Ultimately those who really succeed at their sport learn to use their core muscles, but in Pilates this integrative approach is learned from the beginning.

This will be an excellent opportunity to learn about Pilates from the Internationally Acclaimed Master Trainer.

ABOUT BFY

BFY was founded with an aim to help promote and develop the Sports, Health and Fitness Industry in India.

Since its foundation in 2000, BFY has conducted various leading International programs, courses and workshop by experts.

BFY offers the latest, world class programs, thereby enabling the students to be at par with fitness professionals around the world.

BFY also offers placement services to the industry and to clients looking for certified professionals.

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