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Jillian demonstrates a series of exercises on the Arc apparatus in...
Pilates Style magazine
March/April 2009, pages 58-65.
"Arc-Angel"
Can One Prop Really Fit All?
The hottest item at last November's PMA conference in Phoenix? Balanced Body's Pilates Arc, which was such a big hit that half of the demonstration models were scooped up on the spot. But do these four pounds of foam deserve the accolades they're receiving?
Absolutely, says master teacher Jillian Hessel, who taught three two-hour workshops on the Arc at that very conference. "The Arc can make group mat classes more exciting and challenging because its rounded shape alters your body's starting position, which enables you to move in different planes," she says. "You are constantly working against gravity — either 'uphill' or 'downhill,' so your muscles are engaged in a different way."
Even a simple Roll-up involves a greater new range of motion and therefore different muscle recruitment on the Arc, Hessel notes. It also invites teachers to get more creative by forcing them to slightly alter standard mat exercises — sometimes even inventing new ones, she points out....
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