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Mat class: All at sea with btpilates!

Pilates with a nautical theme, introducing life before the mast 200 years ago, (& how to avoid hernias), and pilates posture for rowing machine technique (how not to break your back!)

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Bruce Thomson
Jun 23, 2025
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In All at Sea with Btpilates, we explore nautical terms; we learn to appreciate the hernia risks faced by sailors 200 years ago (and how not to get a hernia day). We also discuss the risk of disc rupture and back pain in competitive rowers, and how to use posture to minimise the risk.

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Free mat class excerpt (how rowers use posture…)

This free 10 minute excerpt demonstrates variations of the spine stretch forward, including how to improve posture and technique while rowing, and thus reduce the risk of lower back pain and disk damage.

(Full length mat class below this at bottom of page).

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