Hello everyone welcome back to Fit Body Happy Joints. My name is Shannon. Today we are talking about how is Pilates

different than heavy weightlifting and how do the two affect your body?

And I'm sure you've heard one of these two things,

it kind of on the opposite side of the spectrum.

So number one, you might have heard a lot of health experts lately basically saying that you have to lift heavy or you

aren't going to be healthy for the rest of your life.

And then on the opposite side, there's the more like health and wellness people that are saying,

no heavyweights bulk you. Pilates is what will tone you.

And of course, these are extremes.

There are people in the gray, people in the middle,

but it can get confusing as a consumer.

What is really true and what do I need to do to stay healthy, to reach my fitness

goals and to feel good doing it.

I feel like I do see these two extremes in the fitness world, especially on social media.

And unfortunately on social media, you end up seeing what is the most extreme.

Like the extreme stuff is what goes viral.

So again, I'm not putting blanket statements around

anyone that does Pilates or anyone that heavy lifts so I'm just gonna say that

now and not repeat that again throughout the rest of the episode because there's a lot of

nuance. But I think a lot of the research-based like trainers and coaches are

preaching that you have to lift heavy, you have to do box jumps, you have to

spread up pills, and if you don't you are going to lose all your muscle and you

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