Something exciting is happening at the RT+ studio! We are excited to be State College’s first studio to offer the CoreAlign system from Balanced Body. Maybe you’ve seen the NEW CoreAlign equipment in our Pilates room!
I first saw a CoreAlign years ago in a Pittsburgh Pilates studio, while I was doing a Pilates certification training. I was intrigued, but I didn’t have the chance to try it until quite a few years later. Being a lover of both the Pilates method and body movement, I knew this was a modality I needed to explore! Fast forward to 2022, and we have brand new CoreAligns at RT+..... and we are ready to have YOU reap the benefits!
The CoreAlign was invented by a physical therapist who wanted to focus on posture, dynamic alignment, standing exercises, and flowing movement patterns with his clients. He sold his design to a large Pilates equipment company in 2010 and CoreAligns became commercially available at that time.
The CoreAlign, with its two individually moving carts controlled by band resistance, enables a person to move while focusing on posture, core control, balance, strength, and coordination. Clients of all levels can benefit and feel the difference on the CoreAlign. Like traditional Pilates equipment, core control is key to moving on the CoreAlign, and flexibility exercises are always included.
Unlike the reformer, with its one moving carriage, the two moving carts of the CoreAlign allow a person to move each foot, ankle, leg, arm, etc. individually rather than only together. Imagine the possibilities!!! In addition, many of the exercises are performed standing, which, let’s face it, is the position that we spend most of our time — moving functionally or performing an athletic movement.
If I had any skepticism about the CoreAlign, that was quashed when I first tried the basic exercises. After spending an afternoon learning the basics, I awoke the next morning to worked, and the “good kind of sore” abdominals. I realized that I had not done one single crunch the day before, but only the CoreAlign exercises. Call me a believer!
What are you waiting for?!? Schedule your private session or hop into one of our NEW Small Group CoreAlign classes today, and discover how moving your body in harmony makes you feel!