Training Tips
Friends are awesome. Full stop. Especially when they’re the positive, inspiring and healthy variety. By the looks of it I’m probably far from the fittest person in my own circle of friends. Several are professional athletes. The ones who aren’t have recently completed Ironmen, Half Ironmen or the like – just for fun and, uhm, … Read more
Pilates Links and Resources
There are as many reasons people start Pilates as there are differences in styles and forms. But what it all comes back to – both the reasons and Pilates itself – is a regular training regime that balances your body and keeps you in good health and shape like no other. If you start Pilates … Read more
Finding the right Pilates fit
It’s gripped everyone from doctors over athletes to mums-to-be. But what is there to Pilates that’s made it so popular? Sol Walkling lined up those in the know, to shed some light on how to sink your navel to the floor and achieve killer abs and a long, lean ballet dancer’s physique in the process. … Read more
Pilates Playground
This year’s FILEX at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre came close to blowing my mind. It started with the keynote address by inspirational speaker Amanda Gore who had an audience of several thousand people hanging in each other’s arms singing “Always Look On The Bright Side of Life” continued over a lecture on the University … Read more
Heavenly 2011
2011 was blowing me away before it even started, when I was invited on the amazing sailing yacht Die Swaene for New Year’s Eve celebrated in wonderful company moored only a hundred metres away from the fireworks. If you weren’t lucky enough to see the beautiful Nautor Swan 90 at the Cruising Yacht Club of … Read more
Pilates Bikini Workout
I discovered a love for doing Pilates outdoors during my sailing trip to Hamilton Island last year. The fresh air, open sky and sunlight just add a real feelgood factor to the workout. It’s totally different to being in a stuffy studio or your own loungeroom. Granted, if you’re new, you might not be familiar … Read more
Ocean Swimming
“Just do it” is one of my favourite mantras. It might only be a crappy marketing slogan in most people’s books but for me it works. I use it to face off my fears; one by one. Like when I jumped ten metres into a rockpool or did loop-da-loops in a fighter plane overcoming my … Read more
Pilates for fun and the heart
There are many things Pilates can do. It can give you a more toned waist, long toned muscles, greater flexibility, incredible focus, the ability to regulate your breathing and much, much more. But the positive effects for your cardiovascular system were limited until recently. Now, the latest form of Pilates has aficionados jumping up and … Read more
Improve your performance
It’s a rare creature that gets up at 5am to go to a Pilates class. A type personalities “just like you”, Kylie from Body Maintenance Studio in Balmain told me. I love teaching people who want a challenge. People who like to progress and aren’t adverse to feeling the burn while at the same time … Read more
Reader question answered
I recently had an email from one of my readers regarding the NIDA short courses I did a few years ago. How good are they and what did you get out of it, he asked. Here’s my answer: I personally enjoyed the voice course a lot – the teacher was fantastic and it incorporated body … Read more
