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 8 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.

For the past 10-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 over the winter 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 just 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 recent collarbone break.

Upon returning back to the Pilates studio I have since released that pesky knot in my neck by working the springs to stretch my neck and upper back. No masseuses or chiropractors for me!

Leave the about me page 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.

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