October 15, 2008 CORE, CARDIO AND RHYTHM Tamara Di Tella's Method is called Tangolates and it follows with the Stars!
September 12, 2008 TAMARA DI TELLA CELEBS
STING: THE SECRET TO HIS LONG AND LEAN MUSCLES During that recent tour to Buenos Aires, Sting met with Tamara Di Tella with whom he performed her Tangolates exercises at the backstage first, and later on in his hotel. Here is the story.
CORE, CARDIO AND RHYTHM TAMARA DI TELLA'S METHOD IS CALLED TANGOLATES
AND IT FLOWS WITH THE STARS
October 15, 2008
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It is highly concentrated. It is a superb mind-body workout. No doubt about it, Pilates is fantastic. But, guess what? It is not complete. To be complete, three things are necessary: first, strength; second, flexibility, and third, cardiovascular work. You don’t have these three pillars or supports, you don’t have a complete form of exercise. “It’s as simple as that”, says Tamara Di Tella, the creator of the innovative and revolutionary method –Tangolates-- that combines Pilates with Tango, a mix that adds a cardio element to regular Pilates.
Whether it is performed on a mat or on a special equipment called the Reformer, Pilates work does indeed tone your core muscles; but Pilates’ yoga-type concentrated moves are indeed missing the cardiovascular element that is so important. “ And we are not talking about burning calories only”, Tamara Di Tella explains, “we are also talking about not having to squeeze in cardio sessions on the side any more”.
Indeed, with the Tamara Di Tella® method - Tangolates® - you can get your mind-body and cardio workout at the same time. That’s not all. You perform your routines to the tune of a superb sounding melody and rhythm, and with the extra bonus of sharing with a friend!, for, as Tamara puts it: “It takes two to Tangolates!”.
Tangolates exercises are different, and the apparatus on which they are performed - T-DITELLA® - is also different, but the principles are the same: Tangolates is Pilates with the extra bonus of cardio!. Keeping up with the music is far tougher than what it seems and international celebrity Sting realized this immediately after his first session of Tangolates in Buenos Aires. “Trudy should try this”, Sting said immediately after his Tangolates class was over, and added: “Trudy should try this”, referring to his lovely ex-ballerina wife, who of course shared the next sessions with him. Sting needed a towel every time he finished his Tangolates session, just as did Bryan Adams and Julio Bocca, despite the fact that the three of them are used to the high physical demands of the stage!
After sliding and twisting; and after scissoring and circling, you will feel all muscles ache the next day, a rarity in Pilates work. Switching among the long bars, the short bars and the sliding platforms, makes it varied and fun; and yet, the core control, coordination, concentration, balance and flowing movement that remind you of Pilates are always there.
Jason Thomas (32), an American from Kansas City now living in England, explained the appeal of the Tamara Di Tella Tangolates Method: “Tangolates combines the coordination and core stability that is inherent to Pilates, with the excitement and passion and cardio of Tango”. Jason explains that he had been“doing classical Pilates for about 4 years and during this time, have becomea bit bored with repeating the sameexercises over and over in a standardized format”.
June Borja (42), dance instructor from the Philippines sums it up: “finally I get the best of both worlds: core control and cardio work!” Most experts agree that the most important thing about Tangolates is the music. “If it were not for the music”, says Fernando from Madrid, “this type of cardio Pilates would not have been possible”.
As for me: I think Tangolates is perhaps the most truly inspired innovations to the Pilates method in the last decade.
TAMARA DI TELLA'S "CELEBS" STING: THE SECRET TO HIS LONG AND LEAN MUSCLES
September 12, 2008
During that recent tour to Buenos Aires, Sting met with Tamara Di Tella with whom he performed her Tangolates exercises at the backstage first, and later on in his hotel. Here is the story.
Sting: Claimed to be the leanest and most fibrous fifty-and-plus years old man on the stage! Every man wants to have his long and tall body, his posture and his looks. At the River Plate Stadium of Buenos Aires, Sting gathered a huge audience who did not stop applauding him for hours on end. He jumped up and down and run on the stage without getting tired, his long muscles did certainly respond. During that recent tour to Buenos Aires, Sting met with Tamara Di Tella with whom he performed her Tangolates exercises at the backstage first, and later on in his hotel. Sting really liked the method created by Tamara Di Tella and agreed in that Tangolates is “irresistibly attractive”
The secret of Sting’s body he owes primarily to many years of Yoga and Pilates. The Tamara Di Tella Tangolates or Tango Pilates, however, is harder, more aerobic and definitely a more challenging version of Pilates, and Sting absolutely loved it!
For Sting and his wife Trudy, Tamara Di Tella and her team prepared a special workout from balance, core control and highly concentrated exercises which they performed to the tune of Astor Piazzola’s Tango music, among others. Trudy, Sting’s wife, is a former ballerina herself, so she also loved it!
What is Tangolates?
Tangolates is the newest trend. It was created by Tamara Di Tella, of Buenos Aires, who is the president of the world’s largest chain of franchised Studios.
Tamara had the bright and innovative idea of incorporating cardio to classical Pilates thus making of it a more complete regiment of exercises.
Tamara also designed a new apparatus, called the DI-TELLA®, that allows partner core control and concentrated movements, in a perfectly synchronized manner. Why partner routines? “Welll…”, jokes Tamara: “ because it takes two to Tangolates!!!”
What does Tangolates have that Pilates does not have?
Here’s a quick answer from Tamara Di Tella herself: “My Tangolates or Tango Pilates has the cardio element Pilates does not have!”.
As everybody knows, a system of fitness is not complete if it does not have three parts: a) strength; b) stretching; and c) cardio. Pilates is a truly excellent method but it lacks one of these three parts: the cardio or aerobic part.
When Tamara Di Tella developed her Tangolates Method she took into account this fact and tried to compensate for Pilates’ missing part. How did she do it? With music!. As Sting says: “With an irresistibly attractive music”.
And Why Tango?. “Because”, says Tamara, “like Pilates, Tango is a highly concentrated, core control, coordinated type of and dance”.
Tamara Di Tella Method: Basic Concepts
Tamara Di Tella created her Tangolates or Tango Pilates Method in 2004. Its philosophy is simple: First, music is a great motivator of the movement of the human body. Second, Tango shares with Pilates some basic concepts such as core control, concentration, scapular stability; conscious breathing, flowing movements and posture!. Conclusion? “They complement each other very well”!, says Tamara.
The Science behind Tangolates
Tamara Di Tella’s Method –Tangolates or Tango Pilates-- is not a random or arbitrary sequence of exercises. No, Tangolates focuses on true and tested principles with a science behind them: It was born in a hospital, among patients with severe dysfunctions of the motor system. (see Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangolates)
In Sum
Perhaps the most important thing of it all is that, finally (finally!), clients go to a Pilates class…and have fun!. In the words of Jun, a Philippine Tango aficionado who bought the License and then flew all the way to Buenos Aires to learn the Method: “I am very happy now because I have the best of both worlds… Pilates and dancing! This is fun!!”
Tamara Di Tella Method – Tangolates or Tango Pilates-- hit over the pond to Europe and made the jump very fast. “It’s like they have been waiting for it!. Everybody who sees it, fall in love with it!!”, says Tamara.
Tamara Di Tella says that she is absolutely convinced that Tangolates as a new fitness trend will grow and more and more people will realize the benefits of it; and because it is a complete and fun method of exercises. The extra bonus? “It is more aerobic, so it makes you lose calories and lose weight!!”, explains its creator, Tamara Di Tella.
THE TAMARA DI TELLA METHOD
EQUIPMENT
September 9, 2008
The T-DITELLA Apparatus® is good for people of all venues of life. Let’s see if you find yourself.
You are a Dance “Aficionado”
You like to dance. In fact, you dance a lot. You took Pilates or ballet classes and you attend dancing institutes and even participate in shows or contests. If this is your case, the good news is:The T-DITELLA® Apparatus® is good for you because it helps you improve your posture. The T-DITELLA® Apparatus will greatly help your performance on the dance floor!!!!
You are a student You want to learn how to dance. You’ve have never taken Pilates, or perhaps you may have taken Pilates. It does not matter. The good news is: The T-DITELLA® Apparatus® is good for you because it is a perfect way to execute your first steps towards earning how to move properly, and be perfectly comfortable with yourself on the dance floor!!!!
You are a Dance Teacher.
Your have your own students and you teach them how to dance. The good news is: The T-DITELLA® Apparatus is good for you because it will help you understand principles behind every movement so that you can later on explain them to your students in class. As a teacher, you will discover the dynamics of body movements and that will greatly improve your classes!!!!!!
You are a regular person.
You are neither a dance teacher, nor a dance student. You are not a Pilates person either. You are just You. The good news is: The T-DITELLA® Apparatus is good for you because it will help you will burn calories, lose weight, shape your body, flatten your abdominals, improve your posture, and look and feel great!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In sum…
The T-DITELLA® Apparatus is good for you.
a) An Aficionado? It helps you improve your posture!!
b) Someone who wants to learn how to dance? It helps you learn how to move properly!!
c) A dance teacher? It will greatly help you teach your students.
d) A regular person? It will help you exercise, it will become easy to burn calories and…lose weight!!!
October 15, 2008
It is highly concentrated. It is a superb mind-body workout. No doubt about it, Pilates is fantastic. But, guess what? It is not complete. To be complete, three things are necessary: first, strength; second, flexibility, and third, cardiovascular work. You don’t have these three pillars or supports, you don’t have a complete form of exercise. “It’s as simple as that”, says Tamara Di Tella, the creator of the innovative and revolutionary method –Tangolates-- that combines Pilates with Tango, a mix that adds a cardio element to regular Pilates.
Tangolates exercises are different, and the apparatus on which they are performed - T-DITELLA® - is also different, but the principles are the same: Tangolates is Pilates with the extra bonus of cardio!. Keeping up with the music is far tougher than what it seems and international celebrity Sting realized this immediately after his first session of Tangolates in Buenos Aires. “Trudy should try this”, Sting said immediately after his Tangolates class was over, and added: “Trudy should try this”, referring to his lovely ex-ballerina wife, who of course shared the next sessions with him. Sting needed a towel every time he finished his Tangolates session, just as did Bryan Adams and Julio Bocca, despite the fact that the three of them are used to the high physical demands of the stage!
Jason Thomas (32), an American from Kansas City now living in England, explained the appeal of the Tamara Di Tella Tangolates Method: “Tangolates combines the coordination and core stability that is inherent to Pilates, with the excitement and passion and cardio of Tango”. Jason explains that he had been“doing classical Pilates for about 4 years and during this time, have becomea bit bored with repeating the sameexercises over and over in a standardized format”.
During that recent tour to Buenos Aires, Sting met with Tamara Di Tella with whom he performed her Tangolates exercises at the backstage first, and later on in his hotel. Here is the story.
Tangolates is the newest trend. It was created by Tamara Di Tella, of Buenos Aires, who is the president of the world’s largest chain of franchised Studios. 
Tamara Di Tella created her Tangolates or Tango Pilates Method in 2004. Its philosophy is simple: First, music is a great motivator of the movement of the human body. Second, Tango shares with Pilates some basic concepts such as core control, concentration, scapular stability; conscious breathing, flowing movements and posture!. Conclusion? “They complement each other very well”!, says Tamara. 
The T-DITELLA Apparatus® is good for people of all venues of life. Let’s see if you find yourself. 
