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普拉提（Pilates）训练法是由德国的约瑟夫·普拉提于1926年创立并推广的一种运动健身体系--一种静力性的健身运动。西方人一向注重身体肌肉和生理机能的训练，例如腰、腹、背、胸、臀等部位的训练，而东方人着重呼吸和心灵集中的训练，如瑜珈和太极。

普拉提吸取了东西方文化，兼容了生理与心理的相关研究成果。最初普拉提只运用于两大领域，即专业舞蹈团体进行肌肉的训练和医疗康复机构病人痊愈后的肌体功能及肌肉力量的恢复。

You're fighting the hands of time to get a younger look? If going under the knife is just not your cup of tea, try Pilates. Instructor Linda Farrell says it's like the fountain of youth.

"Pilates is all about developing core strength in the trunk, and this helps promote a healthy spine; it's about learning how to breathe deeply to reduce stress, and it's about learning how to strengthen the muscles, but you also look fantastic."

And that’s exactly how 54-year-old Yvonne Martin feels. She's been doing Pilates for over five years. And says she's noticed youthful changes. "It feels about 20. I'm standing straighter, I'm taller. I feel like my muscles, my whole body is longer, my waist is really tight; my abs are incredible. I have to say, they are pretty good. And I think it's due to the Pilates work."

abs: abdominals 的缩写，腹肌。腹肌练习:abs workout

So how can you get these anti-ageing results too? Linda has some suggestions. 

Thinking of liposuction? Linda says "No need". "I have a wonderful exercise called hill bits. We do it lying on the stomach and it actually helps lift your butt. And my students love it because while they are doing it, they actually feel their butts lifting and they feel those muscles working."

Think you need a breast lift? Think again. "The first thing I like to do is get people to stand up and to open up in here, and then I offer two wonderful exercises. One is called chest expansion，no pun intended. And the other is Swan Dive which works on opening the chest and strengthening the muscles in the back, which is so important to prevent that slumping."

Need a tummy tuck? No way! "I worked with a Pilates corset exercise which is really wonderful. You simply put your belly and butt in and lift up like you are wearing a little corset and you have a flatter belly and a narrower waistline." Linda says age doesn't matter. You can start your Pilates workout at any point in your life. And with two to three days a week, you are sure to start seeing and feeling a difference. I’m E.D Hill, FOX NEWS.