What's the difference between Gyrotonic and Pilates that Song Hye-kyo fell in love with
Jan 14, 2025
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Song Hye-kyo, who appeared on Kang Min-kyung's YouTube channel 'Gang Ming-kyung's recent movie 'Black Nuns', said she is working hard on yoga and gyrotonic for management. Earlier, Kim Sa-rang, Han Hye-jin, Ha Hee-ra, and Kim Sung-ryeong also said they are working hard on gyrotonic to take care of their bodies.
Developed by Julio Horvath, a former dancer of the Romanian National Ballet, Gyrotonic is well known for its rehabilitation exercises that combine the strengths of yoga, dance, gymnastics, swimming, and tai chi. It is also used as a way to solve the spinal problem that NASA astronauts actually experience after flying.
You can expand the range of motion of the joints by utilizing body parts that you don't usually use, and promote blood circulation and lymph circulation, resulting in active metabolism, reducing swelling and body fat.
Gyrotonic is an exercise to improve the flexibility and strength of the body and uses instruments, so it looks similar to Pilates at first glance, but there is a difference.
Pilates is mainly focused on flexion and extension exercises aimed at strengthening core muscles and correcting posture. Mainly, devices such as mats, reformers, Cadillacs, and chairs are used.
On the other hand, gyrotonic focuses on body flexibility and full-body exercise using various instruments such as pulley tower, jumping board, leg extension, gyrotoneer, and archway. Strengthen muscles through natural movements and expand the range of motion of the joints. In particular, it emphasizes wired movement by using a lot of rotator cuff. Because it includes more dynamic and active exercises than Pilates, it has a high exercise intensity and a wide range of exercises, making it more suitable for people with exercise experience than beginners.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
