Introducing Rocco Sorace
Most of us are aware of the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle but find it difficult to manage the fine balance between our work lives and our personal lives.
Rocco Sorace, director of Focuss Fitness and a qualified personal trainer, is set to make the transition to a healthier lifestyle much simpler.
“A lifestyle choice is about the way you think,
eat, shop and treat your mind and body. It’s about
getting the connection between all aspects of
your life right. Shift your mind set and you’ll see
results,” says Rocco.
His new fitness and recipe book, Good Food, Good Life, aims to make the process of a lifestyle change uncomplicated. The book presents nutritious recipes with the message that food preparation is about quality ingredients and enjoying the experience of food. The book also has helpful fitness tips and positive affirmation routines to improve your wellbeing.
Rocco’s recipes are easy to follow and are based on the Mediterranean cuisine from the region of Calabria in southern Italy. The recipes focus on fresh healthy produce, which add value to a fitness program. Much of the Mediterranean cuisine revolves not only around ingredients but also on the process and social function of food.
Giving up is definitely not in Rocco’s vocabulary and thinking outside the square is what sets his business and message apart from others. Rocco has managed to combine his passion for a healthy life with business.
He recently launched a Pilates DVD and has secured a national distribution deal in association with Tanita fitness products to be sold at retail giant, Harvey Norman.
Rocco will also appear as a key note presenter and chef at the upcoming Australian Fitness Expo, the largest fitness and healthy lifestyle expo in the Asia Pacific region, which will be attended by more than 15,000 fitness professionals and consumers from around the world.
“Starting a small business is hard and if I had
listened to all the no’s I have had, I would have
failed by now,” Rocco says,
“but to be successful you must firstly be
healthy and happy and be prepared for a lot of
hard work.”
Introducing Pilates
What is Pilates?
Pilates or The Pilates method is a physical fitness procedure that strengthens ones posture, self-confidence and well-being, through fluid movements involving control of the mind over muscles, and proper breathing. Teaching awareness of breath and alignment of the spine, Pilates draws from many diverse exercise styles and is a very versatile system of exercise.
Brief history
Pilates originated from a physical fitness system developed by Joseph Pilates in the 1920’s as a rehabilitation programme for returning WW1 victims. Joseph Pilates wrote two books about the Pilates method: “Return to Life through Contrology” and “Your Health: A Corrective System of Exercising that Revolutionizes the Entire Field of Physical Education.” The Pilates method has further developed and refined over the last 80 years of use and observation, through a well-constructed philosophical and theoretical foundation defined by Joseph Pilates.
Principles
Pilates is based on fewer, more precise movements; requiring control and form, the interdependence between mental and physical health is the key to Pilates, and is called ‘total body conditioning,’
The principles of ‘total body conditioning,’ the core idea behind Pilates; emphasizes the following principles.
- Centering (balance)
- Concentration
- Mind and Body Control
- Precision and Grace
- Proper Breathing
- Flowing movement
Benefits
The following are example circumstances in which benefit can be had from practice of Pilates:
- Promotion of physical harmony
- Training your concentration
- Balance control
- Recovery of soft tissue injuries
- Development of proper breathing and posture
- Assist in healing postural problems
- Prevent sprain injuries (its good to stretch before a hard workout)
- Improve sport performance
- Better blood circulation
Is it right for me?
The Pilates Method is good for a wide variety of people as it is such a versatile system of exercise, in essence it can benefit anyone from elderly to young; and benefits a wide variety of professions. It can be a good complementary routine for athletes to stretch the body and prepare it for a more intense workout. Also as Pilates doesn’t build intense body muscle it is also beneficial for maintaining say the physique of models.
