BENEFITS FOR SPORT

Cycling

Cycling may be great cardiovascular exercise, but the modern bike does not promote efficient body movement or healthy posture.

Old-fashioned 'sit-up-and-beg' cycles were far better suited to a comfortable riding position, with the upper body held still and the spine lengthened. Modern bikes require a more hunched posture with the head placed low over the front wheel. This causes excessive bending of the lumbar spine, a forward rotation of the hips and pelvis, and shortening of the back of the neck due to the need to look forward and see where you're going. Many committed cyclists also suffer from a shortening of the hamstrings.

Pilates can help cyclists to:
>  Enhance their body awareness and condition efficient patterns of movement
>  Restore postural alignment, shift the spine back into position and open up the chest
>  Ease and prevent back pain, and relieve the tension caused by sitting for long periods in a
    mechanically unsound position.