Breathe Pilates Blog
Meet Our Instructor: Julie Jang
This month, as we welcome the holiday season, we sit down with the vivacious Julia Jang as she tells us how she learnt to “chope” tables at food centres, her life-long dream of learning to dance, and what she herself will be expecting to welcome in a few months!
You Do YOU
Take a look at the nearest female magazine, Instagram, Facebook ads and Snapchat. Chances are, on some page or advert somewhere, you will spot a title close to this:
“Get that Summer Body you’ve always dreamt of!”
“10 ways to lose that spare tyre now!”
“Plus Size and Fabulous”
“Why plus size is the new size zero”
Meet Our Instructor: Susanne Frey
If you’re frequently in our Novena studios, you would have seen her graceful figure on the Gyrotonic machine, or might have heard her infectious laughter. This month, we catch up with none other than Susanne Frey!
Meet Our Instructor: Mari Tang
This month, we sit down with Mari Tang to find out more about her! Being one of the “newer” instructors (she joined us in May 2016!) she shares with us what made her decide to switch career paths and healthy wholesome recipes!
Why You’re Not Progressing Anymore
So you’ve been doing everything right – you exercise regularly, you eat right, you sleep 8 hours – yet it seems like your weight loss and muscle toning has stopped progressing, and it’s getting frustrating. What are you doing wrong?
Meet Our Instructor: Deborah
Bubbly, chirpy and a human dynamo. This August, we caught up with the multi-talented Owner, Entrepreneur, Doctor and Instructor of Breathe Pilates Deborah to learn if she’s a cat or dog person, and her favourite recipes (psst, she doesn’t cook!)
The National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS)
As Pilates In The Park draws near, sign ups are going well, and with fantastic partners on board, we are looking forward to a fun-filled event this National Day morning. While we do have a good time, let’s keep in mind that this event is to raise awareness and funds for the National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS) Cancer Fund. Exactly what do they do and who do they help? Meet Chng Li Ming, Senior Assistant Manager of Operations & Administration who tells us more about what she does, and if we will see her at PITP!
5 Things You Should Consider When Buying Your Next Workout Outfit
Atheleisure – the latest buzzword all fashion magazines are sprouting. As this trend of wearing workout clothes for leisure continues it’s popularity streak, we are bombarded by pictures of celebrities out and about clad in branded (and most of the time, expensive) workout gear while they grab their daily Starbucks, bringing effortless chic to the next level. But when it comes to actually working out, here are the 5 things that you should really look out for the next time you’re shopping for new workout gear.
Meet Our Instructor: Sandra
This July, our bubbly Instructor-of-the-month Sandra Lim speaks to us about guilty pleasures and being a crazy cat lady!
A Family That Exercises Together, Stays Together
When families think of “family fun” nowadays, most of the time it means watching TV together on the couch. While it is fun, no doubt, but it allows for little communication with everyone still constantly on their own electronic devices. Why not amp it up a little by doing activities outdoors, sans electronics? Here are some benefits of working out together outdoors.
Breathe Pilates is now a MERRITHEW™ Licenced Training Centre!
We have recently announced that Breathe is now a *MERRITHEW™ Licenced Training Centre, but what exactly does that mean? Here are some of your FAQs answered!
Meet Our Instructors: Thicha Srivisal
This month we speak to THICHA, our fabulous Lead Instructor Trainer who doesn’t let anything stop her, not even a torn ligament. Always bubbly and happy, we speak to her about Pilates, her diet and her secret to staying young!
Pilates for Men: Uncovering the Essentials
Over the years, the stigma of Pilates being an exercise “just for girls” has slowly diminished.
Overtime, it has become respected and embraced for what it truly is—a sophisticated, intense, yet gentle overall body workout that can be done by anyone, regardless of gender and fitness level.
Nowadays, men doing Pilates has become the new norm.
Pilates for men has earned quite a following because of its many benefits. Men who try Pilates often get hooked, thanks to all the phenomenal benefits only Pilates can offer.
Circuit Pilates at Camden
Starting from May 2016, we are offering Circuit Pilates at Camden. Our Camden studio is unique as we are working out of a physiotherapy practice which allows us to work more synergistically with the physiotherapists.
To maximise the use of space, we are unable to have group Reformer and Tower classes, but seeing the need for group classes at all our studios, we will be offering circuit Pilates at our Camden studio.
MERRITHEW™ Master Instructor Trainer Wayne Seeto at Breathe!
Following last year’s successful workshop with Wayne, he’s back again this year in June with some really great courses and workshops.
Golf Conditioning on the V2 Max Plus™ Reformer: 23 May 2016, 12.30pm – 2.30pm
Reformer for the Older Adult: 23 May 2016, 3.30pm – 5.30pm
Interval Training on the Jumpboard or Cardio-Tramp®, Level 2: 24 May 2016, 12.30pm – 2.30pm
and more!
Pilates 101
Created by Joseph Pilates, a German national; Pilates involves series of exercises that aims to strengthen your muscles, improve your posture, flexibility and also increase your mental awareness. In early 19 century, Joseph Pilates saw that many athletes and dancers careers were cut short because of injuries.
So, what is Pilates? What does it entail? And what are its benefits? In this article we are going to discuss briefly the Whats, Hows and Whys of Pilates.
Meet Our Instructors: Sasha
This month we speak with DASHING SASH! If you haven’t already tried his classes, you would have probably heard him, smelt him (in a good way) or seen him around the studio.
Always helpful and generous, and a very integral part of community, we speak with him about his Pilates journey, favourite restaurants in Singapore and hobbies outside Pilates!
Prenatal Nutritional Talk
Do pineapples really cause miscarriages? Can you eat them when you’re pregnant? The benefits of exercising during pregnancy has been very clear, but nutrition? It’s a whole minefield out there with old wives tales, myths and fallacies propagated by the profit-driven supplement and food industry.
Dancers Take Note: 5 Ways Pilates Can Help Boost Your Physique
Dance and Pilates, they seem to be intertwined and a few years ago, it seemed like the only people who were doing Pilates were dancers. Having been posed the question about why Pilates is so popular amongst dancers, we think we have finally figured out why.
Meet Our Instructors: Kerstin
Breathe Pilates is kicking off 2016 with a series of candid interviews with our instructors as we get to know them better! Starting off this series, we have Kerstin whose Reformer and Tower I class was recently awarded ‘BEST BEGINNER FRIENDLY REFORMER CLASS” by Shape Sports Award 2016.