 Coach Stevie Z. and Jason Wimberly I first met Steven virtually on Twitter, and when I realized he was Los Angeles based I quickly connected. Imagine my delight to find out not only is he a lover of being naked and an avid exhibitionist, but also an accomplished dancer and movement coach specializing in Pilates. After months of chatting I finally got to join my signature CORE + MORE class, and watching him move with such ease and grace made me quickly realize I may have just found another naked trainer. Steven is a Pilates instructor, movement professional, and former dancer/performer. Stevie began doing Pilates regularly in college pursuing his BFA in Dance. Post graduation, Stevie relocated to NYC and was certified to teach Pilates through the Kane School of Core Integration. Working in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles Steven has taught studio equipment Pilates, group fitness, corporate wellness, and started his own Neuro Pilates company Z-Moves. Stevie has completed the Functional Anatomy for Movement and Injuries training through the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in NYC and is also a Level 3 Neuro Studio Practitioner who specializes in working with MS, Parkinson’s, and stroke rehab. What Steven loves the most about Pilates is anyone can do it because sessions can seamlessly be adapted to reach new fitness goals as well as support and rehab injuries and chronic issues too. Steven is an advocate for men to do Pilates since it was designed and created by a man and holds countless benefits in addition to being one of the best integrative core workouts. Not only is Stevie a bad ass with building stronger bodies, I realized we have so much more in common. From our dance backgrounds, to our go-go dancing days, to our love of showing off our big cocks. We even have the same favorite ice cream flavor. I am thrilled to welcome him to my tiny naked family as we dream up exciting ways for us to collaborate. Keep reading to get to know Coach Stevie even better. CLICK BELOW TO READ MORE
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 Pilates and Reflexive Stability for Men’s Health by Coach Stevie Z.
There are many benefits to Pilates and for myself it’s always been and extremely adaptable modality that creates a great arena to improve movement and overall health. Now let me get there, but by building reflexive stability patterns in the body with naked Pilates one can greatly improve pelvic health, which can lead to better erections, prostate health, and overall better function in the pelvic region. The pelvic region is a huge opportunity for men in fitness. Frankly it’s completely ignored in most arenas. Luckily through naked training, pelvic focus becomes more apparent and many men’s health issues can be improved through movement. I view the core as not only the abdominals but also the pelvic girdle, diaphragm, as well as integration of oblique slings that facilitate connection between the upper body and lower body. I often say the core is really more of a wrestling singlet rather than just the abdominals. One thing I see get misinterpreted across the board is stability. Stability should be reflexive meaning that it should be an automatic process not something we consciously micromanage by squeezing muscles. Yes, we feel muscles squeeze but I’ve come to terms that as humans we aren’t great at feeling this and facilitating this accurately. If your bones are moving, muscles are working. The feeling of our muscles changes under stimulus like the load of a weight, but also under other sensory information as well. Just like breathing, you can practice it and be conscious of it but it also needs to be working well unconsciously. This is also true for stable movement. We can work tuning into how it feels and what works best but it needs to become integrated so we can just let it ride. We do not have the bandwidth to micromanage all 360 joints in the human body and placement of all 206 bones. Luckily we do have parts of our brain that are constantly taking in sensory information and triggering reflexes that manage most of these things for us. Now let’s get back to erections… erections are a reflexive function. The initiation of an erection should not involve the squeezing or gripping of pelvic floor muscles. Even through you can flex your pelvic floor and often pump more blood into the penis when erect overuse of these muscles actually can weaken the muscle tissue and constrict blood flow to the penis. It’s also not just a problem for the penis, other organs and tissue like the bladder, penis, and anus (think hemorrhoids) can be affected. It’s all connected folks. Now in Pilates we work with breathe as a tool to keep working reflexively. If you aren’t breathing your body is not stable. You’re essentially sacrificing your diaphragm to stabilize rather than breathe which I just feel isn’t the best choice.I love exploring and uncovering alternate and more optimal options in Pilates. In addition to abdominals and pelvic floor, the hips also need to functioning optimally for reflexive stability patterns to be utilized across the pelvic girdle. Most humans are not utilizing their hip joints to their full potential often forcing overworking through other smaller less mobile joints around the hips including the lowest segments of the spine. Over mobilization in these other joints leads often leads to more tightness (hypertonicity) in the tissue of the pelvis resulting in less blood flow, muscle weakness, pain, and ultimately poor function of the penis and other pelvic tissue and organs. I unfortunately know this too well. When I was a dancer over-mobilization and lack of reflexive stability in my hips lead directly to erectile dysfunction as a young man in my early 20’s. I also used to experience severe pelvic floor pain and even explored physical therapy specifically for the issue. Not to knock on PT but the only thing that worked was retraining reflexive stability in my core and I’m talking about that whole wrestling singlet not just the muscles of my pelvis and low abdominals. There’s just way more to it then the squeeze of a Kegel and naked Pilates gets the whole body on board to retrain these patterns. CLICK BELOW TO READ MORE |
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