Cate Blanchett Quotes

I love Pilates - I am a really big believer in it as a practise; I think it's fab.

I was 19 when I discovered Pilates, and I'm still doing it. It's the workout my body really responds to. It's all about alignment, elongating your spine, and strengthening your core. It makes me feel my strongest.

I love Pilates, I really do, and I do it three times a week because it works well for me.

I work out religiously. It's great for my back. It's great for my core. I've been exposed to lots of exercise regimens and movement classes as an actor, so I understand the importance of stretching and staying limber, but Pilates is what's really spoken to me. It works everything out.

The only constant that I have in my life is that I start whatever I do with my Total Gym, because I believe it helps keep me from getting injured.

I do mat or take floor Pilates class at home. I also take dance lessons at home.

I work out with my trainer; he knows my body to a T. He knows the things that I'm great at, and he knows the things I'm not necessarily great at, and he'll try to help those things.

I maintain by going to spin four or five days a week. I love that I can get a solid butt-kicking in 40 minutes. I also strength train two or three times a week.

I've got a personal trainer, and I train three times a week.

I do Pilates two to three times a week if I'm lucky. Usually just two.

Seriously, I do a lot of yoga, so I'm in control of my body.

In the same way I am addicted to puddings - the sweeter the better - I have become addicted to the daily routines my Pilates and Gyrotonic guru, Nada, puts me through.

I think yoga has given me better posture. People don't realise how strong it makes you. You have to use your body weight to hold yourself. As you get older, you're supposed to lift weights, but I find that kind of boring. Yoga is lifting my own body.

I do Pilates a lot. I don't do a lot of cardiovascular stuff.

You got me: I do Pilates. I love Pilates because we do very specific training in soccer for the same six or seven muscles, but we neglect so many other muscles. So when I do Pilates, it helps get all the rest of the muscles in shape and gets them working together.

I like to do Pilates.

In movement class, you had to lie on the floor and get your alignment in to pass the class.

Not only is yoga excellent for flexibility, but it is also a great tool for longevity and injury prevention, as it allows for internal body awareness.

I actually did a lot of yoga because I found it helped with my core strength and flexibility, which are two things you absolutely need when you're doing martial arts.

I do a lot of yoga, and that definitely helps. And Pilates is so good for your legs.

Three days a week I do wrestling, as that's the best workout for the whole body.

I have a more personal insight into the importance of core strength because my wife Louise runs a Pilates studio in London. I have enjoyed getting into Pilates. I am not the most supple but I enjoy Pilates more than yoga.

Gymnastics gives you the abs. It's not like I sit there doing like a thousand crunches before every practice or something like that.

Of all the forms of exercise I've taught, Pilates is one of my favorites.

In addition to firming your abdominals, Pilates also helps strengthen and stretch the entire body from head to toe, helping you to stand taller.