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by Javier
Fri Feb 12, 2021 3:17 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: weights/springs, pull/push, rocking/rolling
Replies: 11
Views: 13349

Re: weights/springs, pull/push, rocking/rolling

Hello Alain, Just a quick return on a couple of things: Later, the pulleys seem to have determined the necessity for a bed. As you can see the bed came 1st, the pulleys later. The bed becomes quickly a necessity since most clients can't go that low for a while and as a means to 'tracking' the carria...
by Javier
Fri Feb 05, 2021 11:53 pm
Forum: English
Topic: Moved the user topics under "Main"
Replies: 0
Views: 5349

Moved the user topics under "Main"

Hello!
I moved the topics that were here under 'Main'. They are otherwise intact.
Greetings
Javier
by Javier
Fri Feb 05, 2021 11:52 pm
Forum: English
Topic: Make new topics under Main, Equipment or Teacher Exchange.
Replies: 0
Views: 4220

Make new topics under Main, Equipment or Teacher Exchange.

Hello All,
Please, make new topics under the sections above.
This page is for the announcement topics.
Thank you!!!
by Javier
Fri Feb 05, 2021 1:02 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: Breathing and the Hundred
Replies: 7
Views: 7582

Re: Breathing and the Hundred

Hello Alain, I am sorry I took so long to answer. I was in Spain dealing with some family matters. I will answer backwards: 1st about the positions. There is always a tendency from a pupil to try to fix and codify the work of the master. That usually destroys at least part of the masters work becaus...
by Javier
Fri Feb 05, 2021 1:01 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: weights/springs, pull/push, rocking/rolling
Replies: 11
Views: 13349

Re: weights/springs, pull/push, rocking/rolling

I am sorry I took so long to answer. I was in Spain dealing with some family matters. Wow, a lot to unpack here… SO it is going to be long… 1st Original Reformer. I will take that you haven’t looked at the patents thoroughly. While in a patent one must describe an invention without giving away unnec...
by Javier
Mon Jan 18, 2021 11:56 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: Breathing and the Hundred
Replies: 7
Views: 7582

Re: Breathing and the Hundred

Very interesting examples. It is always nice to hear what it is possible and what people are able to do. Most people have what we can call 'double-trouble': A. A stiff ribcage and B. A weak diaphragm (I mean a weak muscle) Then some do breath fairly naturally and some others 'automatic pilot' is a b...
by Javier
Sun Jan 17, 2021 6:07 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: Breathing and the Hundred
Replies: 7
Views: 7582

Re: Breathing and the Hundred

Hello Alain, Very interesting story!!! And quite a different take on The Hundred! Joseph was not as rigid with the method as people think. He allowed -and himself also created- variations and modifications. Either to allow someone to try an exercise that would be too difficult or to add variety. How...
by Javier
Mon Dec 28, 2020 10:49 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: Male anatomy
Replies: 1
Views: 4035

Re: Male anatomy

Hello Saintloup, Very good question!!! Most of the time the subject is totally ignored. Maybe the majority of trainers are female or too prude to talk about something so natural that can also be very uncomfortable. But a lot of male trainers either don't talk about it, dismiss the exercises that are...
by Javier
Wed Aug 19, 2020 8:57 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: Contrology practice: How Joe intended it?
Replies: 13
Views: 18506

Re: Contrology practice: How Joe intended it?

Hello Joao, There you go... simple, will cut it both ways. Complications will arise as one tries the exercise. So the exercise doesn't need to be complicated. It may take time but it won't be convoluted. In Pilates,it never is complicated. Simple is sophisticated: perfection without extras. Complica...
by Javier
Mon Aug 17, 2020 8:50 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: Contrology practice: How Joe intended it?
Replies: 13
Views: 18506

Re: Contrology practice: How Joe intended it?

As an added note and mini explanation of the above: Notice how in each roll up motion we delay the exhale until in Teaser you roll off totally inhaling and you only exhale on the way down. One should try to switch naturally between inhaling and exhaling. Roll Up Roll_Up_Breathing.jpg Neck Pull (the ...