What is the Metabolic Intensity of Pilates

Launched by CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF BRASÍLIA · Jul 28, 2020

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ClinConnect Summary

The participants attended two half-hour Pilates exercise classes twice a week, for one month, to familiarize themselves with the exercises and to learn the 5 Pilates' principles. After the learning period, two experimental sessions were performed: a Mat Pilates session and a Reformer apparatus Pilates session. The order of each session was randomized and drawn beforehand. Each experimental session lasted about one and a half hours and the interval between the sessions was 48 hours. Participants were asked to not perform any exercise and to refrain from food or fluids except water eight hour...

Gender

FEMALE

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Women aged up to 30 years;
• • Sedentary or irregularly active, as assessed by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ);
• • Not have any prior experience in Pilates exercises.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Have any clinical or orthopedic conditions/disease;
• • Practitioner of any type of exercise.