Pilates Mat
Find your inner strength and balance with Powerhouse Pilates Mat Pilates classes in Sligo. Each dynamic exercise and stretch guide you to a deeper connection to your centre, promoting strength and length in your body. Join our classes tailored to nurture every aspect of your wellness.
Mat Pilates
Our Pilates mats are made out of leather, which allows for extreme ease of movement, enabling you to carry out the Pilates Exercises freely. The mats also contain Foot Straps and Hand Dowels to assist you in your movements. The main goal of using a Pilates Mat is to improve your flexibility, strength, muscle tone, body balance, and more, through floor-based exercises, following the Pilates method.
Our Pilates Classes
POWERHOUSE PILATES
Why Choose Us?
In the twenty-first century, people often spend more time sitting as opposed to doing something that requires movement. This is time spent sitting in the car or sitting at a desk. This leads to many health issues such as poor posture, lower back pain, shoulder pain and general muscle weakening across the whole body. Classical Pilates is Pilates in the most authentic format, as Joseph Pilates intended the exercises to be carried out. There are over 500 exercises to experience on the mat and varied Pilates apparatus. Classical Pilates focuses on moving the entire body to improve the body evenly. In the Original Classical Pilates method, there is a sequence and method to the work, which has been designed to move the body through a whole range of movements. The Classical Pilates Method starts with Foundational Exercises to begin with and then as you build strength and control, the exercises become more complex. When practicing authentic Pilates, the method provides a variety of benefits to you and your body.
The Pilates Movement Principles
The Pilates Movement Principles were created through Joseph’s theories, which were condensed into 6 simple ideas to make his method accessible for generations of students. Our Pilates classes at Powerhouse Pilates focus on each area of the Movement Principles to improve your entire body evenly. The more you practice Pilates, the more these principles will become second nature within your daily well-being. Movement is critical in everything that the human body does. Whether it be working out or daily living, movement is involved in every area of living.
Flow
Breathing
Concentration
Control
Centering
Precision
Pilates
Gift Voucher
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Pilates Mats
Frequently Asked Questions
All you need is comfortable workout gear – no loose clothing, grippy socks for the equipment, a water bottle and have your hair tied back. Loose clothing and loose/long hair may get caught in the equipment so it’s important to have it tied back. Normal socks cannot be worn on the equipment as they are too slippy.
If you are a complete beginner, we always recommend you do a 1:1 private session so that the instructor can discuss your health and wellbeing, and your goals and then do an assessment on your body and your specific needs, creating a specific plan for your body. It is also a good opportunity to introduce you to the different Pilates apparatus. Then, any class which begins with “beginner” is the one for you. At Powerhouse Pilates we have beginner reformer, beginner tower and beginner mat classes which cater for people who have never done Pilates before. The pre/postnatal mixes equipment classes and mixed equipment classes are also designed to cater for complete beginners.
Levels:
Beginner – for complete beginners
Beyond Basics – for people who have done a number of beginner classes and are ready to take on more of a challenge. Intermediate/Advanced – for people who have gone through both beginner and beyond basics and know they are ready to be really challenged.
*Please ensure you do not book beyond basics or intermediate/advanced until you have
done a number of beginners classes*
The equipment classes were created to add resistance to the class by using springs. This helps to target specific weaknesses and we use specific props to balance out your body and any misalignment. On the mat, you use your body weight as your resistance. You may find that the equipment offers you more support, especially as a beginner. In short, use both. For optimal results, I recommend using the mat, tower and reformer to feel and see the the difference in your body.
The benefits of doing Pilates are endless but here are the main ones:
- Improved flexibility
- Improved posture
- Improved pelvic floor strength
- Better coordination and balance.
- Prevention of musculoskeletal injuries
- Improved concentration and body awareness
- Increased lung capacity and circulation as a result of deep breathing
- Increase in muscle strength and tone
- Balanced muscular strength on both sides of your body
- Improved spinal strength and stabilization of your spine
- De-stress and improved relaxation.
While Pilates primarily focuses on strength, flexibility, and posture, it can contribute to weight loss indirectly. Regular practice can improve muscle tone, increase metabolism, and enhance overall fitness.
Yes, Pilates includes exercises specifically designed to engage and strengthen the pelvic floor muscles. These exercises can be beneficial for both men and women, especially for improving bladder control and supporting the lower back.
Powerhouse Pilates studio is a fully equipped Classical Studio. The equipment is as follows:
5 reformers
5 towers
9 leather mats
Foam rollers
Spine correctors
Foot corrector
Toes correctors
Magic circles
Thera bands
Hand weights and Pilates balls
All equipment classes i.e reformer, tower, mixed equipment – on a “pay as you go” basis are €21 and all mat classes are €14. Private sessions 1:1 are €55 and 21 are €80. You can buy a 10-pack of equipment classes (with no expiry) for €207 which gives you 10% off. You can buy a 10-pack of mat classes (with no expiry) for €135 which gives you 10% off.