All The Ways Pilates Changes Your Body … From a Former Moulin Rogue Dancer

If you've ever been curious about Pilates, Rachel Crompton, Head of Pilates at Elixr Health Club, is the perfect person to guide you. With over two decades of experience, a background in professional dance, and an infectious passion for movement, she knows exactly why Pilates is a game-changer for your body. Rachel's Pilates journey began…

ByMarie-Antoinette Issa26/02/20250Comments

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Pilates Move of The Week: Lose Those Love Handles With The Corkscrew

The corkscrew is a modification of last weeks shoulder stand to build abdominal strength, in particular focusing on the side obliques. Your balance and body control are also highly tested. Again, make sure you’re on a mat or soft surface for this exercise to support your back and hips on the down phase. Starting position: Lie…

ByAaron Smith25/01/20240Comments

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Pilates Move Of The Week: Muffin Tops Be Gone With The Oblique Toe Tap

Muffin tops be gone! Oblique Toe Taps are the key to a tighter firmer ALL-OVER midsection to target those hard to reach places. For the complete core-set, incorporate our Oblique Toe Taps to tighten and strengthen your entire mid-section and shed your muffin tops completely! Starting position: Lay on your back, with your knees bent towards the…

ByAaron Smith15/01/20240Comments

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Pilates Move Of The Week: Muffin Tops Be Gone With The Side Plank

You know exactly what we’re talking about, that little bit extra that makes it’s way over the top of your gym tights. By advancing our everyday plank into a side plank, this aids in targeting this notoriously hard to reach hot spot, seriously toning your midsection and challenging the stability and control over your entire…

ByAaron Smith04/11/20210Comments

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Former PM Malcolm Turnbull On How Pilates Mended His Bad Back

Even Former Prime Ministers suffer from back pain. That's why Malcolm Turnbull was happy to open the Elite Spinal Physiotherapy and Pilates clinic in Sydney. It was there that he received the treatment he needed after surgery for sciatica. The clinic's co-founder Elisha Renton showed The Carousel around the spacious, luminous clinic which has undergone a…

ByVictoria Dezeraud19/03/20190Comments

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Virgin Active Australia Launches New Global Fitness Direction

“Nearly twenty years ago, we launched Virgin Active with an aim to help everyone live a healthy and active lifestyle, and the understanding that life sometimes gets in the way," Richard Branson explains. "Fast forward to today and our lives are even more demanding and fast-paced than ever. To start and stick to exercise, people…

ByThe Carousel15/10/20180Comments