{"id":3628,"date":"2013-08-26T09:45:02","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T09:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/?p=3628"},"modified":"2014-04-27T11:25:35","modified_gmt":"2014-04-27T11:25:35","slug":"pilates-footwheels-fluid-movement-on-wheels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/pilates-footwheels-fluid-movement-on-wheels\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilates FootWheels: Fluid Movement on Wheels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;OMG! This feels so good!! I love them!&#8221; That is what everyone says &#8211; men and women alike &#8211; after just the FIRST occasion using the Pilates4Fitness FootWheels. They were designed as a compact tool to provide fluid movement while challenging the core and balance. As one observing teacher commented jokingly, &#8220;Pilates was too easy, so you just had to kick it up a notch!?&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The construct of the FootWheel was designed for use in my small group classes in the studo. Two, 9&#215;9-inch surfaces are cushioned with a sticky mat creating the FootWheel.<br \/>\n<iframe style=\"float:left;margin:10px 20px 10px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/video\/embed?video_id=4869660512935\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe> Inspired by <em>and very<\/em> similar to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/new-toy-in-the-studio-pilates-orbit\/\">Pilates Orbit<\/a>, as shown here and demonstrated by Tali in a private apparatus session, the size differential makes the FootWheels much easier to control for most students. While each class may begin and end using the FootWheel in a standing posture; with one&#8217;s foot on the surface board, the tool can also be used with your hands and thus easily provides a total-body, fluid-movement workout. After her first 30-minute &#8220;intro&#8221; class session (which took place during the month of August 2013), Lee Tenhoeve, a regular Beginner Mat student, reported that she felt her &#8220;legs, glutes and abs in a new way and unlike any other class ever taken! The openness you feel as a result of the fluid movement is an even better result than the aching muscles you know you&#8217;ve worked hard.&#8221;<br \/>\n[blockquote blockquote_style=&#8221;quote&#8221; align=&#8221;right&#8221; text_align=&#8221;right&#8221;]the openness you feel as a result of the fluid movement is an even better result than the aching muscles you know you&#8217;ve worked hard.[\/blockquote]<\/p>\n<p>Pilates Apparatus or Mat students, as well as newcomers to body-weight resistance training, will find the use of the Pilates4Fitness FootWheels a perfect compliment as well as a <em>transitional tool<\/em> to TRX Suspension. The design of the class utilizes classic Pilates exercises that students <em>already know in their body<\/em>, for example, Rollup, Swan, Mermaid, Plank, Push Up. Or on the reformer, exercises such as, Stomach Massage, Knee Stretches, Long Back Stretch, Snake &amp; Twist can all be accomplished with a new and different twist using the Pilates4Fitness FootWheels.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, core strength is challenged differently, new muscle fibers are recruited and the body responds to the change with delight and glee!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3628 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/FootWheels_Reverse-Plank--e1377123756404.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/FootWheels_Reverse-Plank--e1377123756404.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3655\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3655'>\n\t\t\t\tFootWheels Reverse Plank\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130821_094828-e1377123255579.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130821_094828-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130821_094828-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130821_094828-195x195.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3651'>\n\t\t\t\tFootWheels Reverse Plank\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130731_094035_19239.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130731_094035_19239-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130731_094035_19239-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130731_094035_19239-195x195.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3650'>\n\t\t\t\tFootWheels Side Plank Rotation\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div 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href='https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130731_094035_4201.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130731_094035_4201-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130731_094035_4201-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130731_094035_4201-195x195.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3648'>\n\t\t\t\tFootWheels Oblique Twist\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130731_092950_11181.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130731_092950_11181-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130731_092950_11181-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130731_092950_11181-195x195.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3647'>\n\t\t\t\tFootWheels Knee Stretches\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<br \/>\n[blockquote blockquote_style=&#8221;quote&#8221; align=&#8221;right&#8221; text_align=&#8221;right&#8221;]Challenging and fun exercise. I loved it because it gets a lot accomplished![\/blockquote] TRX Students report that they find the FootWheels provide a &#8220;different challenge&#8221; and actually help them refine their work, as all the moves they are familiar with, e.g, the Plank-PushUp-Pike and Reverse Plank series, for example, are executed with a smooth and very fluid action with the use of the FootWheels. In other words, all students will find a new way to mindfully engage the core to accomplish any instructed exercise. Lunges take on a new fluid &#8220;swing&#8221; with the use of the wheels, facilitating an open, lengthening and rotational stretch through the hips, glutes and legs.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"float:left;margin:10px 10px 10px 0px;\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xWSMuRe6oLY?rel=0\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>As always, quality in the movement is sought versus quantity of repetitions. 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