About Me

Hello! My name is Jennifer Adolfs and this is a little page about me.

I am a tall person with a long waistline, which means my mother was always telling me to "Stand up straight"..."Quit slouching!"

Since then I spent 5 years working on a fishing boat in Alaska throwing in sometimes over 250, 30 pound salmon per day.

I've also done construction work in prior years lifting and pounding and most recently digging wide, deep holes to plant trees in my back yard.

This kind of work can put a lot of strain on the low back, which, in turn stresses the joints in other areas of the body if the core musculature is not supporting them properly.

When I was younger and still today I have always been very active in sports and exercising to stay physically fit.

I've had my share of injuries and broken bones and I was starting to feel it! As I aged I noticed more twinges in my back and joints and they felt sore longer than before.

For the past 10 years I have been teaching 8-10 Pilates classes per week, as well as individual Pilates equipment instruction and and do not notice any more of this soreness.

This is the only type of exercise program I could do this much of and not totally exhaust my body and soul.

I do my own practice on the equipment besides teaching the classes.

I use the Pilates machines and some hand weights, bands, and ball exercises to increase my muscle strength in the core, as well as the larger mobilizing muscles of the limbs.

Get my newest and favorite ball exercise workout from a link here.

For the past 12-plus years working with an aging population and doing clinical based exercise with special populations.

I have witnessed amazing results since incorporating Pilates-based exercises into my own and my clients routines.

I have noticed for myself now that I am doing less running and biking but am mostly conditioning with Pilates-based exercises.

Now when I do go out and do long runs, hikes, and bike rides my body recovers faster, has less pain, and is unbelievably still conditioned for these events without actually going out and pounding the trail and the pavement the way I used to.

I broke my collarbone a few winters ago when I got bucked off my mountain bike. After just 3 weeks I was back to practicing my Pilates with light spring tension.

At 12 weeks of using Pilates to stretch and strengthen the muscles around the bone I had recovered mostly full range of motion in my shoulders. I am now back to doing some of the more advanced exercises on the equipment and mat.

Pilates is a great way to rehabilitate injuries because it forces us to do exercises with the best posture and form.

This, in turn, makes our bodies feel good, look good, and work more efficiently.

I completed a 3 day adventure race in beautiful Moab, Utah and the only soreness was a pain in my neck from kayaking.

This was probably related to a bit of weakness from the previous collarbone break.

I had a baby about 4 months ago and having done modified Pilates exercises through the pregnancy I came through it pretty much unscathed. Still working out a kink in my SI joint, and on getting those deep transverse abs turned on enough to do a proper hundred exercise, but overall I feel pretty good. I feel pretty lucky at 38 years old to have a healthy baby and be pretty much back to myself so quickly.

Check out some of the exercises I did here during my pregnancy.

Leave this page about me and check out the new Pilates ebook – Relief for Back and Joint Pain.

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I believe in Pilates and what I do so much that I started this website to spread the word to you about the benefits of doing Pilates.

After spending months debating how to build my own website I came across SBI and this is what I have built so far.

Being technologically illiterate SBI spelled out to me exactly how to build a successful website. I couldn't be happier.

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