NEW! Rockin’ Rollers: Balance and Muscle Release using Foam Rollers

• Saturday 18th April 2020, 9.30 – 11.00 am
• Hythe Cricket and Squash Club, The Grove, Hythe, Kent. CT21 6AX. Click here for Google map.
• £33 per person per class, including foam roller! (limited to 14 participants)
• Above cost includes your very own high quality Pilates foam roller as pictured below, for you to keep, practice at home, and bring to future foam roller classes! (Contact Jane for price excluding roller, if you already have your own.)
• Note that our foam rollers are specially designed for Pilates, and are narrower and longer (and therefore more comfortable to use) than the poorer quality rollers commonly seen in shops.
• £18 for previous participants bringing their own foam rollers.

About the Rockin’ Rollers Masterclass

When used correctly, foam rollers provide an opportunity to further challenge the core muscles, by providing a less stable base of support. Foam rollers may also be used to massage muscles and fascia, in order to stimulate release of tension.

Utilising four key positions:

1. on our backs, lying along the length of the roller
2. on all fours with our hands or elbows on the roller and our knees on the mat
3. on our backs, with feet on the roller and our body on the mat
4. on our backs, with the roller under our hips.

Jane Mackenzie will guide you through a series of specially designed Pilates foam roller exercises to help you develop your core strength beyond its current level, utilising the inherent instability of the roller to challenge your balance, in order to really fire up those stabilising muscles.

Core strength is key to functional ability and reduction of risk of injury, but so too is flexibility. The masterclasses will therefore also include some lovely myofascial release work using both foam rollers and trigger point balls, focusing on those problem areas: upper back, neck and shoulders. By the end of the masterclass you really will be rockin’ your roller!

Once you have learnt how to use your roller correctly, you will be able to use it at home as an additional tool to incorporate into your regular Pilates moves, allowing you to lengthen the spine in a way that lying on a mat alone can’t achieve.

This 1.5 hour masterclasses will be more challenging class designed for those who are already attending regular Pilates classes, and will also include more detailed explanations of the muscles groups involved and how they are interacting, for those interested in understanding more about the way our bodies work during exercise. The masterclasses will also utilise equipment including bands and balls.