by Ronda Priestner | Jan 1, 2014 | Ronda's Blog
Tone those obliques with…SIDE-LYING LEG RAISES! Setup: Lie on your left side and rest your head on a pillow. Extend your bottom arm underneath the pillow, palm facing up, and place your top arm in front of your body, palm lightly pressing into the floor. Extend...
by Ronda Priestner | Dec 25, 2013 | Ronda's Blog
Good posture can help us to attain (and retain as we age) maximum flexibility, strength, resiliency, and mobility of the spine. This is a goal well worth aiming for, and regular Pilates workouts can help you achieve it — because postural awareness is built right in to...
by Ronda Priestner | Dec 18, 2013 | Ronda's Blog
Your body is like a well oiled machine. If your main gear or center gear is not working correctly the rest of the body does not function at its best. One of the reasons Pilates exercise is perfect is that it works on that center gear, or powerhouse(tummy) to...
by Ronda Priestner | Sep 27, 2011 | Ronda's Blog
Is agave nectar good? Is agave nectar bad? The short answer to that reader’s question is simple: agave nectar is not a natural sweetener, not natural, highly refined plus, it has more concentrated fructose in it than high fructose corn syrup. Agave nectar...
