Pilates has helped Greg Oden ( NBA Portland Trail Blazers 2007 #1 pick) to progressed faster than the scheduled healing time for micro fracture surgery on his ailing right knee. A full recovery is expected by next season for the Portland Trail Blazers 2007 number one NBA pick. Continue reading »
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Chicago Bulls Star Ben Gordon incorporates Pilates in his NBA Basketball workout to preparing himself to play an 82 games season. View some of his Pilates Mat routine in the You Tub video below. Like fellow NBA stars LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Jason Kidd Gordon states “It’s not so much the court stuff, it more activities off the court than on”.
Work is something he has never shied away from. What he has learned so far in preparation over his career has more to do with his activities off the court than on. Gordon’s a self-described basketball junkie, incorporates Pilates training to preparing himself to play an 82 games season. Continue reading »
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Basketball Pilates Buff and NBA All-Star Jason Kidd’s and his wife Pilates enthusiast Joumana have a great bodies. Their secret is Pilates. Back in 2001 Joumana Kidd told Jason to try it. He put her off for a few years . When he relented he confesses “my first thought,”, “was that it couldn’t be that hard.” His first session with Pilates specialist Susan Whitlow turned out to be “a real eye opener,” he recalls. He kept at it, and noticed amazing things happening to his NBA-abused body. In addition to getting stronger and more flexible, he says he felt “ready to go tackle the challenges you’re faced with. It’s almost like coffee or something. It gives you a little kick.” “The more I got into it and the more I understood it, the better off I felt,” says Kidd. “And then the thing was, I just wanted to keep doing it.” Before long, Jason was stealing Joumana’s Pilates appointments. He learned quickly and his shape changed. He loosened everything up, he re-sculpted his center, and he did really well.”
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