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Pilates Core Align & Functional Fitness

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  Core Align and Dynamic Alignment The Core Align is a unique piece of equipment that consists of two independent carts and two separate tracks. It has standing platforms at each end of the frame and a ladder at one end. Its unique design offers variations and challenges for traditional training methods, including foundational and functional movement patterns.  Through resistance provided by elastic bands to each cart, the users can mimic everyday activities of daily living, such as walking, squatting, lunging, hinging, pushing, pulling, and rotating. In addition to functional movement training, The Core Align and its elastic tubing setup create a dynamic environment to explore and enhance our awareness or proprioception.  The four primary contact points utilized on the Core Align are the feet and the hands. Our feet and hands are unique in that they are the most distal component of our peripheral nervous system. Therefore, when we can tap into the sensations through our ...