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"   Wowzer! Our jaw was on the floor when we witnessed these pics of actress Vanessa Hudgens doing a reformer Pilates class in LA. Those teeny tiny shorts reveal just how incredible the exercise is for toning your toosh \u2013 and the rest of your body! We&amp;#039;re definitely behind (no pun intended!) Vanessa on this. Dynamic Pilates, taught on variable resistance machines, is a super-fun and effective way to exercise. We caught up with Jason Reynolds, a trainer at the new TenPilates studio in London&amp;#039;s Hatton Gardens to report on why it works and how to get the most of your moves. Read on for his motivational tips: ROSIE HUNTINGTON-WHITELEY&amp;#039;S BEAUTY SECRET Why is Pilates so good for your body? &amp;quot;Pilates targets everything and is very functional. It helps your posture, strength, flexibility, joints and areas where you&amp;#039;re tight. Pilates is good for issues from working all day and it can be healing; a lot of people with injuries are referred from doctors. It&amp;#039;s a very safe exercise, especially when using the reformer which is very stable and supports your core, back, glutes and hips whereas a lot of gym machines put you in a position where you can re-injure yourself.&amp;quot; How could pilates change your body shape? &amp;quot;From simple changes like better posture to dramatic slimming, toning, lengthening your muscles and strengthening them. Areas like glutes, inner thighs, core and triceps can be changed to look better and Pilates gives you the option to progress quickly. The most dramatic body shape I&amp;#039;ve seen is a woman who lost three and a half stone over nine months before her wedding, massively changing her body type. At first she was overweight, had no strength and her posture was poor. She became taller, much stronger, she didn&amp;#039;t have hip issues anymore and she looked fantastic. She&amp;#039;s a really good testament to what we do. Doing classes two-three times a week is perfect but Pilates is so transferable, you can also do it at home. If you&amp;#039;re serious about weight loss you could try the jump-board class or cardio-lates which is half spinning, half reformer classes great for fat burning.&amp;quot; THE WAY TO HEALTHY SKIN Why is reformer Pilates better than mat Pilates? &amp;quot;It challenges your body so much more. The springs add tension which changes how hard your muscles have to work and lets you target so many areas really quickly. Mat Pilates has been around for years and its fantastic but this is the next progression in fitness. You get that little bit more out of your workout. You can go home and keep the habit going. At TenPilates we try to provide the education as well so you come back stronger and can work harder.&amp;quot; How can you motivate yourself to initiate exercise? &amp;quot;Find an inspiration. You might want to lose weight or get fit but you need something to inspire you to go and do it. It could be your wedding day; it could be a picture of what you want to look like in your mind. A lot of people drop out without inspiration or goals.&amp;quot; THE HOTTEST NEW FITNESS TRENDS How can you sustain your motivation? &amp;quot;The best bit of advice is to set goals and set targets. People can go into it willy nilly and it doesn&amp;#039;t help you measure what you&amp;#039;re gaining. You need to know you&amp;#039;re improving to keep it up. SMART Goals (specific, measurable, obtainable, reachable, traceable), makes it realistic and if you reach your goal you can tweak it to add steps on to keep going.&amp;quot; What&amp;#039;s the biggest mistake people make when exercising? &amp;quot;Incorrect form. Technique is so much more important than people realise. If you&amp;#039;re not doing it right, you&amp;#039;re not getting anything out of the exercise. In Pilates doing it slow and with control, is important. At gyms it&amp;#039;s easy to develop bad habits so it&amp;#039;s important to get assessed by a good Personal Trainer so you can identify what your individual needs are.&amp;quot;  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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