Park Class Update: 19 June 2021 10am
Just inspected the grass and there is much too much surface water. Sorry class is cancelled.
19 June 2021 8:30am
What a Perfect Evening for Pilates in the Park!
Lovely to meet up for the first time in ages. What a treat!
8th June 2021
Welcome to our Teaching Assistant
This is Dylan our new teaching assistant. He has studied Pilates for over a year and likes Pilates mats. He is passionate about morning warm ups, runs and stretches. He follows this with lazy afternoons watching squirrels and birds and taking well-earned naps. He prefers vintage fashion and enjoys most sports especially those with a ball. He is a very good boy. Be more like Dylan! πΎπΎ π
27th May 2021
Class Tuesday May 18 - 10am
This class is cancelled due to poor weather conditions.
18th May 2021, 9am
Can you help again? It's Dementia Action Week
It's Dementia Action Week next week (starting Monday 17th) - and Sylvia (Head of Marketing at Alzheimer's Society and one of our Pilates group) wanted to share the film she made - be warned, it's a bit hard-hitting...
The film shows the reality of what it's like to care for someone with dementia without the right support and care - to highlight the broken social care system and how it's failing millions of families. It's here on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/AlzheimersSociety and we want people to sign a petition to the government https://action.alzheimers.org.uk/page/80202/petition/1
13th May 2021
Head & Neck Facts
βοΈ The cervical spine's range of motion is approximately 80Β° to 90Β° of flexion (leaning forward), 70Β° of extension (leaning backwards), 20Β° to 45Β° of lateral flexion (sideways movement), and up to 90Β° of rotation to both sides.
βοΈ We swallow between 500-700 times a day.
βοΈ 18,000 to 20,000 litres of air pass through our nose each day.
βοΈ Head weighs just over 8% of your total body weight, about 5kgs (11lbs), the adult brain is about 2% of the total body weight. 1.3 to 1.4kgs.
βοΈ By looking down at your phone, at an angle of around 45Β°, the force your head puts on your neck increases all the way to 22kg!
βοΈ Supported on 7 cervical (neck) vertebrae and 26 neck muscles.
βοΈ There are 42 individual facial muscles.
10th May 2021
Bank Holiday Pilates Classes and Quiz
This Bank Holiday Monday there were two Pilates classes, one at 10am and one at 8pm. To add a little competitive challenge, there was a Bank Holiday May Day quiz. Well done everybody who contributed both physically and mentally.
3rd May 2021
Our 4th Spaniel this week!
πΎπΎ Surprise spaniel Arnie came to his first class ever, at Pilates in St Albans. He chose to attend our Surprise Stretch class, this morning. He's in excellent company joining our other very cute spaniels; Jessie, Tatty and Rosie (9 week old v v cute puppy). He had some 1 to 1 training and quickly jumped straight into class and was a very good boy. A lot of running and ball catching, and later in the day he was a little tired and needed to catch up on his zzzzz.
1st May 2021
Animal Head Facts
π¦ Moths have the best hearing.
π¦ Chameleons have the longest tongue to body ratio.
πΎπΎ Dogs can wiggle their nostrils independently.
π An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
π The elephant's brain weighs 6000g.
We're on the Radio!
βPilathletes out in force, having fun & raising moneyβ said Sylvia Lowe Ninkovic, Monday evening, during an interview with BBC Three Counties Radio, Nana Akua, discussing our Fundraiser for Alzheimer's Society & how a Pilates group in St Albans can raise over Β£1500 for a cause that means a lot, to so many of us. ππ
Listen now to the whole interview about the fabulous Pilates in St Albans community and see how Nana and Sylvia even managed to include, especially for Ilana Garman, Barbra Streisand into the conversation. π€©π€©
(The interview is at 1 hour 33 mins through the 4 hour programme.)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p093b6dk
21 January 2021
We're in the Paper
The Herts Advertiser has just published an article about our fundraiser for Alzheimer's Society. Thank you Pilathletes for being an amazing community, enthusiastic and generous!
You can find us online or, if you get the paper, we're in the paper!
https://www.hertsad.co.uk/news/pilates-fundraiser-for-alzheimers-society-6902800
14 and 21 January 2020
Wow over Β£1500!
βοΈ Over 130 Pilathletes attended our 4 Pilates Stretch Classes
βοΈ Over 60 took part in the Pilates in St Albans City Walking Quiz (and πΎπΎ)
βοΈ Our worthy winners are 'The Winters' whose photos were hysterical
βοΈ We (Sylvia & Ilana) are chuffed to bits with Β£1505 π€©π€© donated to Alzheimer's Society
ππThank you so much for your kindness & generosity.
10 January 2021