The Pilates method has continued to become popular since its inception in the early 20th century. The keys to its success are found in its special impact on body control and the search for stability and balance. However, the world of sports never ceases to renew and modernize, and Pilates could not be an exception. This time we are going to talk about what happens when Pilates and TRX meet: Pilates in suspension.
What are the benefits of combining Pilates and TRX exercises?
The exercises TRX usually consist of work eliminating footholds of the ground to achieve greater impact on the trunk and stabilizing muscles, thus increasing the difficulty of the exercise, but getting in return a more complete job.
Taking into account that Pilate’s focuses on core work and our body control, it is clear that the encounter between these two disciplines was logical and simply a matter of time. Here are all its benefits:
1. Difficulty setting
By using the TRX to deprive ourselves of one or more points of support in the usual Pilates exercises, we force the core and the rest of the stabilizing muscles to strive to maintain the posture required during the exercise. In this way, we receive additional benefits from suspension exercise in addition to the inherent toning of Pilates exercise.
It is also possible to use the TRX in reverse, providing support in an exercise that does not normally have it. In this way we manage to reduce the difficulty of the exercise, and we make it more affordable and therefore open to a larger public.
2. Improved coordination
Another of the main benefits of this method of work is that coordination increases when working in positions of precarious balance that require an active effort.
3. Breathing work
The control of breathing that Pilates provides is also a point that is greatly benefited with this type of training. When we keep the core in tension while working on a certain exercise, the abdominal muscles make it difficult to breathe.
Thus, the athlete is forced to become aware of their own breathing and abdominal muscles, and actively controls them while exercising. This, in the long run, translates into greater control of breathing, which is very beneficial both when exercising and in the daily routine.
4. Postural hygiene
The last point, but not the least important, is in the benefits that such a complete exercise brings to our postural health. These days it is very common to spend too many hours sitting and adopt bad postures. Greater proprioception and control of our body will save us a great deal of discomfort and ailments in the long run.
Taking all this into account, we can conclude that aerial Pilates is an even more complete training method than ordinary Pilates. Pilates in suspension helps us not only to exercise the body, but to be more aware of it.
Who can perform aerial or suspension Pilates?
On the one hand, more advanced or habitual athletes will find this discipline a fun and stimulating challenge, with which to add a new level of difficulty to exercises that they have already mastered.
On the other hand, the most novice or those with mobility problems, can use the TRX precisely for the opposite, resorting to a support point that can be the difference to be able to perform some exercises that would have been impossible without it. Of course, in these cases, the supervision and support of a professional is especially done, who will ensure that we are training properly.
Finally, we come to the main beneficiaries of this type of training, which are the practitioners of sports that require coordination and a good general physical shape. It does not matter if it is football, paddle tennis or contact disciplines, the integral work of aerial Pilates will always be especially beneficial for them.
