About Pilates

Pilates is one of the fastest raising forms of exercise in the world.
Developed from the rehabilitation techniques of Joseph Pilates, Balanced Body Pilates is a safe, sensible exercise system using a floor mat or equipment, that will help you look and feel your very best. No matter what your age or condition, it will work for you. Pilates improves core strength, flexibility, agility and economy of motion. It can even help alleviate back pain and other chronic ailments. Piltes is a very challenging form of exercise, and thanks to that each person that would find some time for Pilates exercise, will enjoy that.

Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)

Basal metabolic rate (BMR) is the amount of energy expended while you are resting in a neutrally temperate environment, when the digestive system is inactive, which requires about twelve hours of fasting in humans. The release of energy in this state is sufficient only for the functioning of the vital organs, such as the heart, lungs, brain and the rest of the nervous system, liver, kidneys, muscles and skin. BMR decreases with age and with the loss of lean body mass. Increased cardiovascular exercise and muscle mass can augment your BMR. Illness, previously consumed food and beverages, environmental temperature, and stress levels can affect one's overall energy expenditure, and can affect one's BMR. The Basal metabolic rate is measured under very restrictive circumstances when a person is awake, but at complete rest. An accurate BMR measurement requires that the person's sympathetic nervous system is not stimulated.