The Pilates Centre

Taking a GLP-1 and losing weight?
Don’t forget to look after your MUSCLES! 💪

We all want the weight to come off — but we don’t want to lose precious muscle along the way. Which can happen, oh so easily.

When you’re losing weight, resistance and strength exercise are really important for helping to maintain muscle mass and reduce the risk of sarcopenia. It can also lead to bone density deterioration as you're not loading your bones (Google Wolff's Law), which can lead to osteopenia and osteoporosis. You need to load your bones for your muscles AND your skeleton.

See how my two hats fit together here? PILATES AND BONE HEALTH.

And here’s the good news…
You don’t need a special “GLP-1 exercise class”! 🙌
One of my normal Pilates mat classes, working against your own bodyweight is exactly what you need.
I will work your muscles, challenge your strength, improve balance and stability, and keep your body moving well — all without needing to jump around or lift huge weights.

Over the past year I have worked with many people who have successfully lost weight (and maintained) using these and so I know exactly what is needed. Low-impact, resistance work, working against your ownbodyweight. I know what I'm on about!

So if you’re taking a GLP-1, keep your Pilates in the mix! ❤️
Your body needs to lose fat — not strength.

Classes Tuesdays and Thursdays 6.30-7.30pm and
Fridays 10.00-11.00

www.thepilatescentre.org 💪

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Every time I go up or down the stairs, I grab this 25 lb kettlebell and take it with me. One trip doesn’t look like much. But by the end of the day, I’ve added several loaded carries without needing to find another 30 minutes—or talk myself into a workout. This is how I rebuilt my health: not by suddenly becoming perfect, but by attaching small actions to things I was already doing. Ten minutes here. A walk there. Farmers Carry while my tea steeps. A kettlebell carry on the way upstairs. At 58, I want strength that matters outside the gym—the kind that helps me carry groceries, haul things around the garden, travel and keep doing life on my own terms. A full strength workout still matters. This little habit simply helps me keep showing up between them. What everyday task could you attach a little extra movement to? #StrengthAfter50 #FunctionalFitness #HabitStacking #WomenWhoLift #HealthyAging

Here at the Pilates Centre, our evening classes are run on 6-class blocks, costing £60 for six weeks.

You choose either the Tuesday or Thursday class, and your place is reserved for you on that day each week throughout the six-week block.

If you would like to attend both the Tuesday and Thursday classes each week and do two classes a week, you simply book two blocks, one for each evening. This keeps your place secure in both classes and allows you to attend twice a week.🧘‍♀️💜

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Rightio, mat layout in the new venue.

Please place your mats in a gentle horseshoe around me at the front on the far long wall; staggered mats to run parallel to me and NOT perpendicular.

With the classes being a little bit larger than before and this is the optimum set-up to make sure everyone can see what’s going on and I can manage you all in my inimitable style 😁😁