Practise Pilates

Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley

BBC

Health & Fitness, Science

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

It’s a low-impact, low-intensity exercise that can make you stronger, more flexible, and benefit your posture and balance. It’s proven to reduce lower back pain and it can even enhance your exercise performance! No surprise that tennis star Andy Murray uses it in his training routine. In this episode, Pilates expert Professor Ruth Melo from the University of San Paulo reveals all about the benefits of Pilates on our cardiovascular endurance, core strength and healthy ageing. Meanwhile, Michael challenges keen tennis player Rambali to take up Pilates and see if he can improve his serve.

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Producer: Nija Dalal-Small Science Producer: Catherine Wyler Assistant Producer: Gulnar Mimaroglu Trainee Assistant Producer: Toni Arenyeka Executive Producer:: Zoe Heron A BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds / BBC Radio 4.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds.
0:02.0	Hello everyone, it's Michelle Vassage, and welcome to my podcast Rule Breakers.
0:06.0	But you sit down and be bright.
0:08.0	Celebrating women's voices.
0:10.0	You're very welcome to now you're asking with me, Marion Keys Keys and me Tara Flynn.
0:14.8	This is juicy. No limits, no limits.
0:17.2	Celebrating women.
0:18.8	Where to be a woman is the podcast celebrating the best of women's well-being. We're on a quest to find out
0:24.4	where in the world women are living their best lives. Celebrate yourself.
0:28.8	Lesson on BBC Sounds.
0:33.0	BBC Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts.
0:37.0	Three, two, one, that's it, alright.
0:41.0	We would all like some quick and simple ways to improve our health, but we're inundated with often conflicting advice.
0:48.0	So if you were going to try just one thing to improve your mental and physical well-being. What should it be?
0:54.4	Maybe a cup of tea to help your heart health or listening to music to open up your blood vessels.
1:01.6	How about a walk on a rainy day to improve your immune system?
1:05.8	I'm Dr. Michael Mosley and this is just one thing where each episode we'll explore one thing you can start doing today to improve your health or life in ways you might
1:18.4	not expect.
1:19.4	4, 5, 6, 7. Right, I'm on the floor in my living room. Now most days I do push-ups and
1:28.0	squats for my morning excise, but today I'm doing a different type of resistance exercise, one that is quite gentle but also surprisingly effective.
1:37.0	It's good for your deep core muscles, lift your mood and can give your brain a boost.
1:42.0	I'm doing a Pilates workout. Pilates is a low impact
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