| 03 May 2012
Ever wonder why most of the pictures of Joseph Pilates we see today are of him in his Janzen’s (speedo like) outfit, outside in all temperatures? It is because he was a very circulated person! He expressed the importance of “perfect circulation equals perfect health”. He lived by this motto and created his exercise system around that belief.
In Joseph Pilates exercise method, he created an exercise that he called the 100’s. It was used as a warm-up exercise, for increasing circulation in the body. In the exercise, the body is lying supine, with the head lifted and the legs held out long from the body. The arms are pumping vigorously up and down, 6-8 inches at the bodies side, as the body takes a long inhalation for 5 pumps, then a long exhalation for 5 pumps of the arms. The body does this for 10 times, thus the name the 100’s.
If the exercise is done properly, you will see the color on the cheeks turn nice and pink. You can literally see the color.........
